How to encrypt the external database password for the Foglight 5 repository? (42170)

How to provide the encrypted string for the Foglight config file?

1. Run the keyman cmd to encrypt the password string with the default key.
This is documented online and in the Web Console | Help:

Windows:
\bin\keyman.bat -d \config encpwd "" foglight.defaultkey

Unix:
./keyman.sh -d /config encpwd "" foglight.defaultkey

2. Edit \config\foglight.config, replace the value for the foglight.database.password entry.
foglight.database.password = ;

NOTE: Starting in 5.6+ the foglight.config file is now called server.config

3. Restart FMS