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authorIngela Anderton Andin <[email protected]>2017-12-15 14:59:03 +0100
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ok</code>
</section>
</section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Using an Engine Stored Key</title>
+
+ <p>Erlang ssl application is able to use private keys provided
+ by OpenSSL engines using the following mechanism:</p>
+
+ <code type="erl">1> ssl:start().
+ok</code>
+
+ <p>Load a crypto engine, should be done once per engine used. For example
+ dynamically load the engine called <c>MyEngine</c>:
+ </p>
+ <code type="erl">2> {ok, EngineRef} =
+crypto:engine_load(&lt;&lt;"dynamic">>,
+ [{&lt;&lt;"SO_PATH">>, "/tmp/user/engines/MyEngine"},&lt;&lt;"LOAD">>],[]).
+{ok,#Ref&lt;0.2399045421.3028942852.173962>}
+ </code>
+
+ <p>Create a map with the engine information and the algorithm used by the engine:</p>
+ <code type="erl">3> PrivKey =
+ #{algorithm => rsa,
+ engine => EngineRef,
+ key_id => "id of the private key in Engine"}.
+ </code>
+ <p>Use the map in the ssl key option:</p>
+ <code type="erl">4> {ok, SSLSocket} =
+ssl:connect("localhost", 9999,
+ [{cacertfile, "cacerts.pem"},
+ {certfile, "cert.pem"},
+ {key, PrivKey}], infinity).
+ </code>
+
+ <p>See also <seealso marker="crypto:engine_load#engine_load"> crypto documentation</seealso> </p>
+
+ </section>
+
</chapter>