We cannot use cipertool to automate encryption process for the selected elements in the jndi.properties file, because we can only specify Xpath notation here, but still we can use the manual process. Sample [ESB_home]/repository/conf/ jndi.properties file # register some connection factories # connectionfactory.[jndiname] = [ConnectionURL] connectionfactory.QueueConnectionFactory = amqp://admin:admin@clientID/carbon?brokerlist ='tcp://localhost:5672' # register some queues in JNDI using the form # queue.[jndiName] = [physicalName] queue.MyQueue = example.MyQueue # register some topics in JNDI using the form # topic.[jndiName] = [physicalName] topic.MyTopic = example.MyTopic 1. Enable secure valut in the ESB sh ciphertool.sh -Dconfigure 2. Go to the [ESB_home]/bin and execute the following command to generate the encrypted value for the clear text password. sh ciphertool.sh 3. It will prompt following console for input value. Answer: wso2carbon [Ple