Actuate BIRT supports the encryption of connection properties in the connection configuration file. The encryption conversion is created in Actuate BIRT Designer Professional, using BIRT's encryption framework. The encryption user interface reads a user‑specified configuration file, and writes the encrypted values for a specified property type to a new output file. The configuration file must have the file name extension .acconfig.

The run-time decryption processing runs in Actuate BIRT Designer Professional, iHub, and Actuate Java Component. You must deploy the encrypted version of a configuration file to the iHub or Actuate Java Component environments, and set up the database configuration for iHub.

For more information about the encryption conversion and the BIRT encryption mechanism, see Using Actuate BIRT Designer Professional.