Configure database connection encryption

You can configure PME to use encryption for the communication between the application server and the database server. You can also specify if PME trusts self-signed server certificates on the database server or not. For more information on setting up encryption for database connections, see Set up encrypted database communication for Distributed Database architectures.

NOTE: Before editing the settings in the registry, confirm that your PME system has been taken out of service and that all system services have been stopped.

To enable or disable encryption for database connections:

1. Open the Windows Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to the following registry key:Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Schneider Electric\Power Monitoring Expert\10.0\Databases
3. Set the UseEncryption value to 1, to enable encryption, or to 0, to disable encryption.

To configure the software to trust or not trust self-signed certificates on the database server:

1. Open the Windows Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to the following registry key:Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Schneider Electric\Power Monitoring Expert\10.0\Databases
3. Set the TrustServerCertificate value to 1, to trust self-signed certificates, or to 0, to not trust self-signed certificates.