Getting started with AWS CloudHSM

The following helps you create, initialize, and activate an AWS CloudHSM cluster. After you complete these procedures, you'll be ready to manage users, manage clusters, and use the included software libraries to perform cryptographic operations.

Contents

• Create IAM administrative groups
• Create a virtual private cloud (VPC)
• Create a cluster
• Review the cluster security group
• Launch an Amazon EC2 client instance
• Configure the Client Amazon EC2 instance security groups
• Create an HSM
• Verify the identity and authenticity of your cluster's HSM (optional)
• Initialize the cluster
• Install and configure CloudHSM CLI
• Activate the cluster
• Reconfigure SSL with a new certificate and private key (optional)
• Build an application