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Configuring Endpoint Deployment > Restoring encryption keys
Restoring encryption keys
Administrator Help | TRITON AP-DATA | Version 8.3.x
Related topics:
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Encryption tab
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Backing up encryption keys
If you restore encryption keys from an external file, the restored keys are added to all endpoint profiles as disabled keys. For more information on managing keys in endpoint profiles, see Encryption tab.
To restore encryption keys:
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Select Settings > Deployment > Endpoint Profiles.
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Click the down arrow next to Encryption Keys, then click Restore.
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Click Browse and navigate to the location of your backup file.
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Click Open.
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Click OK.
After you restore encryption keys, you must generate a new active key for each profile. In addition, you must enable the restored keys. For example, say profile A has key A1 and profile B has key B1.When you restore keys, both profiles are given 2 disabled keys (A1 and B1).
You need to create a new active key for each profile (for example, A2 and B2) and enable the former keys for decryption only so that those profiles are able to open documents that were encrypted earlier. After you generate new active keys and enable the former keys, your profiles would look like this:
Profile A:
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Key A1 - Decrypt only
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Key B1 - Disabled
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Key A2 - Active
Profile B:
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Key A1 - Disabled
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Key B1 - Decrypt only
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Key B2 - Active
To generate a new active key:
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Open each endpoint profile, one at a time.
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Navigate to the Encryption tab.
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In the Active Key section, click New.
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Enter and confirm a password for the key.
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Click OK.
To enable former keys as decryption only:
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In the Archived Keys section, select each disabled key, one by one, and click Enable.
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Click OK.
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Do this for each endpoint profile.
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Click Deploy.

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