Updating openssl in python 2.7

Question

wondering if someone may please explain how openssl works in python2.7. I\'m not sure if python got its own openssl or picks it up from local machine/env?

let me exp

Answer 1

Please refer to http://rkulla.blogspot.kr/2014/03/the-path-to-homebrew.html

After upgrading openssl to 1.0.1j by homebrew on MAC, but system python still referred to old version 0.9.8. It turned out the python referred to openssl. So I have installed new python with brewed openssl and finished this issue on Mac, not yet Ubuntu.

On Mac OS X version 10.10 and system python version 2.7.6, my procedure is as follows:

$ brew update

$ brew install openssl

Then you can see openssl version 1.0.1j.

$ brew link openssl --force 

$ brew install python --with-brewed-openssl    

You have to install new python with brewed openssl. Then, you can see /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/bin/python.

$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_2/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python

Of course, /usr/local/* should be owned by $USER, not root, which is told by Ryan, but I used 'sudo'. And, before this instruction, I didn't have /usr/local/bin/python. After this instruction, you can use python version 2.7.8 not 2.7.6.

Finally, you can see as belows;

$ python --version  
Python 2.7.8

$ python -c "import ssl; print ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION"
OpenSSL 1.0.1j 15 Oct 2014

Till now, I'm working on it on Ubuntu 12.04. If I have a solution for Ubuntu 12.04, then I will update my answer. I hope this procedure help you.