PKCS #11 library for AWS CloudHSM Client SDK 5

PKCS #11 is a standard for performing cryptographic operations on hardware security modules (HSMs). AWS CloudHSM offers implementations of the PKCS #11 library that are compliant with PKCS #11 version 2.40.

For information about bootstrapping, see Connecting to the cluster. For troubleshooting, see Known issues for the PKCS #11 library for AWS CloudHSM.

For information on using Client SDK 3, see Using previous SDK version to work with AWS CloudHSM.

Topics

• Install the PKCS #11 library
• Authenticate to the PKCS #11 library
• Key types
• Mechanisms
• API operations
• Key attributes
• Code samples
• Advanced configurations