X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=6f04dbd7c14d9246f3a68fcedd3414c53aadbcde;hp=48c25e6519134351450b0c3f551b065db7e161f3;hb=7c03bb9fff02b7f08d4654f51f8667584a92cf72;hpb=85d6ad34aa0158fb25538e116e611e6b858d3638 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 48c25e6519..6f04dbd7c1 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ - OPENSSL INSTALLATION -------------------- This document describes installation on all supported operating - systems (the Linux/Unix family, OpenVMS and Windows) + systems (the Unix/Linux family (which includes Mac OS/X), OpenVMS, + and Windows). To install OpenSSL, you will need: @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ * NOTES.VMS (OpenVMS) * NOTES.WIN (any supported Windows) * NOTES.DJGPP (DOS platform with DJGPP) + * NOTES.ANDROID (obviously Android [NDK]) + * NOTES.VALGRIND (testing with Valgrind) Notational conventions in this document --------------------------------------- @@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ If you want to just get on with it, do: - on Unix: + on Unix (again, this includes Mac OS/X): $ ./config $ make @@ -97,6 +99,9 @@ $ nmake test $ nmake install + Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have + appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory. + If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below. This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is: @@ -106,6 +111,12 @@ OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods. Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL + The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure + unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or install + engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as part of + your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite the system + version and instead install to somewhere else. + If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this: On Unix: @@ -144,8 +155,8 @@ put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might have to pass more flags or set up environment variables to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are - discussed in corresponding Configurations/10-main.cf - sections. But there are cases when this option alone is + discussed in corresponding Configurations/15-*.conf + files. But there are cases when this option alone is sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-" works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are @@ -156,10 +167,12 @@ "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices in such case. Needless to mention that you have to invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target - name explicitly. + name explicitly. Also, note that --openssldir refers + to target's file system, not one you are building on. --debug - Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols. + Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols and zero optimization + level. --libdir=DIR The name of the directory under the top of the installation @@ -208,16 +221,54 @@ without a path). This flag must be provided if the zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is - used if not provided. + used if not provided. On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is used by default depending on the pointer size chosen. + + --with-rand-seed=seed1[,seed2,...] + A comma separated list of seeding methods which will be tried + by OpenSSL in order to obtain random input (a.k.a "entropy") + for seeding its cryptographically secure random number + generator (CSPRNG). The current seeding methods are: + + os: Use a trusted operating system entropy source. + This is the default method if such an entropy + source exists. + getrandom: Use the L or equivalent system + call. + devrandom: Use the the first device from the DEVRANDOM list + which can be opened to read random bytes. The + DEVRANDOM preprocessor constant expands to + "/dev/urandom","/dev/random","/dev/srandom" on + most unix-ish operating systems. + egd: Check for an entropy generating daemon. + rdcpu: Use the RDSEED or RDRAND command if provided by + the CPU. + librandom: Use librandom (not implemented yet). + none: Disable automatic seeding. This is the default + on some operating systems where no suitable + entropy source exists, or no support for it is + implemented yet. + + For more information, see the section 'Note on random number + generation' at the end of this document. + no-afalgeng Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if on a platform that does not support AFALG. + enable-ktls + Build with Kernel TLS support. This option will enable the + use of the Kernel TLS data-path, which can improve + performance and allow for the use of sendfile and splice + system calls on TLS sockets. The Kernel may use TLS + accelerators if any are available on the system. + This option will be forced off on systems that do not support + the Kernel TLS data-path. + enable-asan Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be @@ -226,8 +277,10 @@ no-shared option. no-asm - Do not use assembler code. On some platforms a small amount - of assembler code may still be used. + Do not use assembler code. This should be viewed as + debugging/trouble-shooting option rather than production. + On some platforms a small