Installation Account

Linux Installation Accounts

Any account can be used to install the OpenSpirit software on Linux. The only consideration is to use an account that can install the software on a file system that can be seen by the users that need to run OpenSpirit from the computers that they use to run OpenSpirit tools, data connectors, or third-party OpenSpirit enabled applications. The same account used to install the software is commonly the account that is also used to create master and satellite configurations, but it is not required that the same account be used.

There are no special requirements for the account used to configure a Linux satellite installation. You are prompted for the OpenSpirit administrator password when configuring a Linux satellite if it is done from a different account than was used to configure the master installation.

The account used to configure a Linux master installation does however matter. The account does not require any special privileges, but it owns the master installation's metadata repository storage files. The configuration account is used to run the Shared Service and Notification Service processes. The account used to configure the master becomes the OpenSpirit administrator account and have rights to perform all administrative tasks for the OpenSpirit master installation.

Tip: OpenSpirit administrator rights can be granted to other OpenSpirit users using the User Manager tool.
It is strongly advised configuring Linux masters using an account that has been created specifically to manage and run the master installation services. The account does not require root privileges. Using the root account to run the shared service process is strongly discouraged.
Tip: An example Linux boot script is provided in the bin/etc directory of Linux OpenSpirit software installations. This script can be used to configure your Linux system to start the OpenSpirit services at system boot time. The script is called OpenSpirit_init.d. The root account is needed to add the boot script to the system boot sequence.

Windows Installation Accounts

No special installation privileges are required to install OpenSpirit software on Windows. Administrative permissions are required to have the installer create Start menu entries for all users.

Configuring a Windows master installation does require an account with authority to install and run Windows services. The Shared Service and Notification service processes are configured to run as Windows services when a master is configured on Windows. The Windows services run under the Windows Local System account by default.