Vault Facility

In the context of:

ESCWA

ESCWA will attempt to use the Micro Focus Vault Facility by default. The Vault Facility enables you to store sensitive data in a secure form.

It is possible to explicitly disable the use of the Vault Facility from the ESCWA command line, or to specify an incorrect vault specification, which will result in the Vault Facility not being used. Micro Focus recommends that you use the Vault Facility for storing ESCWA's sensitive data.

Directory Server
A Directory Server from Enterprise Server version 8.0 or later will always attempt to use the Vault Facility by default. In addition, it will attempt to automatically migrate sensitive data values when it first starts. However, it is possible due to file permissions or connection issues that it will not be able to use the Vault Facility.

To ensure a Directory Server can use the Vault Facility, check the following:

  • Ensure you are using Enterprise Server version 8.0 or later.

    Ensure the default vault specification of the Vault Facility is valid.

    Ensure permissions of any Vault Facility related files are correct, including the configuration file and any stored secrets.

Configuration options

ESCWA

To ensure that ESCWA is using the Vault Facility correctly, check the following:

  • Ensure ESCWA was started without the command-line option which can disable use of the Vault Facility.
  • Ensure ESCWA is using a valid vault specification.

To modify the vault specification, use ESCWA to perform the following steps:

  1. Click

    This opens the Enterprise Server Administration Configuration dialog box.

  2. Expand Security Settings
  3. In the Vault Encryption Specification file, ensure that it is empty so that the default specification is used. Alternatively, type the name of the specification you want to use.
  4. Click Apply.

See Vault Facility for more information.

Directory Server

To ensure a Directory Server is using the Vault Facility, check the following:

  1. Ensure you are using Enterprise Server version 8.0 or later.
  2. Ensure the default vault specification of the Vault Facility is valid.
Parent topic: Configuration Report