Quickstart

1. Get started with the installation.

2. If the PKCS#11 API is already configured on your HSM, you can skip ahead to the provider installation.

Installing the provider is only the first step. The Primus PKCS#11 Provider can be seamlessly integrated into existing applications as well as provide an easy to use interface to manage cryptographic keys in your own application.

tip

PKCS#11 Provider libraries, executables, and configuration files are by default assigned to the group "primus".

Therefore, add all application accounts and users using the PKCS#11 Provider to the group primus (sudo usermod -a -G primus user). Adding a user to a new group may require logout/login or reboot to update permissions (as temporary workaround you may use newgrp primus or sudo login -f <user>).