Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION GUIDE 10-09-2009 Installation And Configuration Manual page 39

Creating a PlateSpin Orchestrate User for the PostgreSQL Database
Next, set up a PostgreSQL user to own the audit database schema before you run the server
configuration script or the GUI Configuration Wizard.
1 On the database host machine, use the following commands to log in as
host machine:
su - postgres
psql
2 At the prompt on the database host, use the following command to create an audit
psql
database schema user, for example:
postgres=# create user zos password 'zos';
CREATE ROLE
NOTE: Single quotes surrounding the password are required.
3 Enter the command at the
\q
Configuring the PlateSpin Orchestrate Audit Database on a Separate Host
The easiest way to configure the audit database is to do so when you configure the PlateSpin
Orchestrate Server. Use the following procedure to configure the database.
NOTE: The questions presented in the text-based config script are shown here, but the questions
presented in the graphical Configuration Wizard are similar.
1 After you have installed the PlateSpin Orchestrate packages you want, run the configuration
(either the config script or the graphical Configuration Wizard) until you see the following
question:
Enable Auditing (y/n) [no]:
2 Enter
to answer this question. The following question displays:
yes
Configure Audit DB (y/n) [no]:
3 Enter to answer this question. The following question displays:
yes
Jdbc URL [jdbc:postgresql://localhost/]:
4 Enter the URL of the server where PostgreSQL is running, then press Enter.
jdbc:postgresql://IP_address_of_database_server/
This is a standard JDBC* URL because this is a Java server that JDBC for the interface
database. The URL must be properly formed, with a slash and without a database name at the
end. We do not recommend using "localhost" as the URL.
The following prompt is displayed:
DB Admin Username:
5 Specify the PostgreSQL database administrator username, then press Enter.
This is the same username that was created when PostgreSQL was installed. In most instances,
the username is
postgres
The following prompt is displayed:
DB Admin Password:
prompt to exit the database.
psql
.
at the database
root
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