Preparing for IBM Key Protect for external key management
You create a secret with your IBM Key Protect certificate before preparing to deploy your Content Platform Engine container environment.
Procedure
To configure external key management in a container environment that is deployed by an operator:
What to do next
You can do one of the following:
- To manage your encryption keys by using a KMIP external key management service, see topic Using KMIP for external key management.
- Continue to prepare for operator deployment by providing the other required values in the CR YAML file, then deploy the Content Platform Engine container image. When the Content Platform Engine container is up and running, use the Administration Console for Content Platform Engine in the new environment to create a FileNet P8 domain and enable external key management for the domain. For more information, see Creating the FileNet® P8 domain.