Unable to load config info from /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf

Attempting to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using Apache and OpenSSL on Windows Server 2003 I received the following error message:

"Unable to load config info from /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf"

Immediately it is obvious that the path specified is a *nix path, not a Windows path. Apparently (link) there is no standard place for the config file in Windows, automatically resulting in this error. 

To remedy, add the following line to the openssl

-config  "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\openssl.cnf"

For example,

openssl req -new -key my.key -config "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf\openssl.cnf" -out my.csr

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hey Man,
Thanks for posting this tip. I appreciate it! I was trying to run openssl on Windows too to generate an SSL CSR file.
March 9, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Marcin said…
Thanks! :-)
January 12, 2010 at 4:43 AM
Anonymous said…
Works perfectly, big thanks! :)

Pawel
January 29, 2010 at 4:29 AM
Anonymous said…
Thanks!
However, if you run this from a standard OpenSSL for Windows installation, you may get away with this shortened parameter value if run from the OpenSSL prompt:
-config ../share/openssl.cnf

If run from the command line, it should read:
-config ..\share\openssl.cnf

/gustav
February 20, 2010 at 9:17 AM
yc said…
thanks alot for info. It worked great
March 11, 2010 at 9:24 AM
Anonymous said…
That was the Perfect remedy!!
May 18, 2010 at 4:01 AM
Anonymous said…
Would be great if the openssl windows install setup program could do the -config ..\share\openssl.cnf .
btw: Does anybody know if Windows setup ever been properly QA Dept. Tested?
Nice blogg!
July 5, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Anonymous said…
Thank you so much.
It was so useful.
:)
December 28, 2010 at 3:43 AM
davidsaliba said…
Obvious but just in case, with openssl (non apache setup) the command to add would be :

-config "C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\share\openssl.cnf"
January 27, 2011 at 7:42 AM
Anonymous said…
In XAMPP, teh openssl conf file is in /xampp/php/extras/openssl/
February 16, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Shirsendu Pal said…
Good work dude.
It work for me in configuring apache in xampp.
Thanks a lot.
March 26, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Anonymous said…
Perfect! Thanks so much for posting this!
May 19, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Raminder said…
great. saved my day.
June 2, 2011 at 10:46 PM
GM said…
Saved my day. Thanks for posting.
June 22, 2011 at 3:09 PM
Anonymous said…
Thanks a bunch!
David Saliba's tip was the "magic" key ...
July 26, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Anonymous said…
Tank you very much!!!
September 26, 2011 at 5:46 PM
Anonymous said…
thanks
May 15, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Anonymous said…
Perfect - thank you!
June 10, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Anonymous said…
Thanks for posting this! Worked perfectly!
January 3, 2013 at 3:44 PM
Anonymous said…
You saved my day!! Cheers!!
January 16, 2013 at 10:07 AM
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