Installation Overview

This document contains the standard installation procedures for Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform Vault.

To configure a basic Cryptographic Security Platform Vault cluster and register one or more VMs with that cluster, you need to install Cryptographic Security Platform Vault on one or more servers and then install the Policy Agent on each VM you want to register. To do so:

Step	Description	Notes
1	Verify that the systems you want to use meet the basic system requirements.	See System Requirements.
2	Install the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault software on the target system. Important: Make sure that all Cryptographic Security Platform Vault nodes reside on devices that are not encrypted. Cryptographic Security Platform Vault has its own internal encryption, and it must be available to provide the keys for the encrypted devices before the encrypted devices can be accessed.	If you want to use VMware vCenter to deploy Cryptographic Security Platform Vault using an OVA template, see CSP Vault OVA Installation. If you want to install Cryptographic Security Platform Vault on an existing VM, see CSP Vault ISO Installation for Hypervisors. For Amazon, see CSP Vault in AWS. For Microsoft Azure, see CSP Vault in Microsoft Azure. For GCP, see CSP Vault in GCP.
3	Configure the first Cryptographic Security Platform Vault node and initialize the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault webGUI.	For OVA, see Configuring the First Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Node (OVA Install). For ISO, see Installing the First CSP Vault Node on a VM from an ISO Image.
4	If desired, install additional Cryptographic Security Platform Vault nodes and join them to the cluster. The number of nodes you can install is dictated by your Cryptographic Security Platform Vault license.	For OVA, see Adding a New Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Node to an Existing Cluster (OVA Install). For ISO, see Installing an Additional CSP Vault Cluster Node on a VM from an ISO Image.