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title: CyberSource connectors
slug: configured-commerce/docs/cybersource-connectors
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createdAt: 2026-08-13T10:46:19.000Z
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CyberSource is a payment gateway and tax calculation plug-in for processing online orders. Optimizely Configured Commerce customers can use CyberSource's Simple Order API for tax calculation and CyberSource's SOAP?Toolkit API as the payment gateway.

More information about the CyberSource tax calculation product can be found at [International payment acceptance from cybersource](https://www.cybersource.com/products/payment_processing/global_tax_calculation/).

Review this article for information on setting up CyberSource as the payment gateway: [Connectors for CyberSource](docId\:jjb_nKuWBznwIKO6DsZ_i)

## How to obtain the simple order API security key

The Simple Order API security key must be generated prior to enabling Cybersource:

- Java's Runtime Environment must be installed (use this link to download [Java SE Runtime Environment 8 Downloads](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html)
- Must use a browser other than Google Chrome. Chrome does not work to download the keys on CyberSource's website.

### Steps to generate the security key

1. Log into the Business Center Test Environment: [https://ebctest.cybersource.com](https://ebctest.cybersource.com)
2. From the **Account Management** tab, click **Transaction Security Keys**.
3. Select **Security Keys for the Simple Order API**.
4. Select **2048-bit Key**. This initiates the key generation applet.
5. Once the applet screen appears, select **Generate Certificate Request**.
6. Within the **Save** dialog box, select the secure location on the current server in which you wish to save the key file.
7. The security key file, with extension **.p12**, needs to be added to the folder configured in the **cybs.keysDirectory** setting of the **Web.config**. If this is not done an error will occur when attempting to calculate the tax.

```clike
<add key="cybs.keysDirectory"      value="[PathToDirectoryContainingP12FileForCybersource]" />
```

## Update the tax calculator setting

Use the following steps to enable CyberSource as the tax calculator:

1. Go to **Admin Console** > **Administration** > **System** > **Settings**.
2. Search for "Tax Calculator".
3. Select **CyberSource** from the **Tax Calculator** menu.
4. Click **Save**.