Hi All, Can you kindly help me with this error while running the below program that tries to load the configuration which has the FIPs provider? The program is built on build machine and to be run on linux MIPS platform and below error is seen: #include <openssl/crypto.h> main () { OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx; libctx = OSSL_LIB_CTX_new(); OSSL_PROVIDER_set_default_search_path(libctx, "./providers"); if (!OSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config(libctx, "openssl.cnf")) { fputs("ERROR: OSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config()\n", stderr); ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr); } fprintf(stdout, "Version: %s\n", OpenSSL_version(OPENSSL_VERSION)); } ERROR: OSSL_LIB_CTX_load_config() 000000FFF2406000:error:12800067:DSO support routines:(unknown function):could not load the shared library:crypto/dso/dso_dlfcn.c:118:filename(./providers/fips.so): ./providers/fips.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 000000FFF2406000:error:12800067:DSO support routines:(unknown function):could not load the shared library:crypto/dso/dso_lib.c:162: 000000FFF2406000:error:078C0105:common libcrypto routines:(unknown function):init fail:crypto/provider_core.c:557:name=fips 000000FFF2406000:error:0700006D:configuration file routines:(unknown function):module initialization error:crypto/conf/conf_mod.c:242:module=providers, value=provider_sect retcode=-1 Version: OpenSSL 3.0.0-alpha13 11 Mar 2021 ~ # ls -lrt providers/ -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1748513 Mar 30 13:24 fips.so ~ # echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH ~ # Steps done: 1>On build machine, build OpenSSL for the target architecture, Linux MIPs, and copy the required binaries on the Linux MIPs box. 2>On Linux MIPs box, run ./openssl fipsinstall -out fipsmod.cnf -module fips.so HMAC : (Module_Integrity) : Pass SHA1 : (KAT_Digest) : Pass SHA2 : (KAT_Digest) : Pass SHA3 : (KAT_Digest) : Pass TDES : (KAT_Cipher) : Pass AES_GCM : (KAT_Cipher) : Pass RSA : (KAT_Signature) : RNG : (Continuous_RNG_Test) : Pass Pass ECDSA : (KAT_Signature) : Pass DSA : (KAT_Signature) : Pass TLS12_PRF : (KAT_KDF) : Pass PBKDF2 : (KAT_KDF) : Pass SSHKDF : (KAT_KDF) : Pass KBKDF : (KAT_KDF) : Pass HKDF : (KAT_KDF) : Pass SSKDF : (KAT_KDF) : Pass X963KDF : (KAT_KDF) : Pass X942KDF : (KAT_KDF) : Pass HASH : (DRBG) : Pass CTR : (DRBG) : Pass HMAC : (DRBG) : Pass DH : (KAT_KA) : Pass ECDH : (KAT_KA) : Pass RSA_Encrypt : (KAT_AsymmetricCipher) : Pass RSA_Decrypt : (KAT_AsymmetricCipher) : Pass RSA_Decrypt : (KAT_AsymmetricCipher) : Pass INSTALL PASSED ~ # cat fipsmod.cnf [fips_sect] activate = 1 install-version = 1 conditional-errors = 1 security-checks = 1 module-mac = 60:26:6C:C9:2D:86:A2:25:86:44:67:DC:EE:95:8F:1F:A1:84:4E:42:C4:E6:1F:6A:12:24:A3:29:72:58:A4:0E install-mac = 41:9C:38:C2:8F:59:09:43:2C:AA:2F:58:36:2D:D9:04:F9:6C:56:8B:09:E0:18:3A:2E:D6:CC:69:05:04:E1:11 install-status = INSTALL_SELF_TEST_KATS_RUN 3>In the build machine, modify the contents of "openssl.cnf" with above output, and build the test program linking with crypto library. cat openssl-3.0.0-alpha13/apps/openssl.cnf 1 openssl_conf = openssl_init 2 3 [fips_sect] 4 activate = 1 5 install-version = 1 6 conditional-errors = 1 7 security-checks = 1 8 module-mac = 60:26:6C:C9:2D:86:A2:25:86:44:67:DC:EE:95:8F:1F:A1:84:4E:42:C4:E6:1F:6A:12:24:A3:29:72:58:A4:0E 9 install-mac = 41:9C:38:C2:8F:59:09:43:2C:AA:2F:58:36:2D:D9:04:F9:6C:56:8B:09:E0:18:3A:2E:D6:CC:69:05:04:E1:11 10 install-status = INSTALL_SELF_TEST_KATS_RUN 11 12 [openssl_init] 13 providers = provider_sect 14 alg_section = algorithm_sect 15 16 [provider_sect] 17 default = default_sect 18 fips = fips_sect 19 20 [default_sect] 21 activate = 1 22 23 [algorithm_sect] 24 default_properties = fips=yes 4>Copy the openssl.cnf to the Linux box to "/" and also executed "export OPENSSL_CONF=/" 4>Now on executing the test program on Linux box, observing the load error. Do we need to set any environ variable to get the load working or is any step missing/wrong? This test program has worked fine on my build machine when I build, fipsinstall and rebuild my test program and run the test on the build machine. Your input will help me. Thanks Bala