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

The following worked for me. I was already able to update OpenSSL from 0.9.8zh to a 1.0.2o version, but python never accessed the newer version until found this suggestion to use pyenv to reinstall python (with 2.7.10, the version I wanted).

brew update
brew install pyenv

echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> .bashrc
source .bashrc

pyenv install 2.7.10
pyenv global 2.7.10

and then to check...

python --version
Python 2.7.10

python -c 'import ssl; print ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION'
OpenSSL 1.0.2o  27 Mar 2018

I did have to reinstall python packages of course.

Source: https://github.com/ianunruh/hvac/issues/75