Registering the Policy Agent Using the Entrust Policy Agent GUI

Before You Begin 

Make sure that you know:

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

  • The login credentials for a KeyControl webGUI account with Cloud Admin privileges.
  • The name of the KeyControl 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 KeyControl Vault. For details, see Creating a Cloud VM Set.

Procedure 

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

  4. In the Register with a KeyControl Server dialog box, enter the following information:

    Field Required? Description

    KeyControl Name/IP

    Yes

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

    Sec KeyControl Name/IP

    No

    The IP address of a second node in the KeyControl Vault cluster.

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

    KeyControl Port

    Yes

    The KeyControl Vault node port. Default: 443.

    Sec KeyControl Port

    No

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

    Username

    Yes

    The user name for a KeyControl webGUI account with Cloud Admin privileges.

    VM Name

    No

    The name for the system that will be displayed in the KeyControl webGUI. Default: VM hostname.

    Password

    Yes

    The password for the specified KeyControl webGUI account.

    Description

    No

    A description for the VM that will be displayed in the KeyControl 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 KeyControl 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.