Quantum Dice QEaaS API 1.0.5
 
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Getting Started

Table of Contents

Overview

This page provides explanation on how to start using the programming interface of the Quantum Dice QEaaS API.

Prerequisites

You will need the following:

  1. Host: This can be either of the following.
    1. A Linux machine with development tools to build C++ programs to run the C++ client demo
    2. Any other machine with python3 to run the python demo
  2. The openssl command or an alternative tool for generating keys and certificate signing requests
  3. The client software qdicerem.tgz . Download here
  4. The address and port for the server qeaas.q-dice.com 20804
  5. The server root certificate (included in qdicerem.tgz)
  6. Your certificate and corresponding key, see Getting a client certificate for more information on this

Getting a client certificate

In summary, if you are the randomness administrator (randomadmin) for Zeffereor Inc (an imaginary company), run these commands to generate a key and a certificate signing request

  1. Generate key

    openssl genrsa -out zeffereor.key 4096

  2. Generate certificate signing request

    openssl req -new -key zeffereor.key -out zeffereor.csr -subj "/C=UK/O=Zeffereor/OU=ITdept/CN=Randomness" -addext "subjectAltName=email:randomadmin@zeffereor.com"
  3. Send the signing request ( the zeffereor.csr file ) to Quantum Dice who will create your client certificate chain zeffereor_chain.pem and send it to you.

See Details on generating client certificate for more details on how to generate a key and get a certificate.

Note
It is best practice to ensure that the key never leaves the machine where it is generated.

Next steps