Creating a Content Platform Engine database user for SQL Server

A database user account that Content Platform Engine uses to connect to SQL Server databases containing the GCD and object stores.

Procedure

  1. Create the following database account after the SQL Server instance is created:
    Content Platform Engine database user (SQL Server)
    Unique identifier
    cpe_db_user
    Description
    The database accounts that Content Platform Engine uses to access SQL Server. You can use the same account for the GCD and object store databases. Or you can use one (for example, cpe_db_user1 ) for the GCD database and one for the object stores (for example, cpe_db_user2 .
    cpe_db_user must be a SQL Server account. It does not have to be an account in the configured directory service.
    Minimum required permissions
    Use your database tools to grant each cpe_db_user at least the following database access permissions:
    • db_datawriter
    • db_datareader
    • db_ddladmin
    • public
    Add these accounts to SQL Server's master database and grant the public role to each. When you perform the procedure described in the section on Configuring the JDBC distributed transaction components, these accounts will also be granted the SqlJDBCXAUser role.
  2. Icon representing the worksheet Record this value in your customized Installation and Upgrade Worksheet. To find this property, search the worksheet for instances of cpe_db_user.