Spotfire® Server and Environment Security

Changing a 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.
    The specified user must have read and write permissions to the files in the Spotfire Server installation path.
  2. Set file system permissions restrictively and apply minimal permissions.
    The service account must have both read and write permissions in the installation folder. Other users on the system do not need access to files in the installation folder.