Enabling Engine Daemon Authentication

You can enable Engine Daemon authentication during Engine installation. This feature is supported only for Authentication Mode, (Admin > User Admin > Authentication), configured as Internal DB or LDAP.

1.

Go to Admin > System Admin > Manager Configuration > Engine and Clients and set Daemon Authenticate to true.

2.

Create a user with a Security Role with the Install Engine Daemon feature enabled. Ensure that the user has a password that is at least eight characters long.

3.

During the Engine installation, depending on your operating system, perform one of the following procedures:

For Windows by using the Installer
Enter the configuration, user name, and password in the Other options dialog box.

Engine Daemon Authentication

For more information about installing the Windows Engine by using the Windows Engine Installer, see Installing Windows Engines.

For Windows by using the Command Line Interface

To enable Engine Daemon Authentication by using the command line, run the following command:

msiexec /quiet /i DSEngineInstall.msi URL=Managerhostname:port LOGINUSER=user LOGINPWD=pwd DAEMCONFIG=config

Parameter	Description
LOGINUSER	User name for Engine Daemon login
LOGINPWD	Password for Engine Daemon login

For more information about installing the Windows Engine by using the Windows command line, see Command Line Unattended Install.

For UNIX

Use the following command:

./engine.sh start -installuser=user -installpwd=password -config=myConfig


The following table lists the engine.sh arguments:

engine.sh Arguments

Argument	Description
installuser	User name for Engine Daemon login
installpwd	Password for Engine Daemon login

For more information about installing Unix Engine, see Installing UNIX Engines .

To Reset the User Name or Password

Procedure 

1. Delete the DefaultInstallOption.dat file present in the Engine directory.
2. From the command line, start the Engine based on the operating system:

• For Windows, use the following command:
  Engine.exe start -installuser=user -installpwd=password -config=myConfig
• For UNIX, use the following command:
  ./engine.sh start -installuser=user -installpwd=password -config=myConfig


Alternatively, you can also perform the following steps to reset the user name or password:

Procedure 

1.

Open the DefaultInstallOption.dat file present in the Engine directory.

2.

Delete all the content and then add the user name or password as follows: installuser=user installpwd= pwd

Top