Encryption
This feature allows to apply encryption on the communication and storage details of the repository. Follow the below steps…
- Log in to the Repository.
- Click on the + besides the Repository Name to view the list of items of the repository.
- From the Settings select the Encryption .
![](https://docs.visual-guard.com/wp-content/uploads/encryption-section-1024x546.png)
- Select the option Communication Details to encrypt the data transferred between VG Runtime and VG Server OR
- Select Storage/Data Encryption to encrypt the storage data from Database and File Storage.
- Encryption Algorithms provides us with two options of 128 bits and 256 bits amongst which any option can be selected.
- Encryption Key of 16 characters can manually be entered by the user or can automatically be generated and if the criteria is not met validation error is displayed.
![](https://docs.visual-guard.com/wp-content/uploads/encryption-autogenerate-1024x546.png)
Click on Create Encryption to complete Step 1. Below screen will be displayed after the completion of Step 1.
![](https://docs.visual-guard.com/wp-content/uploads/encryption-step1-1024x545.png)
- Select the location of the where you need to save your backup file.
![](https://docs.visual-guard.com/wp-content/uploads/encryption-backuplocation-1024x546.png)
- Clicking on Create Backup will display the below screen.
![](https://docs.visual-guard.com/wp-content/uploads/encryption-step2-1024x546.png)
- Click on Activate Encryption in Step 3 to get a confirmation screen as shown below.
![](https://docs.visual-guard.com/wp-content/uploads/encryption-confirmation.png)
- The confirmation Activation will lead to the following screen.
![](https://docs.visual-guard.com/wp-content/uploads/encryption-activation.png)
Click on OK for final activation
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