How to generate a symmetric encryption key

Run the main function of SymmetricKeyGenerator.

1 To navigate to the default security folder, open a command prompt window and type:

cd C:\Program Files\Actuate11\BRDPro\eclipse\plugins
\com.actuate.birt.model.defaultsecurity_<Release>

2 To generate the key, as shown in Figure 26‑2, type:

java -cp acdefaultsecurity.jar com.actuate.birt.model.defaultsecurity.api.keygenerator.SymmetricKeyGenerator des

Figure 26‑2 Symmetric key generation

3 The generated key is saved in the file, key.properties. The content of the file looks like this one:

#Key Generator

#Mon Sep 17 10:26:58 PDT 2012

symmetric-key=c402dad0c7a8...

4 Copy the key from the generated key file to the encryption.properties file.