Introduction

This guide is part of the information and support provided by Utimaco. Additional documents 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 on Utimaco’s web site at https://utimaco.com/.

About This Guide

This guide provides an integration explaining how to integrate an Utimaco CryptoServer Hardware Security Module (HSM) with NGINX. Utimaco HSM is used to secure the private keys for SSL certificate and offload cryptographic operations on the HSM.

Target Audience for This Guide

This guide is intended for administrators of NGINX 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

API

Application Programming Interface

CA

Certificate Authority

CD

Compact Disc

CSADM

CryptoServer Command-line Administration Tool

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HSM

Hardware Security Module

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

IP

Internet Protocol

LAN

Local Area Network

PCIe

PCI Express Interface

PCRE

Perl Compatible Regular Expressions

PIN

Personal Identification number

PKCS#11

Public-Key Cryptography Standard #11

POP3

Post Office Protocol version 3

RSA

Rivest-Shamir-Adleman

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SO

Security Officer

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

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