JR63332: DOC - USE OF THE ENCRYPTION KEY SECRET IS NOT DOCUMENTED CLEARLY

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• Neither "Creating secrets to protect sensitive configuration
  data"
  (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSYHZ8_20.0.x/co
  m.ibm.dba.install/op_topics/tsk_bawprep_secrets_auth.html) nor
  "Shared configuration"
  (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSYHZ8_20.0.x/co
  m.ibm.dba.ref/k8s_topics/ref_shared_images_params.html) indicate
   what to provide for encryptionKey in the secret.
  
  If the encryptionKey is set to an inappropriate value, such as
  an AES key, you see an error like this error in the IBM Business
  Automation Studio log files:
  
  CWWKS1856E: The password was not processed because an unknown
  password algorithm exception was reported.
  

Local fix

• Revise the encryptionKey value to be a string (ASCII letters)
  and encode it with Base64. The encryption key is used as a
  password to encrypt other keys.
  

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• The encryption key was modified to be generated automatically;
  therefore, the steps to create the encryption key secret will be
   removed when the documentation is refreshed.
  

Temporary fix

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