Spotfire® Server and Environment Security

Changing the Windows Service Account for Spotfire Server

The service account running the Spotfire Server under Windows can be changed to a user with more restricted rights.

About this task

Change this setting from the Windows Services user interface.

Procedure

  1. Right-click Spotfire Server > Properties > Login On tab > Log on as.
  2. Set the file system permissions for the service account.

    The service account must have permissions to read, execute and list the Spotfire Server base installation directory.

    The service account must also have permission to write and modify the following subdirectories:

    • <installation directory>/nm
    • <installation directory>/tomcat/application-data
    • <installation directory>/tomcat/logs
    • <installation directory>/tomcat/spotfire-config
    • <installation directory>/tomcat/temp
    • <installation directory>/tomcat/webapps/spotfire/WEB-INF/resources
    • <installation directory>/tomcat/work

    Except for the server administrator user account, other users on the system do not need access to files in the installation folder.