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AWS CloudHSM Command Line Tools

AWS CloudHSM provides command line tools for managing and using AWS CloudHSM.

Topics

• cloudhsm_mgmt_util
• key_mgmt_util
• Configure Tool

Manage Clusters and HSMs

These tools get, create, delete, and tag AWS CloudHSM clusters and HSMs:

• CloudHSMv2 commands in AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). To use these commands, you need to install and configure AWS CLI.

• HSM2 PowerShell cmdlets in the AWSPowerShell module. These cmdlets are available in a Windows PowerShell module and a cross-platform PowerShell Core module.

   

Manage Users

This tool creates and deletes HSM users, including implementing quorum authentication of user management tasks:

• cloudhsm_mgmt_util. This tool is included in the AWS CloudHSM client software.

   

Manage Keys

This tool creates, deletes, imports, and exports symmetric keys and asymmetric key pairs:

• key_mgmt_util. This tool is included in the AWS CloudHSM client software.

   

Helper Tools

These tools help you to use the tools and software libraries.

• configure updates your CloudHSM client configuration files. This enables the AWS CloudHSM to synchronize the HSMs in a cluster.

• pkpspeed measures the performance of your HSM hardware independent of software libraries.