How to install ALM 12.53 on a Microsoft SQL database configured with TLS 1.2?

Document ID:KM02307969
Creation Date:09-May-2016
Modified Date:19-Sep-2016
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Summary

ALM 12.53 - this article provides with the steps for configuring ALM 12.53 with SQL database over TLS 1.2.

Question

To install ALM on a database configured with TLS 1.2, update the JDBC connection string to TLS 1.2.

Answer

During the installation, add CryptoProtocolVersion=TLSv1.2 to the JDBC connection string.

For example:

jdbc:hp:sqlserver://<your server name>:<port>;EncryptionMethod=SSL;CryptoProtocolVersion=TLSv1.2