Creating service account

Indeed Certificate Manager data storage is a database. For maintenance of the system creating service account is required.

1. Open pgAdmin, enter master password and connect to server.
2. In Browser section right-click on the Login/Group Roles menu item.
3. Select Create > Login/Group Role….

4. On the General tab in the Name field enter name of the role, for example - servicepg.

5. On the Definition tab enter your password in the Password field. No Expiry must be specified in the Account Expires field.

When you create a service account, you must disable password expiration.

6. Turn on the Can Login? parametr on the Privileges tab.

   

7. Leave rest fields with the defaults states and click Save.

Creation of the database.

The database is creates manually. It filles with the Storage-Postgre.sql script, which is part of the Indeed CM distribution kit (the script is located in the \IndeedCM.Server\Misc directory).

1. Create a database in the pgAdmin environment with an arbitrary name:

  • In Browser section right-click on the Databases menu item.
  • Select Create > Database...

  • Enter name in the Name field on General tab, for example IndeedStorage. Select the user in the Owner list, created on the first step of this guide (servicepg) and click Save.

2. Select the database (IndeedStorage) in Browser section and execute the Storage-Postgre.sql script:

  • Select Tools > Query Tool.
  • Click the Open iconin the Query Tool menu and specify the path to the file Storage-Postgre.sql  (it is located in \IndeedCM.Server\Misc) and click Select

  • Click Execute/Refresh button

3. Granting privileges to service account on database tables:

  • Press button in Query Tool menu, than select Clear Query menu item.

  • Enter the text of the request, specifying the account name in it:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO "specify service account";
Example:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO servicepg;

Setting up a remote connection to the database

Open the PostgreSQL config file "pg_hba.conf".

pb_hba.conf file location:

For Windows OS: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\<version number>\data
For *nix OS: /etc/postgresql/<version number>/main

Add a line with the following format:

CONNECTIONTYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD

Where:

  • CONNECTIONTYPE -  Connection type. "host" specified, TCP/IP connection will be used.
  • DATABASE - Name of the database.
  • USER - Database user name.
  • ADDRESS - IP-address of the Indeed Certificate Manager server.
  • METHOD - User authentication method.
Example:
host IndeedStorage servicepg 192.200.1.0/32 md5


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