Introduction

Secure communication failed with error Ecomms: Startup failed, res=-279 when using the default builds for fnpssl static version, how to fix it? 

Instructions

With ls_secure_comms = 1; in vendor c file and using the default builds if getting the below error in the daemon logs

18:14:03 (demo) Ecomms: Starting

18:14:03 (demo) Ecomms: SSL/TLS initialization failed

18:14:03 (demo) Ecomms: Startup failed, res=-279

18:14:03 (demo) Ecomms: Disabled

18:14:03 (demo) Changing message security level from -1 to 0

If getting SSL/TLS initialization failed then as per the documentation 

• -279 LM_ECOMMS_ERROR “the libfnpssl shared library is not available in the current working directory”
• The library is not available to enable secure communication.

Find the error code documented already. 

More Information

Find more information at FlexNet Publisher 2024 R1 (11.19.6) Programming Reference for License File–Based Licensing page number 107