6.1. Enabling Security

By default, security is disabled for the entire installation.

Security can be enabled/disabled by adding the disable-security-controls option to the configuration.

If this property is not supplied, or set to true, then security will be disabled. If set to false, then security will be enabled.

Enabling security through this single option, has the same effect as adding:

Important

Important

Installing from a staging host will automatically generate certificates and configuration for a secured installation. No further changes or actions are required.

For INI-based installations, there are additional steps required to copy the needed certificate files to all of the nodes. Please see Section 6.1.2, “Enabling Security using the INI Method” for details.