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Installation worksheet

Information Description Your Value
WebSphere Commerce Site Administrator ID Used to access the WebSphere Commerce tools such as...

Not an operating system ID. IBM recommends that this ID is unique on the system. This ID is created by the WebSphere Commerce installation wizard.

 
WebSphere Commerce Site Administrator password WebSphere Commerce requires that the Site Administrator password adhere to the following rules:

  • Must be at least 8 characters in length.
  • Must contain at least one numeric character (0-9).
  • Must contain at least one alphabetic character (a-z, A-Z).
  • Cannot contain four consecutive occurrences of a character.
  • The same character cannot appear more than four times in the password.

 
Merchant Key The merchant key is used by WebSphere Commerce as an encryption key. You must enter the own key in the Merchant key field. Verify the key that you enter will be sufficient to protect the site.

The merchant key is a 16 digit hexadecimal number that must meet the following criteria:

  • Must contain at least one numeric character (0-9).
  • Must contain at least one alphabetic character (a-f). Uppercase letters are not valid in the merchant key.
  • Cannot contain four consecutive occurrences of a character.
  • The same character cannot appear more than four times in the merchant key.

Keep a record of the merchant key you entered and keep this copy in a safe place.

 
Configuration Manager ID Used to access the Configuration Manager client.

You do not need to supply this value.

configadmin
Configuration Manager password The password for the Configuration Manager ID.

The password must meet the following criteria:

  • Must be at least 8 characters in length.
  • Must contain at least one numeric character (0-9).
  • Must contain at least one alphabetic character (a-z, A-Z).
  • Cannot contain four consecutive occurrences of a character.
  • The same character cannot appear more than four times in the password.

 


Required information

To complete the installation of WebSphere Commerce, you need the specific information. Review the following tables and record the necessary information:

User ID Description Value
Non-root WebSphere Commerce user ID For security reasons, run WebSphere Commerce software stack components as a non-root user.

Do not manually create this user ID. The quick installation will create the user ID based on the input you provide.

 
DB2 instance owner ID Operating system ID automatically created for DB2

This ID must not exist before installing DB2 through the WebSphere Commerce installation wizard.

As part of the installation of DB2, the user ID, under which all DB2 processes run, is created.

To create the DB2 user, the following information is required by the installation wizard:

  • DB2 instance owner ID
  • DB2 instance owner ID password
  • Group to which the DB2 instance owner ID belongs to
  • Full path to the home directory for the DB2 instance owner ID

The database administrator ID and DB2 instance owner ID must meet DB2 instance owner ID requirements.

 
Local Windows user ID To install WebSphere Commerce, ensure the Windows user ID:

  • Has Administrator authority and is defined on the machine.
  • The ID is less than 20 characters in length.

Windows IDs must be defined on the local machine. IDs defined on a Windows domain server are not supported by the WebSphere Commerce installation program.

 


DB2 instance owner ID requirements

The user ID cannot begin with an underscore (_).

The user ID cannot be any of the following words, in upper, lower, or mixed case: USERS, ADMINS, GUESTS, PUBLIC, LOCAL.

The user ID cannot begin with any of the following words in upper, lower, or mixed case: IBM, SQL, SYS.

The user ID cannot be more than 20 characters in length.

The user ID can contain only the characters A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9.

The user ID cannot be the same as any Windows service name.

The user ID must be defined on the local machine, and belong to the Local Administrator's group.

DB2 requires that passwords for database administrators and database users adhere to the following rules:

The default DB2 instance owner IDs that are created during the installation:


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