From c054cb327a42b1637b5e3ecda8cb4a086b32b1f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Lau Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:53:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update AIX OpenSSL manual steps Update the manual steps for installing OpenSSL on AIX via `installp`, referencing IBM documentation. --- ansible/MANUAL_STEPS.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ansible/MANUAL_STEPS.md b/ansible/MANUAL_STEPS.md index c6e602075..8c61ba2da 100644 --- a/ansible/MANUAL_STEPS.md +++ b/ansible/MANUAL_STEPS.md @@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ ENCRYPTION: no On AIX OpenSSL is not available as an rpm via yum/dnf and is instead an installp fileset that must be manually downloaded and installed. +The following instructions are based on https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-and-installing-or-upgrading-openssl-and-openssh. + Go to https://www.ibm.com/resources/mrs/assets?source=aixbp&S_PKG=openssl and pick the most recent OpenSSL release (each package should contain compatibility libraries for older versions). Download/copy the `.tar.Z` @@ -287,17 +289,17 @@ package (URL will be temporary) on to the machine into a temporary directory e.g. `/tmp/openssl`. ```console -curl -sL openssl-3.0.8.1000.tar.Z https://iwm.dhe.ibm.com/.../openssl-3.0.8.1000.tar.Z +curl -sL openssl-3.0.16.1000.tar.Z https://iwm.dhe.ibm.com/.../openssl-3.0.16.1000.tar.Z ``` Then unpack the compressed archive: ```console -zcat openssl-3.0.8.1000.tar.Z | tar -xvf - +zcat openssl-3.0.16.1000.tar.Z | tar -xvf - ``` and install: ```console -installp -aXYgd openssl-3.0.8.1000 -e /tmp/install.log all +installp -qaXFY -d . openssl.base openssl.license openssl.man.en_US ``` To see a list of installed packages, run: