softhsm2.conf(5)softhsm2.conf(5)NAMEsofthsm2.conf - SoftHSM configuration file
SYNOPSISsofthsm2.confDESCRIPTION
This is the configuration file for SoftHSM. It can be found on a
default location, but can also be relocated by using the environment
variable. Any configuration must be done according to the file format
found in this document.
FILE FORMAT
Each configuration option is a pair of name and value separated by a
equality sign. The configuration option must be located on a single
line.
<name> = <value>
It is also possible to add comments in the file by using the hash sign.
Anything after the hash sign will be ignored.
# A comment
Any empty lines or lines that does not have the correct format will be ignored.
DIRECTORIES.TOKENDIR
The location where SoftHSM can store the tokens.
directories.tokendir = /usr/local/var/lib/softhsm/tokens/
OBJECTSTORE.BACKEND
The backend to use by SoftHSM to store token objects. Either "file" or
"db" is supported. In order to use the "db" backend, the SoftHSM build
needs to be configured with "configure --with-objectstore-backend-db"
objectstore.backend = file
LOG.LEVEL
The log level which can be set to ERROR, WARNING, INFO or DEBUG.
log.level = INFO
ENVIRONMENT
SOFTHSM2_CONF
When defined, the value will be used as path to the configura‐
tion file.
FILES
~/.config/softhsm2/softhsm2.conf
default user-specific location of the SoftHSM configuration
file; if it exists it will override the system wide configura‐
tion
/usr/local/etc/softhsm2.conf
default system-wide location of the SoftHSM configuration file
/usr/local/etc/softhsm2.conf.sample
an example of a SoftHSM configuration file
AUTHOR
Written by Rickard Bellgrim, Francis Dupont, René Post, and Roland van
Rijswijk.
SEE ALSOsofthsm2-keyconv(1), softhsm2-migrate(1), softhsm2-util(1)SoftHSM 30 October 2014 softhsm2.conf(5)
