📄️ Prerequisites
- Windows operating system with:
📄️ GUI Interactive Installation
Download the latest CNG/KSP Provider from the Securosys support portal (see Download). Copy the zip file to your server or client and extract the archive.
📄️ Command Line Installation
The CNG/KSP Provider can be installed and configured by calling the appropriate commands within the CMD window or PowerShell (requires administrator rights). As the MSI package is installed via the native Windows Installer, refer to that documentation for standard command line parameters (e.g. `msiexec /quiet`).
📄️ Installation via Active Directory Group Policy
The MSI package can be distributed on multiple machines easily via Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy (Software Installation). For details consult the corresponding Microsoft documentation. Below is a brief description of the steps:
📄️ Multiple CNG/KSP Provider Instances
CNG/KSP Provider V1.40 onwards allows installing multiple CNG/KSP provider instances. These can only be installed using procedures based on the `KspCfg.ini` configuration file and the number of provider instances can only be changed via the installation procedure.
📄️ Configuring CNG/KSP Provider
HSM Management
📄️ Updating CNG/KSP Provider
In some cases, the CNG/KSP Provider requires updating to use new HSM functionality. The update procedure depends on the versions already installed and to be installed: