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This document provides information regarding configuring the Futurex Vectera Plus HSM with Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) by using our PKCS #11 libraries. For additional questions related to your HSM, see the relevant user guide.

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About Red Hat Certificate System

From the Red Hat knowledge base website: Red Hat Certificate System provides a powerful security framework to manage user identities and ensure communication privacy. Handling the major functions of the identity life cycle, Red Hat Certificate System simplifies enterprise-wide deployment and adoption of a public key infrastructure (PKI).

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Basic architecture of an RHCS deployment

Although each RHCS subsystem (CA, KRA, OCSP, TKS, and TPS) provides a different service, all share a common architecture. For more information, refer to the following Red Hat knowledge base article: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_certificate_system/9/html/planning_installation_ and_deployment_guide/sect-certificate-system-architecture-overview

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Guardian integration

The Guardian Series 3 introduces mission-critical viability to core cryptographic infrastructure, including:
  • Centralization of device management
  • Elimination of points of failure
  • Distribution of transaction loads
  • Group-specific function blocking
  • User-defined grouping systems
See the applicable guide in the Futurex Portal for configuring HSMs with the Guardian Series 3, including PKCS #11 and CNG configuration.