How to install OpenSSL

Introduction

In this article, we will install the OpenSSL package on CentOS or CloudLinux. 

Please note that in some cases, this may be pre-installed by your operating system. 

Procedure

Via SSH, please run the following commands.

To check if OpenSSL is installed, please use the following command. 

yum list installed | grep -i openssl

Output like the following would indicate that this is installed for you. 

[~]# yum list installed | grep -i openssl
openssl.x86_64 1:1.1.1g-15.el8_3 @BaseOS 

If this is not installed, you can easily install the OpenSSL package with the following command. 

yum install openssl