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Creating a service account

Indeed Certificate Manager data storage is a database. For maintenance of the system creating service account is required.

To enable the Axidian CertiFlow system to operate with the database, create a service account and grant it the required permissions:

1. Open pgAdmin, enter master password and connect to server.
2. In Browser section right-click on

Login/Group Roles menu item.
3. Select Create

→Login/Group

Role.

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     4. On the Go to General tab and enter the role name in the Name field enter name of the role, for example - servicepg.

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(e.g. cfServiceSQL).

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5. Go to Definition tab and     5. On the Definition tab enter your password in the Password field. Account expires field should be set to No Expiry must be specified in the Account Expires field.. 

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    6. Turn Go to Privileges tab and turn on the Can Login? parametr on the Privileges tab parameter.

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    7. Leave the rest of the fields with the defaults states default values and click Save.

Creating a database

The database used as data storage is creates created manually. It filles with To populate the database, use theStorage-PostresqlPostgre.sql script, which is part of the Indeed CM distribution kit (the script is located in the \IndeedCM script included in the Axidian CertiFlow installation package (\CertiFlow.Server\Misc directory).change

1. Create a database in the pgAdmin environment with an arbitrary name:

• In Browser section right-click on

the Database

• Databases menu item.
• Select Create

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• Go to General tab and enter a name in the Database field (e.g. CertiFlowDB). Select the created service account in the Owner list and click Save.

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2. Select the database (CertiFlowDB) in Browser section and execute the Storage-Postgre.sql script:

• Select Tools→Query Tool.
• Click on Open iconImage Addedin Query Tool menu and specify a path to the file Storage-Postgre.sql (\CertiFlow.Server\Misc change), click Select.

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3. Grant privileges to service account for the database tables:

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• Enter the text of the request, specifying the account name:

Code Block
language sql
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO "specify service account";

Code Block
language sql title Example:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO cfServiceSQL;

Setting up a remote connection to the database

Open the PostgreSQL config file pg_hba.conf.

For Windows OS: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\<version number>\data

For *nix OS: /etc/postgresql/<version number>/main

Add a line with the following format:

CONNECTIONTYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD

Where values are referred to as:

• CONNECTIONTYPE– connection type. "Host" is specified, TCP/IP connection is used.
• DATABASE– name of the database.
• USER– database user name.
• ADDRESS– IP-address of the Axidian CertiFlow Server.
• METHOD– user authentication method.

host CertiFlowDB cfServiceSQL 192.200.1.0/32 md5