How to set up AES encryption: in ESP

Products

• ESP Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

How to set up AES encryption between ESP and an agent.  
 

Environment

Release : 12.0
Component : ESP WORKLOAD AUTOMATION

Release : 12.x
Component : Workload Automation System Agent

Resolution

1.  To create the key in ESP, issue the following command in pagemode: 

    CRYPTKEY DEFINE KEYNAME(agent_key) KEY(X'1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012') AES

2.  Define the AGENT in the AGENTDEF file in ESP:
         
      AGENT agentname ADDRESS(##.###.###.##) PORT(####) NT ASCII TCPIP -
      PREFIXING ENCRYPT KEY(agent_key)

3.  Refresh the AGENTDEF file:
       OPER LOADAGDF 'hlq.esp.PARMLIB(AGENTDEF)'

4. Define the key in the agent. In the agent home directory, issue the command below:
         keygen X1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 AES

5. Restart the agent to reload the new key.

   

Additional Information

More information on the KEYGEN utility is found here:  

Set the Encryption on the Agent Using the Keygen Utility