Establishing a cluster, Creating the cluster, Establishing – HP Secure Key Manager User Manual

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3.

In the KMS Server Settings section of the window, click Edit. The following warning may display.

4.

Configure the KMS Server Settings as shown. (Ensure that the port and connection timeout settings
are 9000 and 3600, respectively). For Server Certificate, select the name of the certificate you
created in

Creating the SKM server certificate

, step 4. For example,

SKM Server

.

5.

Click Save.

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Establishing a cluster

The procedures in this section will establish a cluster configuration on one SKM appliance and then
transfer that configuration to the remaining appliances.

In

Creating the cluster

, the cluster is created on one SKM appliance.

Skip this section if you already have an SKM cluster.

In

Copying the Local CA certificate

, the Local CA certificate from an existing cluster member is

copied into the copy buffer in preparation for pasting it into the management console of each of
the SKM appliances that will be added to the cluster in

Adding SKM appliances to the cluster

.

Start here if you are replacing an SKM or expanding an existing cluster. When replacing an ap-
pliance or expanding the cluster, any of the existing cluster members may be used to transfer the
cluster configuration.

In

Adding SKM appliances to the cluster

, each of the additional SKM appliances will be added

to the cluster.
Start here if you already have a cluster and the Local CA certificate from

Copying the Local CA

certificate

is still available in your copy buffer.

If you only have one SKM appliance, skip

Establishing a cluster

and continue with

Propagating

third-party certificates

.

Creating the cluster

To create the cluster, perform the following steps on one of the SKM appliances to be clustered:

Configuring the system

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