Encryption Cache Service

The ecs service is responsible for caching the encryption password used by ACE for encrypting and decrypting sensitive data.

This service makes the encryption password available to other processes by using a local unix socket.

ACE automatically uses this service if the encryption is requested and has not been provided in any other way.

See the admin guide on services for instructions on how to start and stop services.

NOTE You will need to provide the -p option to the ace command when starting the ecs service.