Encrypting passwords for proxy settings

If you need to encrypt passwords for use in proxy settings, you can use the IBM® BPM EncryptPassword utility.

To encrypt passwords, complete the following steps:

1. From a command prompt, go to the install_root/BPM/Lombardi/lib directory.
2. Run the java -cp utility.jar com.lombardisoftware.utility.EncryptPassword <password> command, where <password> is the password that you want to encrypt.
   For example, run the following command:

   java -cp utility.jar com.lombardisoftware.utility.EncryptPassword JohnDoe

   The result is the following code:

   taVCmTLTWWgkTvfvavu/7g==:sROM4ZbvqRDFYMobWXqvwg==

   Important: If you are running the utility from a different directory, replace utility.jar with the exact path to the utility.jar file.
3. If the utility fails with a ClassNotFoundException exception, set your Java home to the following directory before you run the utility again: install_root/AppServer/java/bin/java
   For example:

   • java -cp install_root/BPM/Lombardi/lib/utility.jar com.lombardisoftware.utility.EncryptPassword JohnDoe
   • java -cp install_root\BPM\Lombardi\lib\utility.jar com.lombardisoftware.utility.EncryptPassword JohnDoe
4. Replace the existing encrypted password in your IBM BPM configuration files as described in the topic "Enabling encrypted passwords in proxy settings."
   Restriction: You cannot use the EncryptPassword utility to decrypt passwords that are already encrypted.