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Introduction

This guide is part of the information and support provided by Utimaco. Additional documentation produced to support your Utimaco SecurityServer product can be found in the document directory of the Utimaco SecurityServer product bundle. All Utimaco SecurityServer product documentation is available from Utimaco’s website at https://utimaco.com/.

About This Guide

This guide provides an integration explaining how to integrate an Utimaco CryptoServer Hardware Security Module (HSM) with Opensource Hyperledger Fabric. Utimaco HSM protects the private keys and handles cryptographic operations, allowing the peers and orderer nodes to sign and endorse transactions without exposing their private keys.

Target Audience for This Guide

This guide is intended for administrators of Opensource Hyperledger Fabric and of Utimaco HSMs.

Document Conventions

The following conventions are used in this guide:

Convention

Use

Example

Bold

Items of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), e.g., menu options

Select Details and click on Properties button

Monospaced

Code that is given for explanation or as an example, file paths

certreq.exe -new request.inf IISCertRequest.csr

Italic

References and important terms

Operating system listed in Tested Versions

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Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this guide:

Abbreviation

Meaning

BCCSP

Blockchain Crypto Service Provider

CA

Certificate Authority

CD

Compact Disc

CSAR

Cloud Service Architecture

cURL

Client URL (Client Uniform Resource Locator)

DLT

Distributed Ledger Technology

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HMAC

Hash Message Authentication Code

HSM

Hardware Security Module

ID

Identity

IoT

Internet of Things

JRE

Java Runtime Environment

LAN

Local Area Network

NPM

Node Package Manager

PCI-e

PCI Express Interface

PKCS#11

Public-Key Cryptography Standard #11

YAML

Yet Another Markup Language

List of abbreviations