bootPassword=key attribute

Function

Specifies the key to use to:

Encrypt a new database
Configure an existing unencrypted database for encryption
Boot an existing encrypted database

Specify an alphanumeric string that is at least eight characters long.

For information about data encryption, see "Encrypting databases on disk" in the Derby Developer's Guide.

Combining with other attributes

When you create a new database, the bootPassword=key attribute must be combined with the create=true and dataEncryption=true attributes.

When you configure an existing unencrypted database for encryption, the bootPassword=key attribute must be combined with the dataEncryption=true attribute. For an existing, unencrypted database for which authentication and SQL authorization are both enabled, only the database owner can perform encryption. Please see "Enabling user authentication" and "Setting the SQL standard authorization mode" in the Derby Developer's Guide for more information.

The bootPassword=key attribute can optionally be combined with the encryptionProvider=providerName, encryptionAlgorithm=algorithm, and/or encryptionKeyLength=length attributes.

Examples

-- create a new, encrypted database
jdbc:derby:newDB;create=true;dataEncryption=true;
    bootPassword=cseveryPlace
-- configure an existing unencrypted database for encryption
jdbc:derby:salesdb;dataEncryption=true;bootPassword=cseveryPlace
-- boot an existing encrypted database
jdbc:derby:encryptedDB;bootPassword=cseveryPlace
-- configure an existing encrypted database for encryption, 
-- specifying the encryption algorithm
jdbc:derby:encryptedDB;dataEncryption=true;bootPassword=cseveryPlace;
    encryptionAlgorithm=DESede/CBC/NoPadding