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Sign PDF in the Cloud using AWS CloudHSM

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Demonstrates how to sign a PDF using AWS CloudHSM. The signing of the hash happens on a hardware token in AWS CloudHSM. Everything else involving the updating the PDF to add the signature happens locally within Chilkat.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.96 or greater.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

$pkcs11 = new CkPkcs11();

// Provide the path to the AWS CloudHSM PKCS11 driver.
// This example runs on Windows, so we'll provide the CloudHSM DLL.
// If your code runs on Linux, the CloudHSM driver might be at /opt/cloudhsm/lib/libcloudhsm_pkcs11.so
$pkcs11->put_SharedLibPath('C:\\Program Files\\Amazon\\CloudHSM\\lib\\cloudhsm_pkcs11.dll');

// Your PIN should be a string containing your crypto user's login and password, with a colon char delimiting.
// See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/pkcs11-pin.html
$pin = 'user:password';
$userType = 1;

// Establish a PKCS logged-on session using the driver (.so, .dylib, or .dll) as specified in the SharedLibPath above.
$success = $pkcs11->QuickSession($userType,$pin);
if ($success == false) {
    print $pkcs11->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$cert = new CkCert();
$success = $cert->LoadFromFile('qa_data/certs/myCert.cer');
if ($success == false) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Tell the certificate to link with the PKCS11 session.
// The cert's private key should be installed on the CloudHSM.
// If there are multiple private keys on the CloudHSM, then Chilkat will automatically
// locate and use the private key corresponding to the certificate.
$success = $cert->LinkPkcs11($pkcs11);
if ($success == false) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// At this point, we have the cert to be used for signing.
// Our PDF signing code is the same as for a cert obtained from any other source..

$pdf = new CkPdf();

// Load a PDF to be signed.
$success = $pdf->LoadFile('qa_data/pdf/hello.pdf');
if ($success == false) {
    print $pdf->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

$json = new CkJsonObject();

$json->UpdateInt('page',1);
$json->UpdateString('appearance.y','top');
$json->UpdateString('appearance.x','left');
$json->UpdateString('appearance.fontScale','10.0');
$json->UpdateString('signingAlgorithm','pss');
$json->UpdateString('hashAlgorithm','sha256');

$i = 0;
$json->put_I($i);
$json->UpdateString('appearance.text[i]','Digitaly signed by: Xyz Widgets, Inc.');
$i = $i + 1;
$json->put_I($i);
$json->UpdateString('appearance.text[i]','current_dt');
$i = $i + 1;
$json->put_I($i);
$json->UpdateString('appearance.text[i]','blah blah blah');

// The certificate is internally linked to the Pkcs11 object, which is currently in an authenticated session.
$success = $pdf->SetSigningCert($cert);

$success = $pdf->SignPdf($json,'qa_output/out.pdf');
if ($success == false) {
    print $pdf->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
$success = $pkcs11->Logout();
if ($success == false) {
    print $pkcs11->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

// When finished, close the session.
// It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
$success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
if ($success == false) {
    print $pkcs11->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>