Bug ID 720314: Seamless BIG-IP upgrade with AWS cloudHSM Liquid Security

Last Modified: Sep 14, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6

Fixed In:
15.0.0

Opened: May 15, 2018

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

When upgrading a BIG-IP system running AWS cloudHSM Liquid Security, the cloudhsm-client service is not carried over to the new volume. Without cloudhsm-client service, PKCS#11 API communication with Cavium HSM always fail.

Impact

HSM service does not work on the new volume.

Conditions

-- AWS cloudHSM Liquid Security is used. -- Upgrading to a new version of the software.

Workaround

Manually install cloudhsm-client after upgrading.

Fix Information

You can now pre-store a customized script at /shared/pkcs11d_post_process.sh to facilitate the post processing part after BIG-IP system upgrading. The post processing may include automatically re-installing cloudhsm-client or re-registering cloudhsm-client on the BIG-IP system.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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