This topic provides instructions for installing the PKCS #11 library for the AWS CloudHSM Client SDK 3 version series. For more information about the Client SDK or PKCS #11 library, see Using the Client SDK and PKCS #11 library.
Prerequisites for Client SDK 3
The PKCS #11 library requires the AWS CloudHSM client.
If you haven't installed and configured the AWS CloudHSM client, do that now by following the steps at Install the client (Linux). After you install and configure the client, use the following command to start it.
$sudo start cloudhsm-client
Install the PKCS #11 library for Client SDK 3
The following command downloads and installs the PKCS #11 library.
$wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudhsmv2-software/CloudHsmClient/EL6/cloudhsm-client-pkcs11-latest.el6.x86_64.rpm
$sudo yum install ./cloudhsm-client-pkcs11-latest.el6.x86_64.rpm
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If the EC2 instance on which you installed the PKCS #11 library has no other components from Client SDK 3 installed, you must bootstrap Client SDK 3. You only have to do this once on each instance with a component from Client SDK 3.
You can find the PKCS #11 library files in the following locations:
Linux binaries, configuration scripts, certificates, and log files:
/opt/cloudhsm/lib
