# Minimal PKI with Nitrokey-HSM and OpenSSL

**URL:** https://support.nitrokey.com/t/minimal-pki-with-nitrokey-hsm-and-openssl/7720
**Category:** HSM
**Created:** [August 19, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://support.nitrokey.com/t/minimal-pki-with-nitrokey-hsm-and-openssl/7720 "2026-08-19T17:45:33Z")
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### Author: ![sc-hsm](https://support.nitrokey.com/user_avatar/support.nitrokey.com/sc-hsm/32/304_2.png) [@sc-hsm](https://support.nitrokey.com/u/sc-hsm)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://support.nitrokey.com/t/minimal-pki-with-nitrokey-hsm-and-openssl/7720/1 "2026-08-19T17:45:34Z")

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We have created a template project to setup your own 2-tier minimal PKI using OpenSSL and a Nitrokey-HSM / SmartCard-HSM as key store.

The project can be found on [GitHub](https://github.com/CardContact/sc-hsm-openssl).