amount of assembler code may + still be used even with this option. no-async Do not build support for async operations. @@ -248,11 +301,31 @@ error strings. For a statically linked application this may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective. + no-autoload-config + Don't automatically load the default openssl.cnf file. + Typically OpenSSL will automatically load a system config + file which configures default ssl options. + + enable-buildtest-c++ + While testing, generate C++ buildtest files that + simply check that the public OpenSSL header files + are usable standalone with C++. + + Enabling this option demands extra care. For any + compiler flag given directly as configuration + option, you must ensure that it's valid for both + the C and the C++ compiler. If not, the C++ build + test will most likely break. As an alternative, + you can use the language specific variables, CFLAGS + and CXXFLAGS. no-capieng Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if on a platform that does not support CAPI. + no-cmp + Don't build support for CMP features + no-cms Don't build support for CMS features @@ -288,8 +361,10 @@ Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this option will also force the disabling of DTLS. - no-dso - Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects. + enable-devcryptoeng + Build the /dev/crypto engine. It is automatically selected + on BSD implementations, in which case it can be disabled with + no-devcryptoeng. no-dynamic-engine Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an @@ -303,8 +378,13 @@ enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly - used NIST elliptic curves. This is only supported on some - platforms. + used NIST elliptic curves. + This is only supported on platforms: + - with little-endian storage of non-byte types + - that tolerate misaligned memory references + - where the compiler: + - supports the non-standard type __uint128_t + - defines the built-in macro __SIZEOF_INT128__ enable-egd Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy @@ -327,6 +407,9 @@ Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g. for errors and memory allocation). + no-fips + Don't compile the FIPS module + enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL. These are developer options only. They may not work on all @@ -339,12 +422,17 @@ available if the GOST algorithms are also available through loading an externally supplied engine. - no-hw-padlock - Don't build the padlock engine. + no-legacy + Don't build the legacy provider. Disabling this also disables + the legacy algorithms: MD2 (already disabled by default). no-makedepend Don't generate dependencies. + no-module + Don't build any dynamically loadable engines. This also + implies 'no-dynamic-engine'. + no-multiblock Don't build support for writing multiple records in one go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the @@ -356,9 +444,32 @@ no-ocsp Don't build support for OCSP. + no-padlockeng + no-hw-padlock + Don't build the padlock engine. + ('no-hw-padlock' is deprecated and should not be used) + no-pic Don't build with support for Position Independent Code. + no-pinshared By default OpenSSL will attempt to stay in memory until the + process exits. This is so that libcrypto and libssl can be + properly cleaned up automatically via an "atexit()" handler. + The handler is registered by libcrypto and cleans up both + libraries. On some platforms the atexit() handler will run on + unload of libcrypto (if it has been dynamically loaded) + rather than at process exit. This option can be used to stop + OpenSSL from attempting to stay in memory until the process + exits. This could lead to crashes if either libcrypto or + libssl have already been unloaded at the point + that the atexit handler is invoked, e.g. on a platform which + calls atexit() on unload of the library, and libssl is + unloaded before libcrypto then a crash is likely to happen. + Applications can suppress running of the atexit() handler at + run time by using the OPENSSL_INIT_NO_ATEXIT option to + OPENSSL_init_crypto(). See the man page for it for further + details. + no-posix-io Don't use POSIX IO capabilities. @@ -433,15 +544,9 @@ require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on multi-threading" below. - enable-tls13downgrade - TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default and remove the - option when TLSv1.3 is out of draft - TLSv1.3 offers a downgrade protection mechanism. This is - implemented but disabled by default. It should not typically - be enabled except for testing purposes. Otherwise this could - cause problems if a pre-RFC version of OpenSSL talks to an - RFC implementation (it will erroneously be detected as a - downgrade). + enable-trace + Build with support for the integrated tracing api. See manual pages + OSSL_trace_set_channel(3) and OSSL_trace_enabled(3) for details. no-ts Don't build Time Stamping Authority support. @@ -462,6 +567,9 @@ Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically be used in production deployments. + no-uplink + Don't build support for UPLINK interface. + enable-weak-ssl-ciphers Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak" (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites). @@ -482,27 +590,24 @@ likely to complement