IDOL Server 12.13

# AESKeyFile

The path to the AES key file to use for IDOL data encryption.

Setting this parameter turns on encryption for your IDOL Content data index and IDOL View Server cache.

CAUTION: If you lose your encryption keys after you enable encryption, you cannot recover your IDOL data.

IDOL Server does not start if the key file that you specify is not valid.

You can determine the encryption status of your index by using the GetStatus action.

You can turn on AES encryption in an index that has existing content, but this will not encrypt all of your data. To ensure that all your data is encrypted, Micro Focus recommends that you re-index your data into an empty index. For more information about enabling encryption, refer to the IDOL Server Administration Guide.

After you enable encryption, IDOL Server verifies your encryption key each time you restart the server. The service logs an error and does not start if the key file has changed, or is missing.

Similarly, if you use the DREINITIAL index action with a backup path, IDOL Server checks the encryption settings in the backup directory before attempting to restore the index. If the target index has incompatible encryption settings, the DREINITIAL index action fails with a bad parameter index status.

Type: | String
Default: |
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | DataEncryption
Example: | `AESKeyFile=C:\IDOL\data\encryption\AES.ky`
See Also: | TermInfoReadBlockSize

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Version 12.13 | Last updated October 2022

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Product: IDOL Server 12.13

Topic Title: AESKeyFile