Encrypting passwords

For security reasons, encrypt all the passwords that are used in system configurations and for user management.

About this task

An administrator can encrypt the passwords by using the npm-encrypt.sh script that is available in /opt/IBM/basecamp/basecamp-tools/bin directory.

Run the npm-encrypt.sh script as follows:

cd /opt/IBM/basecamp/basecamp-tools/bin
./npm-encrypt.sh <password>

You can get the encrypted password that can be copied and used in configuration settings as required.