configuration command line with suitable compiler-specific option. - enable-tls1_3 - TODO(TLS1.3): Make this enabled by default - Build support for TLS1.3. Note: This is a WIP feature and - only a single draft version is supported. Implementations - of different draft versions will negotiate TLS 1.2 instead - of (draft) TLS 1.3. Use with caution!! - no- Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS - protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2, dtls, - dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then all of tls1, - tls1_1 and tls1_2 are disabled. Similarly "no-dtls" will - disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The "no-ssl" option is synonymous - with "no-ssl3". Note this only affects version negotiation. - OpenSSL will still provide the methods for applications to - explicitly select the individual protocol versions. + protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2, + tls1_3, dtls, dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then + all of tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2 and tls1_3 are disabled. + Similarly "no-dtls" will disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The + "no-ssl" option is synonymous with "no-ssl3". Note this only + affects version negotiation. OpenSSL will still provide the + methods for applications to explicitly select the individual + protocol versions. no--method As for no- but in addition do not build the methods for applications to explicitly select individual protocol - versions. + versions. Note that there is no "no-tls1_3-method" option + because there is no application method for TLSv1.3. Using + individual protocol methods directly is deprecated. + Applications should use TLS_method() instead. enable- Build with support for the specified algorithm, where @@ -512,9 +617,9 @@ Build without support for the specified algorithm, where is one of: aria, bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha, cmac, des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, mdc2, ocb, - poly1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, sm3, sm4 - or whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated and if - used is synonymous with rmd160. + poly1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, siv, sm2, + sm3, sm4 or whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated + and if used is synonymous with rmd160. -Dxxx, -Ixxx, -Wp, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -Wl, -rpath, -R, -framework, -static These system specific options will be recognised and @@ -539,7 +644,7 @@ these flags interact with those variables. VAR=value - Assignment if environment variable for Configure. These + Assignment of environment variable for Configure. These work just like normal environment variable assignments, but are supported on all platforms and are confined to the configuration scripts only. These assignments override @@ -564,12 +669,16 @@ CPPDEFINES List of CPP macro definitions, separated by a platform specific character (':' or space for Unix, ';' for Windows, ',' for - VMS). This can be used in place of -D. + VMS). This can be used instead of using + -D (or what corresponds to that on your + compiler) in CPPFLAGS. CPPINCLUDES List of CPP inclusion directories, separated the same way as for CPPDEFINES. This can - be used in place of -I. + be used instead of -I (or what corresponds + to that on your compiler) in CPPFLAGS. HASHBANGPERL Perl invocation to be inserted after '#!' - in public perl scripts. + in public perl scripts (only relevant on + Unix). LD The program linker (not used on Unix, $(CC) is used there). LDFLAGS Flags for the shared library, DSO and @@ -580,33 +689,38 @@ Windows, and as a comma separated list of libraries on VMS. RANLIB The library archive indexer. - RC The Windows resources manipulator. - RCFLAGS Flags for the Windows reources manipulator. + RC The Windows resource compiler. + RCFLAGS Flags for the Windows resource compiler. RM The command to remove files and directories. - These can be mixed with flags given on the command line. - Any variable assignment resets any corresponding flags - given before it, so for example: + These cannot be mixed with compiling / linking flags given + on the command line. In other words, something like this + isn't permitted. ./config -DFOO CPPFLAGS=-DBAR -DCOOKIE - Will end up having 'CPPFLAGS=-DBAR -DCOOKIE'. + Backward compatibility note: + + To be compatible with older configuration scripts, the + environment variables are ignored if compiling / linking + flags are given on the command line, except for these: + + AR, CC, CXX, CROSS_COMPILE, HASHBANGPERL, PERL, RANLIB, RC + and WINDRES + + For example, the following command will not see -DBAR: + + CPPFLAGS=-DBAR ./config -DCOOKIE - Here is how the flags documented above are collected as - augmentation of these variables: + However, the following will see both set variables: - -Dxxx xxx is collected in CPPDEFINES - -Ixxx xxx is collected in CPPINCLUDES - -Wp,xxx collected in CPPFLAGS - -Lxxx collected in LDFLAGS - -lxxx collected in LDLIBS - -Wp,xxx collected in LDLIBS - -rpath xxx collected in LDLIBS - -R xxx collected in LDLIBS - -framework xxx collected in LDLIBS - -static collected in LDLIBS - -xxx collected in CFLAGS - +xxx collected in CFLAGS + CC=gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- \ + ./config -DCOOKIE + + If CC is set, it is advisable to also set CXX to ensure + both C and C++ compilers are in the same "family". This + becomes relevant with 'enable-external-tests' and + 'enable-buildtest-c++'. reconf reconfigure @@ -808,7 +922,7 @@ $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown): - + $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test You can find the list of available tests like this: @@ -836,8 +950,11 @@ $ mms install ! OpenVMS $ nmake install # Windows - This will install all the software components in this directory - tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its + Note that in order to perform the install step above you need to have + appropriate permissions to write to the installation directory. + + The above commands will install all the software components in this + directory tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its default): Unix: @@ -881,7 +998,7 @@ command symbols. [.SYSTEST] Contains the installation verification procedure. [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages. - + Additionally, install will add the following directories under OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default) @@ -893,6 +1010,12 @@ for private key files. misc Various scripts. + The installation directory should be appropriately protected to ensure + unprivileged users cannot make changes to OpenSSL binaries or files, or + install engines. If you already have a pre-installed version of OpenSSL as + part of your Operating System it is recommended that you do not overwrite + the system version and instead install to somewhere else. + Package builders who want to configure the library for standard locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that it can easily be packaged, can use @@ -907,10 +1030,10 @@ * COMPILING existing applications - OpenSSL 1.1.0 hides a number of structures that were previously - open. This includes all internal libssl structures and a number - of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow - controlled access to the structures' data. + Starting with version 1.1.0, OpenSSL hides a number of structures + that were previously open. This includes all internal libssl + structures and a number of EVP types. Accessor functions have + been added to allow controlled access to the structures' data. This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating @@ -935,7 +1058,7 @@ BUILDFILE Use a different build file name than the platform default - ("Makefile" on Unixly platforms, "makefile" on native Windows, + ("Makefile" on Unix-like platforms, "makefile" on native Windows, "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS). This requires that there is a corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README for further information. @@ -1013,7 +1136,7 @@ depend Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy - option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0. + option that no longer needs to be used since OpenSSL 1.1.0. install Install all OpenSSL components. @@ -1101,6 +1224,11 @@ $ make TESTS='[89]? -90' +To stochastically verify that the algorithm that produces uniformly distributed +random numbers is operating correctly (with a false positive rate of 0.01%): + + $ ./util/shlib_wrap.sh test/bntest -stochastic + Note on multi-threading ----------------------- @@ -1137,7 +1265,7 @@ part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of the name. - On most POSIXly platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1 + On most POSIX platforms, shared libraries are named libcrypto.so.1.1 and libssl.so.1.1. on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll @@ -1162,10 +1290,22 @@ Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the - internal PRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal PRNG will refuse + internal CSPRNG. If not properly seeded, the internal CSPRNG will refuse to deliver random bytes and a "PRNG not seeded error" will occur. - On systems without /dev/urandom (or similar) device, it may be necessary - to install additional support software to obtain a random seed. - Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(), - and the FAQ for more information. + The seeding method can be configured using the --with-rand-seed option, + which can be used to specify a comma separated list of seed methods. + However in most cases OpenSSL will choose a suitable default method, + so it is not necessary to explicitly provide this option. Note also + that not all methods are available on all platforms. + + I) On operating systems which provide a suitable randomness source (in + form of a system call or system device), OpenSSL will use the optimal + available method to seed the CSPRNG from the operating system's + randomness sources. This corresponds to the option --with-rand-seed=os. + + II) On systems without such a suitable randomness source, automatic seeding + and reseeding is disabled (--with-rand-seed=none) and it may be necessary + to install additional support software to obtain a random seed and reseed + the CSPRNG manually. Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(), + RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(), and the FAQ for more information.