Registering the Policy Agent Using the Entrust Policy Agent GUI

Before You Begin 

Make sure that you know:

  • The IP addresses of all Cryptographic Security Platform Vault nodes with which you want to register the Policy Agent. Registering the Policy Agent with multiple Cryptographic Security Platform Vault nodes provides a failover mechanism in case one of the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault nodes is unreachable.

  • The login credentials for a Cryptographic Security Platform Vault webGUI account with Cloud Admin privileges.
  • The name of the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Cloud VM Set with which you want to associate the VM. You cannot encrypt the drive until it has been associated with a Cloud VM Set in Cryptographic Security Platform Vault. For details, see Creating a Cloud VM Set for the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault for VM Encryption.

Procedure 

  1. Log into the Windows system using an account with Administrator privileges.
  2. Select Start > All Programs > Entrust > Entrust DataControl or start Windows PowerShell and enter the hclgui command.
  3. Click Register.

  4. In the Register with a Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Server dialog box, enter the following information:

    Field Required? Description

    Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Name/IP

    Yes

    The IP address of the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault node with which you want to register this system.

    Sec Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Name/IP

    No

    The IP address of a second node in the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault cluster.

    Registering the Policy Agent with a second Cryptographic Security Platform Vault node provides a failover mechanism if the first node becomes unreachable.

    Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Port

    Yes

    The Cryptographic Security Platform Vault node port. Default: 443.

    Vault ID

    Yes

    The Vault ID of the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault.

    Sec Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Port

    No

    If you specified a second Cryptographic Security Platform Vault node, this is the port for that node. Default: 443.

    Username

    Yes

    The user name for a Cryptographic Security Platform Vault webGUI account with Cloud Admin privileges.

    VM Name

    No

    The name for the system that will be displayed in the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault webGUI. Default: VM hostname.

    Password

    Yes

    The password for the specified Cryptographic Security Platform Vault webGUI account.

    Description

    No

    A description for the VM that will be displayed in the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault webGUI.

    Cloud VM Set

    No

    The name of the Cloud VM Set to which you want to add this VM.

    Note: The VM name, description, and Cloud VM Set can also be set in the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault webGUI.

  5. When you are finished, click Register.
  6. Click OK at the Registration Successful prompt.

What to Do Next 

Encrypt the drive as described in Data Encryption and Windows Boot Drive Encryption.