Encrypt passwords

During the setup procedure of ARIS Publisher Server the password of the application user is automatically encrypted. The application user is used to perform the database connection. You can also encrypted passwords, such as the superuser password. The command line tool ARIS Server Administrator is available if you have installed ARIS Server, or the ARIS Administrator Tools (see ARIS Client Installation Guide).

If you have installed ARIS Server, navigate to ARIS installation path>\server\bin\work\work_abs_<s, m or l>\tools\arisadm and run the batch file.

Prerequisites

Make sure that ARIS Publisher Server and ARIS Connect Server/ARIS Design Server have the same version.

Procedure

  1. Start ARIS Server Administrator. This command line tool is available, if you have installed ARIS Server, or the ARIS Administrator Tools (see ARIS Client Installation Guide).

    If you have installed ARIS Server, navigate to ARIS installation path>\server\bin\work\work_abs_<s, m or l>\tools\arisadm and run the batch file. Under a Linux operating system, execute the arisadm.sh shell script instead. The command prompt opens and ARIS Server Administrator is launched in interactive mode.

    If you accepted the program group suggested by the installation program, click Start > Programs > ARIS > Administration > ARIS Server Administrator 10.0.

  2. Establish a connection to the server using the server command:

    syntax: server <server name>:<port number> <tenant> <user name> <password>

    example: server localhost:80 default system manager

  3. Enter command: encrypt <pwd_to_be_encrypted>

    Example

    encrypt databaseuser

    encrypted password:{crypted}123456789abcdefg

  4. Copy the encrypted password, such as {crypted}123456789abcdefg to a text editor file.
  5. Encrypt the next password, for example:

    encrypt ARISBP

    encrypted password:{crypted}1a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9i

  6. Copy the encrypted password to the text editor file.

You can use these encrypted passwords during the ARIS Publisher Server setup process. If you want to change settings of an installed ARIS Publisher Server, you can use the encrypted passwords to reconfigure ARIS Publisher settings.