Creating a Crypto Token

To create a crypto token, select the Crypto Tokens menu option to display the Manage Crypto Tokens page, and click Create new at the bottom of the page.

In the appearing creation screen, select the token type and specify the password and other options. For a list of available crypto token fields, see Crypto Tokens Overview.

In EJBCA Enterprise Edition, you can also create new Crypto Tokens using the WS API call createCryptoToken in your application or with the Web Service Interface.

View or Edit a Crypto Token

This view is similar to the creation of a token except for showing the ID and activation status. The view allows changing values such as the name or auto-activation status.

Key management

While viewing an active Crypto Token, you can also view and interact with the Crypto Token's keys. The shown SubjectKeyID column is a SHA1 over the public key.

• A new key pair can be created by giving it an alias, a key specification and clicking Generate.

• Key pairs can be removed by clicking Remove for the specific key pair or selecting multiple keys and clicking Remove selected.

• A key pair can be tested by clicking Test for the specific key pair.

• A key pair's public key can be downloaded in PEM format by clicking Download Public Key.

Note that the shown key specifications might not be supported by underlying PKCS#11 modules. If attempting to use such a key specification, an error will be shown.

In EJBCA Enterprise Edition, you can also generate new keys by using the WS API call generateCryptoTokenKeys in your application or with the Web Services CLI.

Activation and Deactivation

The following actions are available in the Crypto Token list: