Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Non-root profile creation and augmentation
Use this topic to learn how to give a non-root user permissions for files and directories so that the non-root user can create a profile for WebSphere XD, and augment a profile that was created by a root user, a different non-root user, or the same non-root user.
Overall, non-root users are limited in being able to create and use profiles in their environment. Within the Profile Management tool, unique names and port values are disabled for non-root users. The non-root user must change the default field values in the Profile Management tool for the profile name, node name, cell name, and port assignments. Consider assigning non-root users a range of values for each of the fields. You can assign responsibility to the non-root users for adhering to their proper value ranges and for maintaining the integrity of their own definitions. The term installer refers to either a root or non-root user. As an installer, you can grant non-root users permissions to create profiles and establish their own product environments. For example, a non-root user might create a product environment to test application deployment with a profile that he owns. Specific tasks that you can complete to allow non-root profile creation include the following items:
- Creating a profile and assigning ownership of the profile directory to a non-root user so that the non-root user can start WebSphere® Application Server for a specific profile.
- Granting write permission of the appropriate files and directories to a non-root user, which allows the non-root user to then create the profile. With this task, you can create a group for users who are authorized to create profiles, or give individual users the ability to create profiles.
- Installing maintenance packages for WebSphere XD, which includes required services for existing profiles that are owned by a non- user. As the installer, you are the owner of any new files that the maintenance package creates.
For further details, read the detailed information on creating profiles for non-root users, which includes the steps to complete the preceding task examples, in the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 6.1 Information Center.
As an installer, you can also grant permissions for a non-root user to augment profiles. For example, a non-root user can augment a profile that is created by an installer, or augment a profile that he creates. Follow the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment non-root user augmentation process to complete these tasks. However, there are exceptions to note. When a non-root user augments a profile that is created by the installer, the following files do not need to be created by the non-root user before augmentation, because they were established during the profile creation process:
Also, do not modify the Linux or UNIX operating systems Start menu permissions.
- app_server_root/logs/manageprofiles.xml
- app_server_root/properties/fsdb.xml
- app_server_root/properties/profileRegistry.xml
When a non-root user augments a profile that he creates, the non-root user must modify the permissions for the documents that are located within the WebSphere Extended Deployment profile templates.
Related tasks
Use the Profile Management tool to create and augment profiles