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Edit the Futurex PKCS #11 configuration file
17min
the fxpkcs11 cfg file enables you to set the fxpkcs #11 library to connect to the {{k3}} to edit the file, run a text editor as an administrator on windows or as root on linux and edit the configuration file accordingly most notably, you must set the fields described in this section inside the \<kms> section of the file our pkcs #11 library expects to find the pkcs #11 config file in a certain location (c \program files\futurex\fxpkcs11\fxpkcs11 cfg for windows and /etc/fxpkcs11 cfg for linux), but you can override that location by using the fxpkcs11 cfg environment variable to configure the fxpkcs11 cfg file, edit the following sections of the partial file sample \<kms> \# which pkcs11 slot \<slot> 0 \</slot> \<label> futurex \</label> \# login username \<crypto opr> \[identity name] \</crypto opr> \# automatically login on session open \#\<crypto opr pass> \[identity password] \</crypto opr pass> \# key group name \<keygroup name> keygroup1 \</keygroup name> \# asymmetric key group name \<asym keygroup name> asym rhcs \</asym keygroup name> \# connection information \<address> 10 0 8 20 \</address> \<prod port> 2001 \</prod port> \<prod tls enabled> yes \</prod tls enabled> \<prod tls anonymous> no \</prod tls anonymous> \<prod tls ca> /connection certs/root pem \</prod tls ca> \<prod tls cert> /connection certs/fxpkcs11 tls cert pem \</prod tls cert> \<prod tls key> /connection certs/fxpkcs11 tls privatekey pem \</prod tls key> \# \<prod tls key pass> safest \</prod tls key pass> \# yes = this is communicating through a guardian \<fx load balance> no \</fx load balance> \</kms> field description \<slot> can leave set to the default value of 0 \<crypto opr> specify the name of the identity you created on the kmes \<keygroup name> if an application creates symmetric keys on the {{k}} , the value specified in this field is the name of the symmetric key group to which you add the keys \<asym keygroup name> if an application creates asymmetric keys on the {{k}} , the value specified in this field is the name of the asymmetric key group to which you add the keys \<address> specify the ip address of the kmes to which the pkcs #11 library should connect \<log file> set the path of the pkcs #11 log file \<prod port> set the pkcs #11 library to connect to the default host api port on the kmes, port 2001 \<prod tls enabled> set the field to yes the only way to connect to the host api port on the {{k}} is over tls \<prod tls anonymous> set this value to no because you're connecting to the host api port by using mutual authentication this field defines whether the pkcs #11 library authenticates to the {{k}} \<prod tls ca> define the location of the ca certificates with one or more instances of this tag in this example, there is only one ca certificate \<prod tls cert> set the location of the signed client certificate \<prod tls key> set the location of the client private key supported formats for the tls private key include pkcs #1 clear private keys, pkcs #8 encrypted private keys, or a pkcs #12 file that contains the private key and certificates encrypted under a password \<prod tls key pass> set the password of the pkcs #12 file, if necessary \<fx load balance> set this field to yes if you use a guardian to manage {{k3}} devices in a cluster if you don't use a guardian, set it to no after you finish editing fxpkcs11 cfg , run the pkcs11manager file to test the connection against the {{k}} and check the fxpkcs11 log for errors and information for more information, refer to the {{futurex}} pkcs #11 technical reference found on the {{futurex}} portal special defines required for this integration for the rhcs integration, add the following two defines to the \<config> section of the fxpkcs11 configuration file \<forced asymmetric usage> sign | verify \</forced asymmetric usage> \<check already logged in> no \</check already logged in>