Encrypte sensitive data
When you create a new content source using the Manage Search portlet, some content sources require that you enter sensitive data, such as the user ID and password of the crawler user. This sensitive data is stored on the hard drive. Ensure that such sensitive data is encrypted on disk.
Consider the case of secured portal sites or HTTP sites that require a user ID and password. This sensitive data is stored on the hard drive. In order to ensure that such sensitive data is encrypted on disk, perform the following procedure after portal installation:
- Open the file searchsecret.xml with an editor. This file is located in the following directory:
- For UNIX:
profile_root/temp/search/wp.search.admin
- For i5/OS:
profile_root/temp/search/wp.search.admin
- For Windows:
profile_root\temp\search\wp.search.admin
- Replace the string CHANGE TO YOUR SECRET KEY with a random string.
- Run the updated file searchsecret.xml by using the XML configuration interface command:
xmlaccess.bat|sh -in searchsecret.xml -out results.xml
- Specify the file name using the -in option.
- Specify a result file using the -out option.
- Check the result file to make sure that the XML request was executed successfully.
For more details about how to use the XML configuration interface, refer to Work with the XML configuration interface.
- Delete the file searchsecret.xml.
Parent topic:
Security
Related tasks
Search on Portal Search collections and other content sources
Search on secured portal sites and pages and content management items
Related information
Work with the XML configuration interface