Choosing user accounts to run Watch Folder services
Run the Aspera Watch service and the Aspera Watch Folders service under a user with access to the area of your file system in which you intend to create a watch and Watch Folder. In most cases, the services are run under one user who has access to your entire file system, and watches and Watch Folders are created for specific areas of the file system.
You can also run multiple Watch and Watch Folder services under different users if that is required by your storage configuration or user access restrictions. For example, if your file system includes different mounted storages and no single user can access files in all mounted storages, or if your administrative account has access to the entire file system but your policy prohibits running the services under that user account.
Configure services that depend on your user account scenario:
Configuration #1
This is the simplest and most common configuration of Watch Folder services. Use an account that reads permissions for all your files and follow the instructions in Creating a push Watch Folder with aswatchfolderadmin.
Configuration #2
If you cannot run Watch Folder services under the administrative account or you do not have a single user that has access to the entire file system, run pairs of the Aspera Watch service and the Aspera Watch Folders service under enough users to access your entire file system.
For example, if you mounted storage from the marketing department that can be only accessed by user xasp1, and another storage from the release team, which can be only accessed by user xasp2, run a pair of the Aspera Watch service and the Aspera Watch Folders service under each user. Use the Node API to configure services and manage Watch Folders in a multi-user context. You can interact with the Node API by using IBM Aspera Console, by managing Watch Folders in the GUI, or by using curl commands from the command line.
For more information about using Watch Folders with Console, see Working with Watch Folders in the IBM Aspera Console.