Create a new or designate an existing application server
account to be used while upgrading Content Platform Engine.
About this task
Create this account if it does not already
exist. The upgrade instructions tell you when to use it. In earlier
releases, this account was identified as
ce_appserver_install_user.
Procedure
- Create the following operating system account:
- Content Platform Engine application
server installation administrator
- Unique identifier
- cpe_appserver_install_user
- Description
- The cpe_appserver_install_user account is needed
during the installation process to perform the following tasks:
- Create and configure the application server for Content Platform Engine.
- Start or stop the application server when needed.
- Modify the application server files or directories as needed for
deploying Content Platform Engine using
the Configuration Manager tool.
- Provide create, read and write permissions for directories on
devices or drives that are used for external Content Platform Engine file storage.
- cpe_appserver_install_user must belong to the cpe_appserver_install_group.
- Minimum required permissions
- Use your local machine's administrative tools to grant cpe_appserver_install_user at
least the following permissions:
- For Windows, cpe_appserver_install_user must
be a member of the Local Administrators Group.
- For UNIX, cpe_appserver_install_user must
have read, write, and execute permissions to the Content Platform Engine installation directory.
Record this value in your customized Installation and Upgrade Worksheet. To find this property,
search the worksheet for instances of cpe_appserver_install_user.