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68.Dd $Mdocdate: June 14 2019 $
69.Dt OPENSSL_CONFIG 3
70.Os
71.Sh NAME
72.Nm OPENSSL_config ,
73.Nm OPENSSL_no_config
74.Nd simple crypto and ssl library configuration
75.Sh SYNOPSIS
76.In openssl/conf.h
77.Ft void
78.Fo OPENSSL_config
79.Fa "const char *appname"
80.Fc
81.Ft void
82.Fn OPENSSL_no_config void
83.Sh DESCRIPTION
84.Fn OPENSSL_config
85initializes the crypto library and calls
86.Xr CONF_modules_load_file 3
87with the standard configuration file and the given
88.Fa appname .
89If
90.Fa appname
91is
92.Dv NULL ,
93then the default name
94.Sy openssl_conf
95is used.
96Any errors are ignored.
97Further calls to
98.Fn OPENSSL_config
99have no effect.
100.Pp
101.Fn OPENSSL_no_config
102suppresses the loading of the standard configuration file, so that any
103future calls to
104.Fn OPENSSL_config
105or to
106.Xr OPENSSL_init_crypto 3
107will ensure the library is initialized but no configuration
108file will be loaded.
109.Pp
110Calling these functions is optional.
111All required initialization of the crypto libraries happens
112automatically when needed.
113.Pp
114To use a non-standard configuration file, refer to
115.Xr CONF_modules_load_file 3 .
116.Pp
117Internally,
118.Fn OPENSSL_config
119calls
120.Xr OPENSSL_init_crypto 3 ,
121.Xr OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules 3 ,
122and
123.Xr ENGINE_load_builtin_engines 3 .
124.Pp
125If an application is compiled with the preprocessor symbol
126.Dv OPENSSL_LOAD_CONF
127#define'd,
128.Xr OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms 3
129automatically calls
130.Fn OPENSSL_config .
131.Pp
132Applications should free up configuration at application closedown by
133calling
134.Xr CONF_modules_free 3 .
135.Sh FILES
136.Bl -tag -width /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf -compact
137.It Pa /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf
138standard configuration file
139.El
140.Sh SEE ALSO
141.Xr CONF_modules_free 3 ,
142.Xr CONF_modules_load_file 3 ,
143.Xr crypto 3 ,
144.Xr OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules 3 ,
145.Xr OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER 3 ,
146.Xr openssl.cnf 5 ,
147.Xr x509v3.cnf 5
148.Sh HISTORY
149.Fn OPENSSL_config
150and
151.Fn OPENSSL_no_config
152first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and have been available since
153.Ox 3.2 .
154