AWS Security Cookbook

Initializing the cluster and creating our first HSM

We can initialize our cluster by going to the CloudHSM clusters list and following these steps:

1. Select our cluster and click on Initialize under the Actions drop-down menu:

2. Create an HSM. Select one of the AZs we selected while creating the cluster and click Create:

HSM creation can take some time. Once done, we should see a message similar to the one shown in the following screenshot:

3. Download the certificate signing request (CSR) and sign it. Optionally, we can verify the identity ...