Overview of IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager container

The containerized IBM® Security Guardium® Key Lifecycle Manager application provides a simpler installation and upgrade experience.

A containerized installation for IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager requires a database container to be installed prior to installing the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager container. The database can be Db2® or PostgreSQL.

IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager container includes IBM WebSphere® Liberty on which the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager application is installed. The IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager application connects to the database that is installed in the database container.

The database files, and the application files such as configuration information, keystore, truststore, user data, debug, and audit log files, are stored in Volumes (Persistent storage).