Default Safe properties

These parameters define the default values for the configurable parameters of Safes that will be created through the Password Vault Web Access. They are stored in the SafeTemplate.xml file in the PVWAConfig Safe.

Version information

These parameters define the version information for Safe template settings.

ProductVersion
Description Internal version for Safe template settings.
Acceptable Values Number
Default Value <version number>

Safe default properties

These parameters define the default Safe properties.

General

These parameters define the general Safe properties.

SafeLogRetentionPeriod
Description

Determines the number of days that the Safe activities log is stored in the Safe.

 

If this parameter is set to zero, activities in the Safe will not be written in an audit log

Acceptable Values Number
Default Value 90
PasswordVersionsRetentionMethod
Description The method for retaining old password versions. This is either based on a time period or on the number of last versions.
Acceptable Values
ByTimePeriod – Password versions for a set time period will be retained. The default actual time is determined by the SafeObjectsRetentionPeriod parameter.
ByLastVersions – The last x number of password versions will be retained. The default number of versions is determined by the PasswordLastVersionsDefault parameter.
Default Value 50
PasswordLastVersionsDefault
Description The number of last versions that are retained for every password.
Acceptable Values Number
Default Value 5
SafeObjectsRetentionPeriod
Description

Determines the number of days that objects are stored in the Safe before they can be deleted.

 

If the PVWA was upgraded from a previous version, this value will be ‘7’

Acceptable Values Number
Default Value 30
RequestRetentionPeriod
Description Determines how many days requests for confirmation are kept in the Safe.
Acceptable Values Number
Default Value 30
MaxSafeSize
Description The maximum size of the Safe in MB.
Acceptable Values Number
Default Value 50
DailyVersions
Description The number of days for which versions can be recovered. Only the final version for each day is stored in the Vault.
Acceptable Values Number
Default Value 0
MonthlyVersions
Description The number of months for which versions can be recovered. Only the final version for each month is stored in the Vault.
Acceptable Values Number
Default Value 0
YearlyVersions
Description The number of years for which versions can be recovered. Only the final version for each year is stored in the Vault.
Acceptable Values Number
Default Value 0
AuthorizedArea
Description

The area from where users can access the Safe. Use a numeric combination of locations and security areas (bit mask), as follows

Locations

Internal

1

External

2

Public

4

Security Areas

Highly Secured

8

Secured

16

Unsecured

32

Acceptable Values Number
Default Value -
TextOnly
Description Whether or not this Safe is a ‘Text only’ Safe.
Acceptable Values Yes/No
Default Value No
FromHour
Description The time from when the Safe can be accessed.
Acceptable Values 0-24
Default Value 0
ToHour
Description The time until when the Safe can be accessed.
Acceptable Values 0-24
Default Value 24