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Hi all, What are the minimum Windows service account privileges required for SolarWinds Windows polling? Assigning Domain Administrator to the service account is considered overprivileged, and the password must be manually changed every 180 days.
What are the minimum privileges required for the Service account used by the SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) ? Thank you.
Hi Folks, What are the minimum required roles for the SolarWinds SQL database service account to connect to the SQL Server? Because granting the Domain Admins in the Active Directory and the db_owner in the SQL Server database is deemed too much privilege.
Folks, To monitor Windows Server components, such as CPU, RAM, Disk Space, Uptime, Task Scheduler, and service status, using the SolarWinds Orion monitoring platform, does the minimum requirement require assigning the Windows Service Account (gMSA) to the Active Directory BUILTIN\Administrators group…
I have inherited a SolarWinds instance. There is a service account that binds the instance to AD with LDAP. The account password will expire in 30 days. I have been searching for the last few days, and I have not seen where that account is established. I would have assumed that it would be set in the Advanced AD settings…
In the Admin section of Orion (Admin > Credentials > Manage Windows Credentials), you can "Manage" Windows Credentials. You can edit the Username and Password of credentials in that Window. The window also has a field "Assigned to entities". The "Assigned to entiites" field will list a number count like 5 nodes or 55…
Hi All, Would it be possible to create and configure the Solarwinds service account as gMSA? Group Managed Service Accounts Overview | Microsoft Learn Thank you,
What are the minimum roles and privileges required for the Solarwinds Database Performance Analyser service account? Because the security team and security best practices consider granting the Enterprise and Domain Admins privileges to be excessive. Based on this KB article: Register a SQL Server instance for DPA…
Hi, I am new to the SolarWinds platform. I am using the Server and Application Monitor (SAM) to monitor mostly RedHat Linux servers. After installing the SolarWinds Linux agent, manually, I noticed that it created a new local service account to run the agent. /etc/passwd…
Typically, when I am successful on a longer SolarWinds project I like to document that success on Thwack. My thought is that if I couldn't find the solution when I started then someone else might come to Thwack with the same question I had. By posting my solution, I hope I'm paying it forward. This is a pay it forward…
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