Build / upgrade / Install OpenSSL 1.1.1 on CentOS 7

build upgrade install openssl 1.1.1 on CentOS7

Install OpenSSL 1.1.1 on CentOS 7

# Current version
[root@ip-172-31-63-168 ~]# openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips  26 Jan 2017


Upgrade this to 1.1.1 on CentOS 7, follow the steps to build it from source:

  yum install -y make gcc perl-core pcre-devel wget zlib-devel
  wget https://ftp.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1k.tar.gz
  tar -xzvf openssl-1.1.1k.tar.gz
  cd openssl-1.1.1k
  ./config --prefix=/usr --openssldir=/etc/ssl --libdir=lib no-shared zlib-dynamic
  make
  make test
  make install
  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib64

# Updated version
[root@ip-172-31-63-168 ~]# openssl version
OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021
[root@ip-172-31-63-168 ~]#