4.0 Encryption ColdFusion 18 Java 11 256-bit Keys Windows

[lucyzoe]

Just leaving this here in case anyone else needs it:

If you're configuring encryption on initial install or after Go-Live, this will be helpful if you're on a Windows 64-bit server, ColdFusion 18 running Java 11 and using 3-Part encryption 256-bit keys.

1. You will need the latest JRE file. Because of an agreement between Oracle and Adobe, you can download the JRE at the link here: https://www.adobe.com/support/coldfusion/downloads.html. Scroll all the way to the bottom and grab the win-64 zip file (jdk-11.0.6_windows-x64_bin.zip is what I used.)
2. Unzip the file to your server - I created a 'java' folder and put it there. In my case, c:\java\jdk-11.0.6
3. Open the java\jdk-11.0.6 file and copy the whole file and move it to your ColdFusion2018\jre

There's a section in the 4.0 Tech Guide: Encryption Configuration > Key Generation\Additional Step for 192 and 256-bit Keys.
In the first paragraph...As a pre-requisite, you need to unlock the features in Java so that ColdFusion (and in turn, sunapsis) can make use of them.
Step 1. You still need to do step 1 to know your Java version and your Java Home path (See step 3 above)
Step 2. You don't need to download the Java JCE policy files. You already did that (See step 1 above)
Step 3. You already installed the files (See step 3 above)
Step 4. You WILL need to restart the ColdFusion Service.

Enjoy!
Lucy Zoe

P.S. I enabled after 'Go-Live' and it was relatively painless...time is the key issue.

[barnhill]

Thank you Lucy! This is the type of information that is invaluable.

[tclimis]

You can also install the exe version (jdk-11.0.6_windows-x64_bin.exe), and then update your ColdFusion Administrator settings to point at the install directory. That way you don't need to copy stuff around various places.

[lucyzoe]

You can also install the exe version (jdk-11.0.6_windows-x64_bin.exe), and then update your ColdFusion Administrator settings to point at the install directory. That way you don't need to copy stuff around various places.

Thanks Tim! I'll update my notes.