Activate configuration encryption

Activate configuration encryption to automatically or manually encrypt sensitive configuration values. Reactivate encryption configuration if it was temporarily deactivated. For more, see Encrypt sensitive configuration values.

  1. Edit the opscenterd.conf file.

    The location of this file depends on the type of installation:

    • Package installations: /etc/opscenter/opscenterd.conf

    • Tarball installations: INSTALL_DIRECTORY/conf/opscenterd.conf

  2. In the [security] section, set the config_encryption_active option to True:

    opscenterd.conf
    [security]
config_encryption_active = True

    Lifecycle Manager (LCM) isn’t compatible when config_encryption_active is true in DSE and OpsCenter. For LCM limitations, see Encrypt DSE configuration values.

  3. Restart opscenterd.

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