The steps below can be used to decrypt the file.
1. Backup the file C:\Program Files (x86)\SDL Web\config\Tridion.ContentManager.config
2. Rename the Tridion.ContentManager.config file to web.config
3.Open a command prompt as Admin
4. Navigate to
%SYSTEMROOT%\Microsoft.NET\FRAMEWORKFOLDER\VERSIONFOLDER
for example C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319
5. Run command to decrypt a given section (eg. database, “tridion.security”, search or searchIndexer)
aspnet_regiis.exe -pdf database “C:\Program Files (x86)\SDL Web\config”
6. Verify the file is decrypted by opening web.config in a text editor and reviewing the section decrypted, the settings and values should be clear
7. Rename the web.config file back to Tridion.ContentManager.config
8. To re-encrypt the file, follow the steps above and use the command
aspnet_regiis.exe -pef database “C:\Program Files (x86)\SDL Web\config” -prov TridionRsaProtectedConfigurationProvider
9. Restart IIS.
This file is typically encrypted. Specific sections can be encrypted and decrypted again.
These are:
– database
– tridion.security
– search
– searchIndexer