Deactivating configuration encryption

Deactivate configuration encryption before provisioning new clusters or nodes to the cloud. After provisioning, immediately reactivate configuration encryption to continue monitoring your clusters.

Deactivate configuration encryption before provisioning new cloud clusters or nodes. After provisioning, immediately reactivate configuration encryption to continue monitoring your clusters.

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 and deactivate configuration encryption: 
    [security]
config_encryption_active = False
  2. Restart opscenterd.
  3. After provisioning a cluster or node to the cloud, set the value back to True to reactivate configuration encryption and restart opscenterd.