Securing Passwords and Internal.script

You can enable or disable the encryption of the internal database password and the reporting database password stored in the installation.properties file. You can also make the Internal.script file available in an unreadable form.

The Grid Server can be installed or upgraded in the GUI installation mode and silent installation mode. The procedure to enable encryption for these installation modes is explained later in this section.

Considerations for Enabling Encryption

• For the Internal.script file: This change is only for Primary Director and Secondary Director because there is no separate internal database for Brokers. If you set the property to true on the Primary Director and false on the Secondary Director, the Internal.script on the Secondary Director becomes unreadable. This happens because the Secondary Director backs up the database from the Primary Director.

• For mixed Grid Deployment: In case the property is set to true, mixed deployment of the Grid is not supported. Ensure that all components use version 7.1.0 of GridServer Manager.

Enable or Disable Encryption (GUI Installation Mode)

1. Install or upgrade the server as required.

2. Go to the DS_DATA\conf folder and open the installation.properties file for editing.

3. In the installation.properties file, set the DSPasswordEncryption property to true (to enable encryption) or false (to disable encryption) as required.

4. Reinstall the server from Admin > Manager Reinstall.

Enable or Disable Encryption (Silent Installation Mode)

1. Go to the DS_MANAGER folder and open the install.silent file for editing.

2. In the install.silent file, set the passwordencryption property value to true (to enable encryption) or false (to disable encryption) as required.

3. Install or upgrade the server as required.