Preparing for password encryption

For enhanced security, BMC Helix IT Operations Managementuses encrypted passwords for deployment. After you download the product files from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution (EPD), you can prepare for password encryption.

To prepare for password encryption

1. Go to the commons/certs directory and open the secrets.txt file.
   

   Important

   Use only the new secrets.txt file to set the passwords:

   • For a fresh installation, use the secrets.txt file that you downloaded along with the deployment manager. See Downloading-the-deployment-manager-and-container-images.
   • For a upgrade, use the secrets.txt file present in your new working directory (new_working_directory). 

   Do not copy the older version of the secrets.txt file because it is not compatible with the newer version. However, we recommend that you refer to the older version of the secrets.txt file to understand the syntax and to get the values that you had set previously.

2. Add the following passwords to this file and then save it:

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   Important

   Ensure that you provide all passwords in the secrets.txt file. If you forget to add even one password in the secrets.txt file, the deployment fails with the following error:
   

Sample secrets.txt file