You can encrypt and decrypt certain data source connection property values, for example, password, using your own encryption and decryption algorithms. You implement encryption and decryption algorithms using an Eclipse-based OSGi extensions framework.

This chapter makes reference to the AC_SERVER_HOME environment variable. In a default BIRT iHub installation on Windows, performed using the installer,
in which the install folder is C:\Actuate\BIRTiHubVisualization, AC_SERVER_HOME represents the following path: