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Configure the SecureMail Server

You must configure your Voltage SecureMail server to allow policy engines to authenticate and decrypt emails. In particular, you must:

Add a component authentication method to the SecureMail server

A component authentication method enables a trusted component to authenticate itself and download the keys of any user automatically when needed.

In this case, the trusted components are CA DataMinder policy engines. The component authentication method uses the shared secret that you previously stored on your policy engines.

Use the Voltage Administration Management Console to add a component authentication method. You must supply:

When the new component authentication method is added to the Component Authentication table, the method name defaults to 'Component'. We recommend that you change 'Component' to the name of the policy engine host server.

Note: For full details on configuring a new component authentication method, see the Voltage SecureMail Management Console Administrator’s Guide.

Enable the SecureMail Web Services API

After creating a new component authentication method, you must enable the SecureMail Web Services API. This API provides an interface for interacting with SecureMail encryption services over HTTPS.

In this case, the CA DataMinder policy engine that you specified in the component authentication method uses the Web Services API to access the SecureMail encryption services.

Use the Voltage Administration Management Console to enable the Web Services API on each host.

Note: For details, see the 'Enabling Web Services API' section in the Voltage Web Services API Supplement.