[configuration-database] stanza

The stanza entry defines the name and location of the ISAM obfuscated password configuration file.

Security Verify Access creates a configuration file that contains all the obfuscated entries. For example, All bind (log in) passwords are obfuscated and placed in the configuration file. Both the existing configuration file and the obfuscated configuration file have the same file name, except that .obf is appended to the file name (for example, ivmgrd.conf.obf).

In addition, Security Verify Access creates the [configuration-database] stanza, as needed, whenever an obfuscated entry is automatically added to the obfuscated configuration file. This stanza has a stanza entry that points to the name and location of the obfuscated configuration file. The [configuration-database] stanza can be in every configuration file, including the pd.conf configuration file, if an obfuscated value is added to the file.

Never edit the entry in the [configuration-database] stanza. The one exception might be if the file is to be moved permanently to a different location. This scenario is the only circumstance in which we modify the file name and location. Remember that whenever the configuration file is moved to a different location, we must move the obfuscated file also.

Parent topic: Configuration file stanza reference