Encrypt passwords

You can encrypt 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. You can open or download documents from the Documentation Web site. Documents are also contained in the ARIS installation package (see Documents > English folder structure) that is available in the ARIS Download Center.

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.

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. You can open or download documents from the Documentation Web site. Documents are also contained in the ARIS installation package (see Documents > English folder structure) that is available in the ARIS Download Center.

    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.

You can paste the encrypted password to related fields.