Disable encryption between Controller and Monitoring Agents

For security reasons, encryption of the data exchanges between the Controller and the Monitoring Agents is enabled by default.

To disable encryption for all Monitoring agents

On the Controller side, edit the [Network]connection.ssl.Monitor key in the <Controller>/conf/controller.properties file, and set the value to disabled.
Re-start the Controller.

Advanced settings

Encryption is configured using different values that can be set both on Controller and Monitoring Agent ends. The following table shows the various states for Controller-Monitoring Agent encryption.

		Monitoring agent
		negotiate (default)	enabled	disabled
Controller	enabled (default)	Encryption	Encryption	Clear
	disabled	Clear	Clear	Clear
	negotiate	Clear	Encryption	Clear

To configure the Controller encryption

You need to edit the [Network]connection.ssl.Monitor key in the <Controller>/conf/controller.properties file.

To configure the Monitoring agent encryption

You need to edit the [Network]connection.ssl key in the <Load Generator>/conf/monitoringAgent.properties file.