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Install Futurex PKCS #11
1min
in a linux environment, you can download a tarball of the {{futurex}} pkcs #11 ( fxpkcs11 ) binaries from the {{futurex}} portal and then extract the tar file locally where you want to install the application on your system the following section provides step by step installation instructions install fxpkcs11 on the same computer as the application integrating with the {{k3}} 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 in your file system if you need the {{futurex}} pkcs #11 module to be accessible system wide, an administrative user must install it in /usr/local/bin if only the current user needs the module, install it in $home/bin the extracted content of the tar file is a single fxpkcs11 directory, which contains the following files and directories (only files and folders that are relevant to the installation process are shown here) filename or directory description fxpkcs11 cfg pkcs #11 configuration file to use for hsm integrations fxpkcs11 kms cfg pkcs #11 configuration file to use for {{k3}} 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 perform one of the following options move the file from the /usr/local/bin/fxpkcs11 directory to the /etc directory set the fxpkcs11 cfg environment variable to point to the pkcs #11 configuration file if using the {{k}} version of the pkcs #11 configuration file ( fxpkcs11 kms cfg ), rename the file to fxpkcs11 cfg