Creating User and Keys on the CipherTrust Manager
Creating User
To create a user on the CipherTrust Manager:
Log on to the CipherTrust Manager GUI.
Open the Keys & Access Management application.
In the left pane, click Users. The Users page is displayed.
On the Users page, click Create New User.
On the Create a New User screen provide the following details:
Enter Username.
Enter Password.
Click Create.
The newly created user is listed on the Users page.
Creating Keys
To create keys on the CipherTrust Manager:
Log on to the CipherTrust Manager GUI.
Open the Keys & Access Management application.
In the left pane, click Keys. The Keys page is displayed.
On the Keys page, click Create a New Key and enter/ select the following details:
Enter a Key Name.
Select Algorithm. Supported options are: AES and HMAC-SHA256.
Select Size. Supported size is 256.
In the Key Metadata section, select the Key Owner.
Add the key to the desired group.
If creating an AES -256 bit key, select the Set as "Versioned Key" for backward compatibility check-box.
In the Key Properties section, select the operations the key will perform.
For AES keys, supported operations are: Encrypt and Decrypt.
For HMAC-SHA256 keys, supported operations are: Generate MAC and Verify MAC.
Click Create.
The newly created keys are listed on the Keys page.
