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Note
  1. This utility is not available out of the box. To obtain the utility and receive further information please contact supportIBM Support.

  2. DPOD will not be available to users and will not collect data from gateways during this procedure.

The system encrypt encrypts sensitive data in data base with a secret key generate on install. Sometimes a new secret key generation is required or a deployment of an existing (stored in the database/files or sent via HTTP/S requests) with a random encryption key generated during the installation.

Use the following procedure to generate a new random encryption key or to deploy a provided encryption key.

To create a new secret random encryption key, run the following command:

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/app/scripts/generatereplace_encryption_secreteskey.sh --new

To deploy existing secret a provided encryption key, run the following command:

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/app/scripts/generatereplace_encryption_secretekey.sh --deploy <Path to secret key>

Utility will end with this message if everything run correctly:

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2021-04-18_15-20-00: INFO Configuration ended successfullya provided encryption key file>