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verify your environment meets these requirements supported hardware {{k3}} , application version 6 3 1 x or later, with initial setup completed (including loading a platform master key and network configuration) supported operating systems linux required access an account on the kmes with administrator permissions to create roles, identities, tls pki, and update system settings local root access on the computer where openssl provider is installed and configured for integration network and firewall allow outbound tcp port 2001 (default host api port) to the kmes series 3, specified by fqdn (for example, kmes example com) or cidr (for example, 10 0 0 0/24) tls inspection or ssl proxies can break mutual tls handshakes exempt the kmes fqdn(s) from inspection configure the kmes series 3 with an fqdn so the exemption applies other openssl (version 3 x or newer)