9.2. Using ECC with an HSM
The HSMs supported by Certificate System support their own native ECC modules. To create an instance with ECC system certificates:
- Set up the HSM per manufacturer's instructions. If multiple hosts are sharing the HSM, make sure they can all access the same partition if needed and if the site policies allow it.
- Define the required parameters in the
pkispawn
utility configuration file and runpkispawn
. For example, to configure Certificate System to create an ECC CA, assuming the configuration file isecc.inf
:- Edit
ecc.inf
to specify the appropriate settings. For an example of the configuration file, see the pkispawn(8) man page. - Run
pkispawn
againstecc.inf
:$ script -c 'pkispawn -s CA -f /root/pki/ecc.inf -vvv'