User guide v4.x

Encryption Tool allows you to encrypt several documents and upload them to the OpenKM repository, as well as download and decrypt them locally.

Server configuration

Choose the File / Configuration menu option to show the configuration popup.

The available configuration parameters are:

Property	Type	Description
Language	Select	User interface language.
User	String	User ID for accessing OpenKM. user1
Password	String	The password of the user. pass1
Host	String	OpenKM URL. http://localhost:8080/openkm/
Use personal token	Bool	The authentication will be done with the access token.
Personal token	String	The personal access token. okmpat-Ky1t16O2Rwx4ttPmOK0R

To accept changes to the configuration parameters, click the Accept button.

Select one or more documents and drag and drop them onto the main application window.
Go to the “File” menu and select the “Encrypt and upload” option.
Enter the password required to encrypt.
Select the path within OpenKM to upload the encrypted documents.

Go to the “File” menu and select the “Download and decrypt” option.
Search and select one or more encrypted documents from the OpenKM repository.
Enter the password required to decrypt the document.
The decrypted documents are in the path:

C:\Users\[you_user]\Documents\OpenKM\OKMEncryption\decrypt

Go to the “File” menu and select the “Encrypt a file in OpenKM” or “Decrypt a file in OpenKM” option.
Search and select one or more documents from the OpenKM repository.
Enter the password required to encrypt or decrypt.

To configure a custom path for storing key application files such as:

This configuration is done using the okm.folder.path property, located in the app.properties file within the installation directory.

Example:

okm.folder.path=C:\\New_folder_path

After making the changes, you must restart the app.

In My Documents/OpenKM there’s a log file called OKMEncryption.log with a complete log trace.