Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS)

this document shows you how to configure the futurex kmes series 3 with red hat certificate system (rhcs) using futurex pkcs #11 libraries for additional questions about your hsm, see the relevant user guide about rhcs from the red hat knowledge base website the 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) basic architecture of an rhcs deployment although each rhcs subsystem (ca, kra, ocsp, tks, 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 integration overview this guide shows you how to perform the following tasks install {{futurex}} pkcs #11 configure the {{k3}} edit the {{futurex}} pkcs #11 configuration file install rhcs and deploy the subsystem the following sections show you how to perform these tasks when you complete all four tasks, fully configuring the rhcs integration with the {{k3}} , all ca subsystem keys are secured within the internal hsm of the {{k}} and are available to rhcs when required