SigningHub is a .NET application that runs on Windows Servers.  SigningHub provides user management, document and workflow management, auditing, optional billing. It uses Ascertia's other strategic product, ADSS Server, to provide all the advanced cryptographic services such as central or local signing, key generation, certificate management, interfaces to internal or external CA (Certification Authority), OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) and TSA (Time Stamp Authority) services.  ADSS Server can be deployed on Windows or Linux Servers.


This section describes the architecture and deployment scenarios for SigningHub Enterprise.  This includes the dependency on ADSS Server (Advanced Digital Signature Services Server) and where relevant Go>Sign Desktop for client side signing using eID or equivalent hardware devices. Peripheral modules are also covered such as database and HSM (Hardware Security Module).

See SigningHub Architecture & Deployment Guide for details. However, specific configuration of these is outside the scope of the document and the reader is advised to consult the vendor for instructions on how to deploy in a high availability, fault tolerant configuration. Architecture descriptions cover the possible deployment options, which include the simple single instance through to high availability fault tolerance set-ups.


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