Unlocking the secure vault
Settings to unlock and change the password for the secure vault are under Administration > Security: Secure Vault.
The secure vault contains sensitive information from your SteelHead configuration, including SSL private keys, the RiOS data store encryption key, and replication or delegate user configuration details. RiOS encrypts and secures these configuration settings on the disk at all times using AES 256-bit encryption.
Initially the secure vault is keyed with a default password known only to RiOS. This default password allows the SteelHead to automatically unlock the vault during system start up. You can change the password, but the secure vault doesn’t automatically unlock on start up. To optimize SSL connections or to use RiOS data store encryption, the secure vault must be unlocked.
Under Unlock Secure Vault, these configuration options are available:
Password enables you to specify a password. Initially the secure vault is keyed with a default password known only to RiOS. The default password allows the SteelHead to automatically unlock the vault during system start up. You can change the password, but the secure vault doesn’t automatically unlock on start up. To optimize SSL connections, use RiOS data store encryption, or replication or delegate users, you must unlock the secure vault.
Unlock Secure Vault unlocks the vault.
Under Change Password, these configuration options are available:
Current Password specifies the current password. If you are changing the default password that ships with the product, leave the text box blank.
New Password specifies a new password for the secure vault.
New Password Confirm confirms the new password for the secure vault.
Change Password changes the password for the secure vault.