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WebFOCUS Reporting Server Security and User IDs

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By default, the WebFOCUS Reporting Server installed with App Studio can only be started by the user who installed it. In addition, the WebFOCUS Reporting Server is not enabled, by default, to run with security. For use with App Studio, this is sufficient because App Studio starts the WebFOCUS Reporting Server with security OFF. This server is used by a developer for local standalone development (not to be shared by other developers) and it is not licensed for group development.

Configuring WebFOCUS Reporting Server Security and User IDs

How to:

You must configure server security if the following applies:

  • You wish to run the WebFOCUS Reporting Server with security OPSYS.

    The WebFOCUS Reporting Server can encrypt and store passwords for administrator user IDs. To start with security OFF, the passwords are not required. However, to start with security OPSYS, the server must know both the Windows user ID and its password. By default, the WebFOCUS Reporting Server does not know any passwords and, therefore, cannot start with security OPSYS.

Procedure: How to Set Server Security and User IDs

  1. Close App Studio if it is open and ensure the WebFOCUS Reporting Server stops.
  2. Click the Start button on the taskbar.
  3. In the list of installed applications, expand the Information Builders app.
  4. Select the WebFOCUS 82 App Studio folder.

    This opens a new File Explorer window, with all of the product shortcuts.

  5. Double-click WebFOCUS Server for App Studio, which opens a new window that displays all the available WebFOCUS Reporting Server shortcuts.
  6. Double-click the Start Security OFF shortcut to start the WebFOCUS Reporting Server with security OFF.
  7. Double-click the Web Console shortcut to access the Reporting Server Console. You can also go to the following page in Internet Explorer:
    http://localhost:serverport

    where:

    serverport

    Is the port number of your Reporting Server.

    Note: The default Reporting Server port is 8121.

  8. On the sidebar, click the Access Control icon.
  9. For OPSYS, from the Status drop-down list, select Primary.
  10. Click Save.

    The Server Administrator ID field automatically populates your ID. Type your password in the Password field.

    Note: If your ID is not listed, type your ID and password in the appropriate fields.

  11. Click Apply and Stop Server.

    You can now start the server using the Start Security ON option through the App Studio Server program group.

  12. When prompted, click OK to restart the server.

    Note: The passwords and user IDs stored by the server must be kept in sync with those used to sign in to Windows. If you change your Windows password, you must access the Server Console to change the password stored by the server.

Running the Server as a Service With Security ON or OFF

How to:

To run the App Studio development features, you do not need to be an administrator to the local machine. However, the WebFOCUS Reporting Server must run as an administrator to the Windows machine.

To allow users who are not Windows administrators to use the WebFOCUS Reporting Server, you can configure the server service to run automatically with Windows. If you want to run it with security off, you can change the user ID it runs under as a service. Normally when the server runs as a service, it runs with security OPSYS and uses a local system administrator account that was created by Windows.

Users that did not install App Studio sign in to the Windows machine and use App Studio. The WebFOCUS Reporting Server stores a list of user IDs that the server recognizes as server administrators. To start the WebFOCUS Reporting Server in any security mode, you must be signed in to Windows as a user ID that the server recognizes as an administrator. By default, the server only recognizes the user ID that was used when you install App Studio. To start the server as a different ID, you must add additional user IDs through the Reporting Server Console.

Procedure: How to Configure the Server to Run as a Service With Security OFF

  1. Open Windows Services and right-click WebFOCUS Server for App Studio.
  2. Choose Properties.
  3. Click the Log On tab.
  4. Select This account and specify a Windows user ID and password with administrator rights to the local machine.
  5. Click Apply.
  6. Click the General tab.
  7. Change the Startup type to Automatic.
  8. Click OK.

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