Db2 configuration during non-root installation
IBM® Security Guardium® Key Lifecycle Manager requires Db2® Standard Edition at Version 11.5.8.0 level that depends on the operating system.
During Db2 configuration,
you are prompted for the following information:
- Db2 Administrator ID
- The local Db2 administrator user ID. Because non-root Db2 user can have a single instance, the Db2 administrator ID must be the same as the User ID who is logged on to the system. Ensure that the maximum length of the ID is 8 characters.
- Db2 Administrator Password
- The password for the administrator. Ensure that the maximum length of the password is 20
characters.
The password for the Db2 Administrator user ID is subject to the security policy active on the system. Password for Db2 Administrator ID must be same as the operating system level password for the non-root user who is logged on to the system. When you change one, you must change the other.
- Database Name
- The name of the IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager database, which is
klmdb42
. - Db2 Port
- The port that Db2 uses.
- Administrator's Group
- Access group in which the Administrator user ID exists. Database Administrator group must be same as the primary group for the non-root user at operating system level.
- Administrator / Database Home
- The directory in which the database instance and the formatted tables that are used by IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager are created. Database home must point to the home directory of the non-root user.
Notes:
- Entries for all fields are restricted to alphabetical characters (A-Z and a-z), numeric characters (0-9), and the underscore character (_). The restriction also applies to the values in the response file that is used for silent installations.
- Do not specify spaces in any of the directory paths or file names.
- The name of the computer on which you install Db2 cannot
start with
ibm
,sql
, orsys
in lowercase or uppercase. The name of the computer also cannot contain the underscore character (_). - The Db2 admin group name cannot be longer than 8 characters.
For more information about how to modify kernel parameters and
non-root installation, see Db2 documentation.
Date | Change description |
15 May 2023 | Corrected the Db2 edition. |
07 March 2023 | Initial version. |