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Chapter 8. Using Hardware Security Modules for Subsystem Security Databases
A subsystem instance generates and stores its key information in a key store, called a security module or a token. A subsystem instance can be configured for the keys to be generated and stored using the internal NSS token or on a separate cryptographic device, a hardware token.
8.1. Installing Certificate System with an HSM
Use the following parameters in the configuration file you pass to the
pkispawn utility when installing Certificate System with an HSM:
[DEFAULT] ########################## # Provide HSM parameters # ########################## pki_hsm_enable=True pki_hsm_libfile=hsm_libfile pki_hsm_modulename=hsm_modulename pki_token_name=hsm_token_name pki_token_password=pki_token_password ######################################## # Provide PKI-specific HSM token names # ######################################## pki_audit_signing_token=hsm_token_name pki_ssl_server_token=hsm_token_name pki_subsystem_token=hsm_token_name
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