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Configuring the secure external password store through sqlnet.ora, entry seen in v$encryption_wallet

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We have a system that detects whether the TDE wallet is configured or not by querying v$encryption_wallet. However, when we configure a secure external password store using sqlnet.ora, we observe that v$encryption_wallet is still being populated.


We configured the secure wallet location in sqlnet.ora using the following steps:


cat $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/sqlnet.ora


SQLNET.ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSION_SERVER=11

WALLET_LOCATION = (SOURCE = (METHOD = FILE) (METHOD_DATA = (DIRECTORY = /work/sqlnet/wallet)))


We created the wallet using the command:


orapki wallet create -wallet /work/sqlnet/wallet/ -auto_login


Upon querying v$encryption_wallet, we see the following entry:

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