Managing local management interface security cipher suites for the virtual appliance

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You can set the security cipher suites that are used with the virtual appliance.

About this task

Note: Change these advanced tuning parameter values only under the supervision of IBM® software support.
For information about advanced tuning parameters, see Advanced tuning parameters for the virtual appliance.

Procedure

  1. Click Manage System Settings > Advanced Tuning Parameters.
  2. Perform any of the following actions.
    Table 1. Security cipher suite operations
    Button Procedure
    New
    1. Click New. A dialog opens.
    2. Type the name for the key such as lmi.security.ciphers.
    3. Type a value for the key. Multiple values can be specified as a space-separated list.

      The virtual appliance supports all the cipher suites that are supported by IBM Java™ SDK v8. For a list of cipher suites that the virtual appliance supports, see this documentation.

    4. Type a comment that describes the cipher key that you created.
    5. Click Save Configuration.
    Edit
    1. Select a cipher key.
    2. Click Edit. A dialog opens.
    3. Modify then name for the key.
    4. Modify the value for the key. Multiple values can be specified as a space-separated list.

      The virtual appliance supports all the cipher suites that are supported by IBM Java™ SDK v8. For a list of cipher suites that the virtual appliance supports, see this documentation.

    5. Modify the comment that describes the key.
    6. Click Save Configuration.
    Delete
    1. Select one or more keys. If you want to delete all the keys, select the Key check box.
    2. Click Delete. A confirmation message is displayed.
    3. Click Yes to delete the key or No to cancel the operation.