Verify a SSL certificate installation with openssl

Usually people use their browser or a dedicated website like ssltest to test a server certificate installation.

But you can do it directly with the openssl command:

# openssl s_client -CApath /etc/ssl/certs/ -connect www.foobar.com:443
...
...
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is AES256-SHA256
Server public key is 2048 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
SSL-Session:
    Protocol  : TLSv1.2
    Cipher    : AES256-SHA256
    Session-ID: 9E01CD86FA9F1483AD505F17E34C0B9BF99F57BBF9B5E6A5F2946F8858A86807
    Session-ID-ctx: 
    Master-Key: 8ED5443DCD5F6706A0DF5C0196E1B3AFBAAD3FB0B5B680EB212D4FC3F2BCC24209D0E241FBA746D85559CFA8539D99F4
    Key-Arg   : None
    PSK identity: None
    PSK identity hint: None
    SRP username: None
    Start Time: 1474905181
    Timeout   : 300 (sec)
    Verify return code: 0 (ok)
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The line Verify return code: 0 indicate a correct installation. Note that the -CApath option tells openssl where to look for the CA certificates. On Debian the directory is /etc/ssl/certs/.