Changes in This Release for Oracle Key Vault

This Oracle Key Vault release introduces new features that enhance the use of Oracle Key Vault in a large enterprise.

• Changes for Oracle Key Vault Release 21.3
  Oracle Key Vault release 21.3 introduces one new feature that affects this guide.
• Changes for Oracle Key Vault Release 21.2
  Oracle Key Vault release 21.2 introduces one new feature that affects this guide.

Changes for Oracle Key Vault Release 21.3

Oracle Key Vault release 21.3 introduces one new feature that affects this guide.

• Enhancements for RESTful Services Utility Commands Used for Registration
  In Oracle Key Vault release 21.3, RESTful services utility commands that are used for the registration of managed objects will have additional attributes.

Enhancements for RESTful Services Utility Commands Used for Registration

In Oracle Key Vault release 21.3, RESTful services utility commands that are used for the registration of managed objects will have additional attributes.

The affected commands are as follows:

• okv managed-object certificate register
• okv managed-object certificate-request register
• okv managed-object key register
• okv managed-object opaque register
• okv managed-object private-key register
• okv managed-object public-key register
• okv managed-object secret register

In previous releases, these commands provided two attributes, name and contactInfo. In this release, in addition to these two attributes, the following new attributes are included:

• activationDate
• deactivationDate
• processStartDate
• protectStopDate

Changes for Oracle Key Vault Release 21.2

Oracle Key Vault release 21.2 introduces one new feature that affects this guide.

• New and Changed RESTful Services Utility Commands
  In Oracle Key Vault release 21.2, several new and changed okv managed-object RESTful services utility commands are available.

New and Changed RESTful Services Utility Commands

In Oracle Key Vault release 21.2, several new and changed okv managed-object RESTful services utility commands are available.

The new okv managed-object RESTful services commands, which add support for get and register operations for certificate requests, private keys, and public keys, are as follows:

• okv managed-object certificate-request get
• okv managed-object certificate-request register
• okv managed-object private-key get
• okv managed-object private-key register
• okv managed-object public-key get
• okv managed-object public-key register

The changed okv managed-object RESTful services commands are as follows:

• okv managed-object certificate register
• okv managed-object object locate