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Changing ase_master.key

Create your own ASE master key to obfuscate keys and password in ASE.

Before you begin

ASE must be stopped before creating a new ase_master.key.

About this task

To create your own ASE master key:

Steps

  1. Run the following command to create your own ASE master key to obfuscate keys and password in ASE: generate_obfkey.

    /opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh generate_obfkey -u admin -p admin
API Security Enforcer is running. Please stop ASE before generating new obfuscation master key

  2. Stop ASE by running the following command:

    /opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/stop.sh -u admin –p admin
checking API Security Enforcer status…sending stop request to ASE. please wait…
API Security Enforcer stopped

  3. Enter the generate_obfkey command to change the default ASE master key:

    /opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh -u admin -p admin generate_obfkey
Please take a backup of config/ase_master.key, config/ase.conf,
config/abs.conf, config/cluster.conf before proceeding
Warning: Once you create a new obfuscation master key, you should
obfuscate all config keys also using cli.sh obfuscate_keys
Warning: Obfuscation master key file /opt/pingidentity/ase/config/ase_master.key already exist.
This command will delete it create a new key in the same file
Do you want to proceed [y/n]:

  4. After a new ASE master key is generated, start ASE by entering the following command:

    /opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/start.sh
Starting API Security Enforcer 4.0...
please see /opt/pingidentity/ase/logs/controller.log for more details