Big Data Management Administrator Guide

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Key Management Servers

Key Management Server (KMS) is an open source key management service that supports HDFS data at rest encryption. You can use the cluster administration utility to configure the KMS for Informatica user access.

You can use the following key management servers to encrypt the data at rest:

Apache Ranger KMS. Ranger Key Management Store is an open source, scalable cryptographic key management service that supports HDFS data at rest encryption.

Cloudera Java KMS. For Cloudera CDH clusters, Cloudera provides a Key Management Server based on the Hadoop KeyProvider API to support HDFS data at rest encryption.

Cloudera Navigator Encrypt. Cloudera Navigator Encrypt is a Cloudera proprietary key management service that secures the data and implements HDFS data at rest encryption.

KMS enables the following functions:

Key management: You can create, update, or delete encryption key zones that control access to functionality.
Access control policies: You can administer access control policies for encryption keys. You can create or edit keys to control access by users to functionality.

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