Select your cookie preferences

We use essential cookies and similar tools that are necessary to provide our site and services. We use performance cookies to collect anonymous statistics, so we can understand how customers use our site and make improvements. Essential cookies cannot be deactivated, but you can choose “Customize” or “Decline” to decline performance cookies.

If you agree, AWS and approved third parties will also use cookies to provide useful site features, remember your preferences, and display relevant content, including relevant advertising. To accept or decline all non-essential cookies, choose “Accept” or “Decline.” To make more detailed choices, choose “Customize.”

Preferences
Contact Us
Feedback
AWS Documentation
Create an AWS Account

Generate ECC (elliptic curve cryptography) key pairs using the AWS CloudHSM KMU

PDF
RSS
Focus mode
Generate ECC (elliptic curve cryptography) key pairs using the AWS CloudHSM KMU - AWS CloudHSM

To generate an ECC key pair for AWS CloudHSM, use the genECCKeyPair command in AWS CloudHSM key_mgmt_util. To see all available options, including a list of the supported elliptic curves, use the genECCKeyPair -h command.

The following example generates an ECC key pair using the P-384 elliptic curve defined in NIST FIPS publication 186-4.

Command: genECCKeyPair -i 14 -l ecc-p384
Cfm3GenerateKeyPair returned: 0x00 : HSM Return: SUCCESS

Cfm3GenerateKeyPair:    public key handle: 524297    private key handle: 524298

Cluster Error Status
Node id 0 and err state 0x00000000 : HSM Return: SUCCESS
Node id 1 and err state 0x00000000 : HSM Return: SUCCESS
Node id 2 and err state 0x00000000 : HSM Return: SUCCESS
PrivacySite termsCookie preferences
© 2025, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.