set the OpenSSL_HOME variable

Question

I am trying to configuring HTTPS based on this tutorial:

Configuring HTTPS for your Elastic Beanstalk Environment

I am stuck at the following section:

To set the OpenSSL_HOME variable

• Enter the path to the OpenSSL installation:

  c:\ set OpenSSL_HOME=path_to_your_OpenSSL_installation
  

My openSSL is installed in c:\OpenSSL, so would I write set OpenSSL_HOME=C:\ OpenSSL?

Do I enter such command in Command Prompt?

Finally this step:

To include OpenSSL in your path

• Open a terminal or command interface and enter the appropriate command for your operating system:

  c:\ set Path=OpenSSL_HOME\bin;%Path%
  

My %Path% here would be what?

Answer 1

My openSSL is installed in c:\OpenSSL, so would I write set OpenSSL_HOME=C:\ OpenSSL?

Yes, but without the space after C:\:

set OpenSSL_HOME=C:\OpenSSL

Do I enter such command in Command Prompt?

You can. Do note, however, that with this approach, you would be modifying the OpenSSL_HOME environment variable for that particular command window only, and it would be accessible only to processes that are run from that same window. As soon as you close the window, your variable disappears.

If you need to make it persistent, especially through reboots, you have to configure the OS's global environment instead. On Windows, right-click on My Computer, go to Properties, Advanced system settings, Environment Variables, and add a new entry for your variable.

My %Path% here would be what?

That is an existing environment variable. You are modifying the existing Path, so by including %Path% to the end of your assignment, you preserve the existing Path so that existing paths can still be accessed.

Fir, note that the example in the documentation is wrong. It should be this instead:

c:\ set Path=%OpenSSL_HOME%\bin;%Path%

With that said, lets say for example that Path already contains a value of C:\Windows\;etc. After the assignment, the new Path will be C:\OpenSSL\bin;C:\Windows\;etc