# Aria Encryption

- [Aria: Encryption Overview](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/security/encryption/data-at-rest-encryption/aria-encryption/aria-encryption-overview.md): Introduction to encrypting Aria tables, covering the necessary system variables (aria\_encrypt\_tables, encrypt\_tmp\_disk\_tables) and how to verify encryption status by inspecting data files.
- [Aria: Enabling Encryption](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/security/encryption/data-at-rest-encryption/aria-encryption/aria-enabling-encryption.md): Step-by-step guide to enabling encryption for user-created and internal temporary Aria tables, including the requirement to manually rebuild existing tables using ALTER TABLE.
- [Aria: Encryption Keys](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/security/encryption/data-at-rest-encryption/aria-encryption/aria-encryption-keys.md): Details how Aria manages encryption keys (using ID 1 for user tables and ID 2 for temporary tables) and notes limitations regarding key rotation and per-table key assignment.
- [Aria: Disabling Encryption](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/security/encryption/data-at-rest-encryption/aria-encryption/aria-disabling-encryption.md): Instructions for safely disabling encryption on Aria tables, emphasizing the need to rebuild tables to an unencrypted state before removing key management plugins.


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