How to encrypt the PDF file in JasperReports Server

The below steps will demonstrate the way to set the password to the PDF file exported from the JasperReports Server :

To encrypt the pdf file please add these four properties to a jrxml, and upon export to PDF, you'll be prompted by your PDF reader for the password. 

<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.encrypted" value="True"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.128.bit.key" value="True"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.user.password" value="myPass"/>
<property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.owner.password" value="myPass"/>


Please refer to the below links for more details :

https://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/config.reference.html#net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.owner.password

https://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/config.reference.html#net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.user.password