Rotate Master Key

Generate a new Master Key and re-encrypt all the sensitive data. This option was added in Octopus 2022.4.

Before using this command, we recommend taking a look at our guide on rotating the Master Key.

rotate-master-key options

Usage: octopus.server rotate-master-key [<options>]

Where [<options>] is any of:

      --instance=VALUE       Name of the instance to use
      --config=VALUE         Configuration file to use
      --iReallyWantToRotateMyMasterKey
                             Confirm you really want to generate a new Master
                               Key and re-encrypt all your sensitive data.
      --iHaveBackedUpMyDatabase
                             Confirm you have taken a backup of your database
                               in its current state. If something goes wrong at
                               least you can start again from that point in
                               time.
      --upgradeDatabase      Confirm you are willing to let Octopus upgrade
                               the schema of your database so it can safely
                               load and save data in the expected format.
      --skipLicenseCheck     Skips the license check when performing a schema
                               upgrade
      --masterKey=VALUE      The new master key that should be used

Or one of the common options:

      --help                 Show detailed help for this command

Basic example

This example will rotate the master key for the instance named OctopusServer.

Please note: The command below will replace the existing Master Key with a newly generated Master Key, and re-encrypt all sensitive data in the Octopus instance - be sure you have taken a database backup before running this.

octopus.server rotate-master-key --instance="OctopusServer" --iReallyWantToRotateMyMasterKey --iHaveBackedUpMyDatabase

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