Storing node TLS keys in HSM without running the Corda Enterprise Firewall

You can store node TLS keys in HSM by using the optional tlsCryptoServiceConfig and tlsKeyAlias configuration fields in the enterpriseConfiguration configuration block of the node configuration file.

  • tlsCryptoServiceConfig is an optional crypto service configuration to store node’s TLS private key in HSM. If this option is missing, the TLS private key will be stored in the file-based sslkeystore.jks. Parameters:

    • cryptoServiceName: the name of the CryptoService provider to be used.
    • cryptoServiceConf: the path to the configuration file for the CryptoService provider.
  • tlsKeyAlias is the alias of the TLS key. It can consist of up to 100 lowercase alphanumeric characters and the hyphen (-). Default value: cordaclienttls.

A file-based sslkeystore.jks is still required to store TLS certificates, even if corresponding TLS keys are stored in CryptoService.

node.conf:

enterpriseConfiguration = {
    tlsCryptoServiceConfig = {
       cryptoServiceName="AWS_CLOUD"
       cryptoServiceConf="aws_cloud.conf"
    }
}

To migrate from a file-based node’s TLS keystore to HSM:

  1. Add a tlsCryptoServiceConfig section the node configuration file.
  2. Renew the TLS certificate and keys, as described in the Renewing TLS certificates section in HA Utilities.

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