SOLVED: Akeeba Backup - Your server does not support encryption of your configuration settings

How to fix Akeeba Backup error - Your server does not support encryption of your configuration settings by enabling PHP Open SSL extension 

Akeeba Backup error: Your server does not support encryption of your configuration settings

Akeeba Backup 9, Joomla 4

Your server does not support encryption of your configuration settings. We strongly advise you not to store any passwors in the configuration.

Solution: Enable PHP Open SSL extension

Check if PHP Open SSL extension is installed

php -i | grep -i openssl

In this example, PHP OpenSSL is installed

Enable PHP OpenSSL extension

Edit php.ini configuration file

nano /etc/php/8.1/fpm/php.ini

Uncomment this line to enable PHP OpenSSL

extension=openssl

Restart PHP FPM and Nginx

Restart PHP FPM

service php8.1-fpm restart

Restart Nginx

service nginx restart

Your settings are secured by 128-bit encryption. You can safely store passwords in the configuration