On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Lukas Tribus <[email protected]> wrote:
> > yes i figured since it is a ubuntu 10.04 machine it has old version of > > openssl > > > > so i looked around for upgrading the openssl and found this link > > https://sandilands.info/sgordon/upgrade-latest-version-openssl-on-ubuntu > > > > so can i just upgrade to openssl 1.0.1 and add it to the correct path > > and just restart the haproxy service? > > Please don't. > > As long as you don't *exactly* know what you are doing, ONLY use your > OS internal packaging system and don't follow tips you find on google. > This particular blog post for example makes you install a ancient version > of openssl (just look at the date of the post), with numerous issues and > bugs. Also you would very likely mess up your whole system. > > Ubuntu 10.04 is EOL, you don't use an EOL'ed OS in production, period. > > Upgrade to the next Ubuntu LTS edition by following the howto of your > OS vendor: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades > > > I agree with Lukas. Unless you're an expert at building and installing customized system software, I would not recommend you do anything like that on a server you want to be stable. Upgrade your OS is your best option for sure. -Bryan
