Crypto (OpenSSL 3.0) module issue when building Erlang 26.1.2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS using KERL

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Hi guys,

I’m trying to build Erlang 26.1.2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS which only provides OpenSSL 3.0 (OpenSSL 1.x was deprecated):

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Checking out Erlang/OTP git repository from https://github.com/erlang/otp.git...
Building (git) Erlang/OTP OTP-26.1.2; please wait...
Initializing (build) log file at /home/zab/.kerl/builds/26.1.2/otp_build_git.log.
APPLICATIONS DISABLED (See: /home/zab/.kerl/builds/26.1.2/otp_build_git.log)
 * debugger       : User gave --without-debugger option
 * wx             : User gave --without-wx option
 * debugger       : User gave --without-debugger option
 * observer       : User gave --without-observer option
 * et             : User gave --without-et option

APPLICATIONS INFORMATION (See: /home/zab/.kerl/builds/26.1.2/otp_build_git.log)
 * crypto         : Static linking with OpenSSL 3.0 *MAY* require special configuring of the cryptolib.

DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION (See: /home/zab/.kerl/builds/26.1.2/otp_build_git.log)
 * documentation  :
 *                  xsltproc is missing.
 *                  fop is missing.
 *                  xmllint is missing.
 *                  The documentation cannot be built.

Erlang/OTP '26.1.2' (from git) has been successfully built.
Installing Erlang/OTP git (26.1.2) in /opt/erlang/26.1.2...
Initializing (install) log file at /home/zab/.kerl/builds/26.1.2/otp_install_git.log.

The install process finished by the crypto module isn’t working properly:

Erlang/OTP 26 [erts-14.1.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [ds:8:8:10] [async-threads:1] [jit:ns]
Eshell V14.1.1 (press Ctrl+G to abort, type help(). for help)
1> crypto:version().
=ERROR REPORT==== 12-Nov-2023::14:17:41.655630 ===
Unable to load crypto library. Failed with error:
"load, Library load-call unsuccessful (227)."

What am I supposed to do for this warning?

 * crypto         : Static linking with OpenSSL 3.0 *MAY* require special configuring of the cryptolib.

Which flag should I use in my .kerlrc to properly configure and build Erlang with OpenSSL 3.0?
I tried with and without --disable-dynamic-ssl-lib but it didn’t (same issue described above).

Help appreciated.

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Unable to load crypto library. Failed with error:
“load, Library load-call unsuccessful (227).”

This means a nif load failure in lib/crypto/c_src/crypto.c line 227:

#ifdef FIPS_SUPPORT
     if (!(... = OSSL_PROVIDER_load(NULL, "fips"))) return __LINE__;
#endif

It seems configure option --enable-fips has been passed when building Erlang/OTP but OpenSSL fails to load the fips provider, probably because it’s not built or configured with fips support.

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@sverker thanks a lot. Problem solved by commenting out FIPS.

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