Changing the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager hostname

To change the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager system hostname, you must change the hostname of the WebSphere Application Server Liberty and then, the hostname of the Db2 server.

About this task

Note: In a Multi-Master cluster, change of hostname of any master server is not supported.

Procedure

  1. Change the hostname of the WebSphere Application Server Liberty.
    1. In the sklm.properties file, update the old hostname with the new hostname.
      You can find the sklm.properties file at the following location:
      Windows
      drive:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Liberty\properties.

      For example, C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Liberty\properties.

      Linux®
      path/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty/properties
      For example,/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty/properties
    2. Run the Update Hostname REST Service with the new hostname.
      PUT https://localhost:port/SKLM/rest/v1/ckms/servermanagement/updateHostname
      { "newHostname" : "host2"}
  2. Change the hostname of the Db2 server and perform other hostname-related changes. For steps, see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6603349.