Configuring OpenSSL For Engine Operation (< 2.4.42)

Edit the configuration file for OpenSSL. The path of the configuration file can be found with this command:

$openssl version -d

For Ubuntu, the configuration file is: /etc/ssl/openssl.cfg

Add this line at the beginning of the file, before any section starts:

openssl_conf = openssl_init 

Add the following lines at the end of the file:

[openssl_init]

engines=engine_section

 

[engine_section]

pkcs11 = pkcs11_section

 

[pkcs11_section]

engine_id = pkcs11

dynamic_path = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/engines-1.1/cs_pkcs11.so

MODULE_PATH = /usr/lib/libcs_pkcs11_R3.so

init = 0

For the dynamic_path, use the engine path and the engine file used when the cs_pkcs11.so engine was installed.

For Red Hat-based distributions, the dynamic path is this: /usr/lib/ssl/engines/cs_pkcs11.so