Error starting IDM 4.5 reporting on RHEL - error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.8

  • 7017377
  • 17-Mar-2016
  • 02-May-2016

Environment


NetIQ Identity Manager 4.5

Situation

After installing Identity Manager Reporting on a RHEL 6.5 server the following error is received during startup

03/17/2016 07:32:55 AM: /opt/novell/sentinel_eas/3rdparty/postgresql/bin/pg_ctl: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to start database.
Unable to start database.

Resolution

Make sure you have completed all the per-requisites for RHEL per the documentation.

6.3 Installing Identity Manager on an RHEL 6.x or 7.x Server
https://www.netiq.com/documentation/idm45/setup_guide/data/b16mybwd.html

6.8.1 Prerequisites for the Event Auditing Service
https://www.netiq.com/documentation/idm402/setup_guide/data/b16mhbiu.html#
Including the following symbolic links 

...ensure that you have the following libraries, located by default in either the /lib or /lib64 directory:

  • ln -s libssl.so.0.9.8e libssl.so.0.9.8

  • ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.8e libcrypto.so.0.9.8



Cause

Missing symbolic links for:
  • ln -s libssl.so.0.9.8e libssl.so.0.9.8

  • ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.8e libcrypto.so.0.9.8