How To
Summary
How to run Engineering Lifecycle Management(ELM) products under a non-root user after it was installed under root user in a
WebSphere Application Server environment?
Objective
To run WebSphere Application Server under a non-root user, you have to make sure all the files and folders can be accessed by both the root user and the non-root user.
To run WebSphere Application Server as a non-root user:
1. Change owner for WebSphere Application root directory with specified user and group
chown -R was1:wasgroup /opt/WebSphere/AppServer
2. Change file permissions as the root user
chmod -R g+wr AppServer
3. Specify user and group values for the Runas User and Runas Group settings for a server
Go Process execution page of the administrative console
You must define properties in the following table.
Click Servers > Application Servers > server1 > Process Definition > Process Execution
Change all of the following values:Property Value
Run As User was1
Run As Group wasgroup
The following are relevant topics for reference:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQTP_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/ae/tpro_manage_nonroot.html
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/top-10-frequently-asked-questions-about-non-root-user-websphere-application-server
Run As User was1
Run As Group wasgroup
The following are relevant topics for reference:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQTP_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/ae/tpro_manage_nonroot.html
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/top-10-frequently-asked-questions-about-non-root-user-websphere-application-server
Additional Information
The support of WebSphere Application Server is removed in ELM v.7.0.3. Due to this change, you must migrate ELM on WebSphere Application Server to WebSphere Liberty. The step by step can be found on the following page:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-migrate-elm-traditional-websphere-websphere-liberty
Document Location
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Modified date:
20 June 2024
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