Activating configuration encryption

Activate configuration encryption to automatically or manually encrypt sensitive configuration values. Reactivate encryption configuration if it was temporarily deactivated to add cloud clusters or nodes.

Activate configuration encryption to automatically or manually encrypt sensitive configuration values. Reactivate encryption configuration if it was temporarily deactivated to add cloud clusters or nodes.

opscenterd.conf 

The location of the opscenterd.conf file depends on the type of installation:

  • Installer-Services or package installations: /etc/opscenter/opscenterd.conf
  • Installer-No Services or tarball installations: install_location/conf/opscenterd.conf
  • Windows installations: Program Files (x86)\DataStax Community\opscenter\conf\opscenterd.conf

Procedure

  1. Open opscenterd.conf for editing.
  2. In the [security] section, set the config_encryption_active option to True:
    [security]
    config_encryption_active = True
  3. Restart opscenterd.