Use the CREATE WALLET command to create a master-key wallet. This wallet stores the master key that is used by Oracle GoldenGate processes to encrypt the encryption keys that secure data over the network and in trail files and other Oracle GoldenGate files that store sensitive data.

This command creates an empty wallet that remains open for the duration of the GGSCI session. The GGSCI console returns messages similar to the following, indicating that the wallet is present and open.

Created wallet at location './dirwlt'.
Opened wallet at location './dirwlt'.

The wallet is created as an autologin wallet (file extension .sso) to support automated restarts of Oracle GoldenGate processes without requiring human intervention to supply the necessary decryption passwords. The wallet file is created in the directory specified by the GLOBALS parameter WALLETLOCATION, if present, or otherwise in the default location of dirwlt in the Oracle GoldenGate installation directory.

The wallet is in a platform-independent format. It must either be stored on a shared file system that is accessible by all systems in the Oracle GoldenGate environment, or it must be copied to all of those systems initially and every time the master key changes.

The wallet is permanent within Oracle GoldenGate, but can be manually deleted with the appropriate command in the operating system, if that becomes necessary.

See ADD MASTERKEY to add a master key value to the wallet.

Syntax

CREATE WALLET