Creating the Content Platform Engine application server installation group

An operating system group account to which several Content Platform Engine accounts must belong.

About this task

Create this account if it does not already exist. The upgrade instructions tell you when to use it. In earlier releases, this account was identified as ce_appserver_install_group.

Procedure

  1. Create the following operating system account:
    Content Platform Engine application server installation group
    Unique identifier
    cpe_appserver_install_group
    Description
    An operating system group account. You will be instructed to grant certain permissions to this group during Content Platform Engine installation and configuration.
    The user accounts in cpe_appserver_install_group will perform the following tasks:
    • Give operating system privileges to the directories used for Content Platform Engine installation and for the application server's instance/domain/profile.
    • Configure and deploy the Content Platform Engine EAR files which require access to the application server's instance/domain/profile directories.
    • Have permissions on devices/drives to read and write that are designated for external Content Platform Engine file storage.
    Minimum required permissions
    Use your local machine's administrative tools to add the following accounts to this group:
    • cpe_appserver_install_user
    • cpe_install_user
    • config_mgr_user
  2. Icon representing the worksheet Record this value in your customized Installation and Upgrade Worksheet. To find this property, search the worksheet for instances of cpe_appserver_install_group.