How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28376: cannot find PKCS11 library?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28376: cannot find PKCS11 library with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28376: cannot find PKCS11 library

Reason for the Error ORA-28376: cannot find PKCS11 library

The HSM vendor’s library cannot be found.

How to fix the Error ORA-28376: cannot find PKCS11 library ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Place the HSM vendor’s library in the following directory structure: For Unix like system: /opt/oracle/extapi/[32,64]/hsm/{VENDOR}/{VERSION}/lib. For Windows systems: %SYSTEM_DRIVE%\oracle\extapi\[32,64]\hsm\{VENDOR}\{VERSION}\lib. [32, 64] – refers to 32bit or 64bit binary. {VENDOR} – The name of the vendor supplying the library. {VERSION} – Version of the library, perferably in num#.num#.num# for// mat.