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Hi,

I tried to enable AES password security for PDI as describt here: AES security

Hitachi Vantara Lumada and Pentaho Documentation		remove preview
AES security To use 192-bit or 256-bit encryption strengths with Java 8, you must install the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files. If you only want to use 128-bit encryption or you are using Java 11, proceed to Create an AES key file. NoteCountry restrictions may apply when using higher encryption strengths. View this on Hitachi Vantara Lumada and Pentaho Documentation >

We changed our KETTLE_HOME from %USER%/.kettle to d:\SOMEPATH\.kettle. For reading the defined properties and using them in Transformations or Jobs this work. But when I try using the AES PASSWORD ENCODE spoon.bat fails to start and in the spoon.log in a error:

Could not find kettle.properties
C:\Users\USER\.kettle\kettle.properties (Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden)

    at org.pentaho.di.core.encryption.Encr.init(Encr.java:72)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleClientEnvironment.init(KettleClientEnvironment.java:125)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleClientEnvironment.init(KettleClientEnvironment.java:81)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleEnvironment.init(KettleEnvironment.java:134)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleEnvironment.init(KettleEnvironment.java:101)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.KettleEnvironment.init(KettleEnvironment.java:82)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon$1.call(Spoon.java:654)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon$1.call(Spoon.java:646)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

Is there an workaround?

I tried to build PDI 9.4 from github to debug the problem. But unfortunately PDI doesn't compile anymore out of the Box, not the 9.4 nor 9.5 or 10.1. Will it be possible in future again?

Greetings,

Tobias