Relay server password: Why Unattended Startup is a good thing

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A new document on the download center discusses important information on protecting the password for your onsite Relay server. In short, if you forget the password on the Relay, and you haven't enabled Unattended Startup, you'll end up having to re-build your Relay from scratch. Read on for an excerpt of the doc, or grab the whole document here (it is a short read).

To avoid work stoppage and/or data loss, take the following measures before a password loss condition arises:

  • Record your Private Key File Password in a secure place as soon as you create it during initial relay server configuration.
  • Ensure that the Unattended Startup option is enabled in the Groove Relay Configuration Control Panel applet, as described in the section 'Identifying the Groove Relay and Generating Groove Relay Key Files' in the Groove Relay 2007 Administrator's Guide and online Help, included with the relay product software.
  • Backup the relay registry settings, as described in the section 'Backing Up Groove Relay Registry Settings' in the Groove Relay 2007 Administrator's Guide and online Help, included with the relay product software. Do this as soon you finish initial relay configuration. This backup includes the hash of the relay private key password which is stored in the registry if the Unattended Startup option is enabled.
  • Backup the relay key files, as described in the section, 'Backing Up Groove Relay Key Files' in the Groove Relay 2007 Administrator's Guide and online Help, included with the relay product software.

Link to this page: https://blogs.technet.com/groove/archive/2007/05/10/relay-server-password-why-unattended-startup-is-a-good-thing.aspx