Preparing for external key management

You can manage your encryption keys by using an external key management service with a Content Platform Engine container environment.

Before you begin

Prepare the storage environment, including the persistent volumes and persistent volume claims, for your Content Platform Engine container deployment.

About this task

Using external key management for your container deployment of Content Platform Engine requires the following configuration steps:
  • Setting up the external key management service, using IBM Key Protect or a supported KMIP-based service.
  • Configuring your container environment for external key management.
  • Creating your initial domain with the external key management configuration settings.