libressl-SSL_get_certificate(3)

libressl-SSL_get_certificate3

Get ssl certificate and private key

Usage

SSL Library (libssl, -lssl) libcrypto

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

X509 *

SSL_get_certificate(const SSL *ssl);

EVP_PKEY *

SSL_get_privatekey(const SSL *ssl);

Overview

These functions retrieve certificate and key data from an SSL object. They return internal pointers that must not be freed by the application program.

Return values

SSL_get_certificate() returns the active X.509 certificate currently used by ssl or NULL if none is active.

SSL_get_privatekey() returns the active private key currently used by ssl or NULL if none is active.

History

SSL_get_certificate() first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.2a. SSL_get_privatekey() first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0. Both functions have been available since OpenBSD 2.4.

From libressl 4.4.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.