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KeePass 2 has been used in the current article to implement the Credential Store database and used in the screenshots. The installation and use of KeePass 2 is described on the KeePass Web Site.

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Credential Store databases are stored as either .kdb or .kdbx  files on the file system.

For the examples described in the current article the following database was configured (on a Windows system)The database included with the download files was configured as follows:

• Path: %USERPROFILE%.\jade_demo\keepass\demo_credcredential_store.kdbx
• Master Password: sos

Note that a Master Key file can be used to provide further protection for the database, either instead of or in addition to the Master Password. This is described in the Advanced Configuration section of this article below but has not been configured for the download database.

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Adding connection information to the Credential Store

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• Title: The identifier for the Entry, this could be a string containing, for example, the host name/server name.
  
• User name: The user identification of a user account who is authenticated for the operation.
• Password: Assigned password for a user account or passphrase for a private key.
• URL: The host name/server name or IP address of the server.
• Notes: This block can be used to specify additional parameters for the file transfer.
  
• File Attachment & String Fields: Files such as PGP or SSH private keys can be stored as attachments.
  
  • A first file is specified as an attachment .
  • Further files are specified using String field parameter / value pairpairs.
    YADE will retrieve the contents of an attached file at run-time - intermediate or temporary files are not created when reading attachments.
    Note that Attachments and String Fields are specified in the KeePass GUI via the AdvancedEdit Entry tab.

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Note that the log files neither indicate that a credential store has been use for the transfer nor reveal any passwords. 

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Using the Credential Store with the JobScheduler JITL YADE jobs

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