ooh ok , i think your openssl has been corrupted -- you can use this command to re-install and try again

sudo apt-get --reinstall install openssl libssl1.0.0

Hi, here is also what i get - when i install openssl, it will say openssl is already the newest version and i try to check for version it will say openssl not installed

root@example:~# openssl version The program 'openssl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: apt install openssl root@example:~# openssl help The program 'openssl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: apt install openssl root@example:~# apt install openssl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done openssl is already the newest version (1.1.0h-2.0+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. root@example:~# openssl version The program 'openssl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: apt install openssl root@example:~#

What can i do about this please?

Looks like openssl isn't installed - try running apt-get install openssl

Hi thanks or getting back to me -- here is what i got when I ran the commands you gave
which openssl
dpkg -l openssl


[sudo] password for ....:
root@example:~# which openssl
root@example:~# dpkg -l openssl
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii openssl 1.1.0h-2.0+u amd64 Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cr
root@example:~#


I will like to know how to research and implement let's encrypt provided it is reliable but as of now I have already paid for comodo renewal and used the CSR generated using the terminal but i guessed this will not work on virtualmin as I have no private key yet.

Please assist on how I can virtualmin to generate csr and private key.

I also think the openssl may have been installed in location not recognized by virtualmin --
I think virtualmin look up from this directory /usr/bin/openssl
but when i check the raw file for openssl - it is located usr/include
i tried to install latest version openssl-1.1.1g that i found it /usr/local/src

Please what can I do to get things right?

Many thanks for your assistance

First, if you aren't already, I'd suggest looking into Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates. They're free, and will be renewed automatically.

They're available in Server Configuration -> SSL Certificates -> Let's Encrypt.

That said, if you're looking to use a commercial SSL cert, you'd need to be sure that the "openssl" command is installed.

What output do you receive when running this command on your server:

which openssl
dpkg -l openssl