Setting up API User
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setting up api user api user in primevault has a public private key pair where the public key is known to primevault and the private key resides in the user's environment secure your private key it's crucial to protect your private key for storage, our sdk supports two methods store the key securely in a file or database use aws key management service (kms) for key generation and management recommended method we advise using aws kms it's a hardware security module (hsm) service, meaning your private keys are generated and managed securely, with no possibility of extraction make sure to configure kms policies properly to prevent unauthorized access sign your requests use your private key to sign all api requests primevault verifies each request's signature before processing to ensure security