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Primary Note for Configuring External Database Encryption and Related Issues in P6 EPPM Release 17 and Later (Doc ID 2990466.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 13, 2023

Applies to:

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management - Version 17.12.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This document describes the internal and external database encryption methods available in P6 EPPM, and provides a list of existing Knowledge articles for some common encryption-related issues.

Scope

By default, P6 EPPM uses AES Encryption/Decryption to store and read various database and integration passwords (for example, the private database user password in the PUBUSER table or the public username password stored in the BREBootStrap.xml / PrmBootStrapV2.xml configuration files).  In P6 EPPM release 16 and older versions, all encryption/decryption calls utilized encryption/decryption keys stored directly in the P6 codebase as obfuscated static strings. 

For further details, review What Method (Encryption or Algorithm) Is Used to Generate the Database and Application User Passwords? (Doc ID 891473.1).


Starting with release 17, P6 EPPM also includes the option for customers to create unique external encryption/decryption keys for a new or existing database using their own certificate.

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