Command Central 10.5 | Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading Command Central | Configure Shared Secrets to Encrypt Instance and Component Passwords
 
Configure Shared Secrets to Encrypt Instance and Component Passwords
When you want to view or update instance or component configurations that contain passwords, you can provide a shared secret for Platform Manager to use to create a security context and encrypt the passwords.
You can specify an environment shared secret for any environment, and a global shared secret for an entire Command Central landscape. If an instance or component is in an installation that belongs to a single environment, Command Central uses the shared secret for that environment. If the instance or component is in an installation that does not belong to an environment or that belongs to several environments, Command Central uses the global shared secret.
Command Central is installed with a default global secret, but Software AG strongly recommends that you replace it. If you do not, it will be possible to decrypt sensitive information in templates or configurations using the default Command Central password.
1. To specify an environment shared secret, go to Environments, click the environment for which to specify the shared secret, click the gear dropdown, click Configure Shared Secret, and type the shared secret to use.
2. To specify a global shared secret, go to Environments > ALL, click the gear dropdown, click Configure Shared Secret, and type the shared secret to use.