The administrator ID and password must be the same on all Watson Explorer Content Analytics servers.
When you run the installation program, you can specify an existing user ID and password to use for the administrator ID or allow the installation program to create the user ID and password. If the installation program creates the user ID, it assigns all required user rights.
If you run the installation program as a non-root user, the program uses that user ID as the administrator ID. You cannot change this value and you cannot select the option to have the program create the administrator ID for you.
If you want the installation program to create the administrator ID, log in as the root user and select the option to create the user ID.
If you use WebSphere® Application Server as the application server, WebSphere Application Server and IBM® HTTP Server must be installed as the Watson Explorer Content Analytics administrative user.
When you install the product as a non-root user, the installation program warns you that this approach has limitations. If you cannot accept the following limitations, click Quit to exit the installation program. If the limitations are acceptable and you want to continue installing the product with a non-root user ID, click Ignore:
$IGNORE_UID_PASSWORD$. ./install.bin -D$IGNORE_UID_PASSWORD$=true
When you install the product as a non-root user, you do not need to restart the computer after the installation program completes. The First Steps program automatically starts after the installation program ends.
Ensure that the administrator ID and password conform to the following requirements.
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If you want to use a Windows domain user account for the default Watson Explorer Content Analytics administrative user, you must create the domain ID in advance. The default application administrator ID must be either a local ID or a domain ID with a local profile. A domain ID with a roaming profile is not supported.
user_name@fully_qualified_domain_name
To obtain domain privileges for an ID, you can add the local user ID that you use for the administrator ID to a domain. If you add the local user ID to a domain, however, you must ensure that the domain security policies do not override the local domain policies (user rights) that are required by Watson Explorer Content Analytics.
If an attempt to install the product fails because these user rights are not correctly assigned, you must remove the software. You must assign the correct user rights to the user ID that you use to install the product and run the installation program again.
The administrator ID must have read and execute permissions for the parent directories of the installation and data directories. For example, if the installation directory (ES_INSTALL_ROOT) is the /opt/IBM/es directory, then the administrator ID must have read and execute permissions for the /opt and /opt/IBM directories.