Following are main steps to be taken when configuring the ADSS Decryption Service. The order in which the steps are defined is not important since it is easy to go back to an earlier step and also make changes later if required.

Steps	Description
Step 1:	Use the Key Manager module to generate the keys and certificates needed for the Decryption Service. The most important of these is the Document Encryption key.
Step 2:	Configure one or more Decryption Profiles. Client applications refer to the Decryption Profile within their request messages sent to the ADSS Decryption Service.
Step 3:	Register one or more client applications within the Client Manager. These can now be authorised to make requests to one or more Decryption Service Profiles.
Step 4:	Use the ADSS Decryption Service Manager to start/stop/restart the service. ADSS Decryption Service is required to be restarted when a Decryption Profile is added/updated/deleted.