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Eva No Gainen
Eva No Gainen

Reputation: 65

Error Loading extension section for ssl_server

i'm running some scripts to generate some certificates and one of the lines is using openssl and it has the parameter "-extension ssl_server" yet when I run it it gives an error trying to load that extension.

I've googled it, looked through for similar issues on here and for the life of me can't figure out why there is an issue.

the command is:

openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -CA cacert.crt -CAkey cakey.key -CAcreateserial -out server.crt -extfile ./server.cnf -extensions ssl_server

and the error:

Error Loading extension section ssl_server

Am running this on an Ubuntu VM in Azure, fresh from the box with no extra config.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5003

Answers (1)

yolob 21
yolob 21

Reputation: 396

run openssl version -a and check the directory value indicated by OPENSSLDIR key. Navigate to the same directory and change the settings in the openssl.cnf, then the extensions will be picked up correctly

Upvotes: 6

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