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Vertica Backup Encryption

  • May 27, 2021
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cp00634326
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Hi team,
When we configure Vertica backup in config file (Vertica.ini ) with parameter
[Transmission]
encrypt = true
What kind of encryption Vertica keep at the target location. Could not get it from Documentation.

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Jim_Knicely
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  • May 27, 2021

Are you talking about Encrypting Backups on Amazon S3?


cp00634326
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  • May 28, 2021

we do backup to NFS


Jim_Knicely
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  • May 29, 2021

Wire encrytion by vbr is accomplishe via SSL. The implementation is dependent on the target:

  • SSH when using rsync
  • HTTPS for S3, HDFS and friends
  • For NFS and other POSIX filesystems, this setting is ignored -- encryption is delegated to the operating system.

For NFS, it'll depend on the mount options. NFS can be secured with Kerberos.