NCryptOpenStorageProvider function with Key Storage Provider (KSP)

The NCryptOpenStorageProvider function loads and initializes the Key Storage Provider (KSP).

Parameters

phProvider [out]

A pointer to a NCRYPT_PROV_HANDLE variable that stores the provider handle.

pszProviderName [in]

A pointer to a null-terminated Unicode string identifying the key storage provider. AWS CloudHSM Key Storage Provider (KSP) supports the following values:

Value	Meaning
L"CloudHSM Key Storage Provider"	Identifies Client SDK 5 provider name. We recommend using this name by default.
L"Cavium Key Storage Provider"	Identifies the Client SDK 3 provider name. Supported for backward compatibility.

Note

Values are wide-character string literal, as indicated by L before the literal.

dwFlags [in]

Flags that modify the behavior of the function. No flags are defined for this function.

Return Value

The function returns a status code to indicate success or failure.

Common return codes include:

Return code	Description
ERROR_SUCCESS	The operation completed successfully.
NTE_INVALID_PARAMETER	One or more parameters are not valid.
NTE_FAIL	The operation couldn't complete.