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Chapter 5 Q-EKM Server Operation and Configuration

Overview

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Overview

Once installed, Q-EKM performs all of its operations from a single folder

on your server. The folder is called QEKM and is located here:

This folder contains log files, your keystore, and configuration files.

To access the Q-EKM user interface to perform operations, you need to

log into the Q-EKM commands menu (see Logging On to Q-EKM

Commands on page 27).

Using and Changing Passwords

There are two different passwords you use with Q-EKM. They are:

• Q-EKM Admin Password

• Keystore Password

Q-EKM Admin Password 5

You use the Q-EKM admin password to enter the Q-EKM commands

menu. The default Q-EKM admin password is

changeME. Customers can

change this password (see Changing the Q-EKM Admin Password

page 26)

The Q-EKM admin password is case sensitive, can contain a maximum of

24 characters, and can contain any combination of letters, numbers, and

special characters.

Windows c:\Program Files\Quantum\QEKM

Linux /opt/Quantum/QEKM

Note: Not all special characters are supported (for example, the “at”

symbol [@] and asterisk [*] are not supported). If you get a

message stating “invalid password,” one of your special

characters may not be supported.

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