[#SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file]
= SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file
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Load a private key from a file into an SSL context.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/ssl.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
int
SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(
    xref:SSL_CTX.adoc[SSL_CTX]* ctx,
    char const* file,
    int type);
----

== Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *ctx*
| SSL context that receives the key.
| *file*
| Path to a PEM or DER private‐key file.
| *type*
| Encoding: SSL_FILETYPE_PEM or SSL_FILETYPE_ASN1.
|===


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