Quick start guide for local use

To use Bouncy Hsm, you need to have Net 10.0 Runtime and ASP.NET Core Runtime 10 installed.

Bouncy Hsm is standard ASP.NET Core application with native shared library implements PKCS#11 interface. The following diagram shows usage:

1. Download BouncyHsm.zip from releases.
2. Extract BouncyHsm.zip into folder.
3. If necessary, the web UI port should be changed in appsettings.json in Kestrel::Endpoints::Http::Url (and AppBasePath, is use base path).
4. Run BouncyHsm.exe on Windows or dotnet BouncyHsm.dll on other platforms.
5. Open web UI (default run on http://localhost:5000/), click Slots/Tokens in left menu, click Create new, fill form and crate first slot with token.
6. In your application configure or open native PKCS#11 library in folder native/{your platform}/BouncyHsm.Pkcs11Lib.{dll|so} (eg, native/Win-x64/BouncyHsm.Pkcs11Lib.dll for 64-bit Windows application or native/Linux-x64/BouncyHsm.Pkcs11Lib.so for 64-bit linux application).

For local development, there is no need to deploy Bouncy Hsm, just start it manually. It is recommended to configure storage, logging and web UI port.

Native PKCS#11 does not require configuration when connecting to localhost. Its configuration takes place through an environment variable, the name and value of which can be "clicked out" in the web UI in section Configure P11 lib.

To use Bouncy Hsm on a test or staging environment, it can be deployed as a service. You can read more in deployment guide.