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Install Futurex PKCS #11 (FXPKCS11)

1min
install fxpkcs11 on the same computer as the application integrating with the {{vectera}} hsm perform the following steps to install {{futurex}} pkcs #11 for a linux environment, download the tarball of the pkcs #11 binaries from the {{futurex}} portal extract the tar file locally where you want to install the application on your file system for the futurex pkcs #11 module to be accessible system wide, put it in /usr/local/bin by an administrative user if only the current user needs to use the module, you can install in $home/bin the extracted content of the tar file is a single fxpkcs11 directory with the following files and directories (only files and folders relevant to the installation process are listed) filename or directory description fxpkcs11 cfg pkcs #11 configuration file to use for hsm integrations x86/ this folder contains the module files for 32 bit architecture x64/ this folder contains the module files for 64 bit architecture the x86 and x64 directories have multiple directories named for the specific openssl versions these openssl directories contain the pkcs #11 module files, built with the respective openssl versions file name description configtest program to test configuration and connection to the hsm libfxpkcs11 so pkcs #11 library file pkcs11manager program to test connection and manage the hsm through the pkcs #11 library the configtest and pkcs11manager programs look for the pkcs #11 configuration file in the /etc directory you must either move the file from the /usr/local/bin/fxpkcs11 directory to the /etc directory or set the fxpkcs11 cfg environment variable to point to it