Spotfire® Server and Environment - Installation and Administration

Creating a computer service account manually

If you are setting up NTLM authentication and you are unable to run the SetupWizard.vbs script, or you prefer to create the account manually, follow these steps.

Before you begin

If Spotfire Server is installed on a Linux computer, copy the SetComputerPassword.vbs script to a Windows computer first.

Procedure

  1. Create the computer account by using the Microsoft Management Console snap-in Domain Users and Computers. Refer to Microsoft documentation for details on how to use this tool.
    Note: Make sure to create a new computer account. A user account will not work. Reusing an existing computer account will not work.
  2. To set a password for this account, open a command line and run this script with the account name and password as arguments to the command: <install-dir>/tomcat/spotfire-bin/SetComputerPassword.vbs.
    Example:
    SetComputerPassword.vbs jespa‐svc$@dc.example.research.com Pa33w0rd

What to do next

Configure NTLM authentication using configuration commands