Permissions and certificates

Permissions for the Scout Enterprise Management Suite installation

  • AD administrator account, member of the local administrators group on the target system
  • The account must be provided with the local user right Log on as a service if you use LocalDB.

For information on how to authenticate to LocalDB, see SQL LocalDB.

For information on how to authenticate to SQL Server, see Authentication to SQL Server.

Note:

The account of the installing administrator is the first active account of the Scout Console after the Administrator policies have been enabled.

Permissions for the web server

On the web server, one or more eLux containers provide eLux software packages and images.

  • Web Server (IIS) role or relevant permissions for the web server used
  • Administrator rights on the root directory for the installing administrator
  • Write access on the eLux container directory for all users that are allowed to create or modify images in ELIAS

Permissions for Scout Board

Logon via Active Directory is already supported in the Technical Preview. The administrator rights are applied as defined in the Scout Console under Security > Activate administrator policies.

SSL certificates for Scout Keep Alive service and Scout Board

The communication between eLux and the Scout Keep Alive service[(1) from Scout 15 2209. Previous versions: Scout Statistics Service is based on the HTTPS protocol]. For this, during installation, you are asked to specify a valid SSL certificate. Alternatively, you will be offered a self-signed certificate. For further information, see Certificate for Scout Keep Alive service.

For a secure connection to the Scout Board interface, also a valid SSL certificate is required. For further information, see Installing Scout Board.

eLux certificates for software packages

If you want to verify the signatures of the eLux software packages with ELIAS, you will need the relevant certificates:

  • Download the package certificates from our myelux.com portal under eLux Software Packages.
Permissions and certificates