Create a CSC Electronic Seal Connector

The Cloud Signature Consortium (CSC) is a standard protocol for cloud-based digital signatures that supports web and mobile applications and complies with the most demanding electronic signature regulations in the world. The CSC Electronic Seal Connector allows SigningHub to apply Electronic Seals while using the CSC signing protocol.

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Create a CSC Electronic Seal connector

1. Click the 'Configurations' option from the navigation panel.

2. Click the 'Connectors' option.

3. Click theicon from the grid header.

   
4. The 'Add' connector screen will appear to add the connector details. It comprises of two sections, i.e. Basic Information and Details. Specify the basic information and click the button to provide the respective connector details.

5. Click the 'Create' button. A new connector will be saved and displayed in the list. See the table below for field descriptions.

Basic Information
Fields	Description
Name	Specify a unique name for this connector, i.e. My CSC Electronic Seal Connector. This connector will be used in the configuration of Signing Profiles.
Provider	Select the provider for this connector, i.e. "CSC Electronic Seal".
Purpose	This field will display the purpose of the selected provider above, i.e. the purpose of "CSC Electronic Seal" is "Signing".
Active	Tick this check box to make this connector active. Inactive connectors cannot be configured in the Signing Profiles.

The following table describes the fields on the "Details" section of this screen.

Details
Fields	Description
Server Address	URL where CSC Server is deployed and accessible. The server address must be in the following format: [CSC_SERVER_URL]/csc/[CSC_SPECIFICATION_VERSION]
Client ID	Application ID that is provided by the CSC Server.
Client Secret	Client Secret is provided by the CSC Server.
Auth Type	Select the authorisation type, i.e. "Client Credentials". Upon selecting "Client Credentials" as the auth type, the CSC User ID will be used and the user will be allowed to sign without requiring any manual authorisation at the time of signing.

1. Currently, "Client Credentials" is the only option available for the Auth Type in the CSC Electronic Seal Connector.