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Michael_Dieter's avatar
7 days ago

Non-Admin Collector install

After trying to navigate through all the ramifications of Collector Least Privilege, I considered the option of simply getting new VM servers and installing new collectors with a "least privilege" user account.  I'm fortunate enough that we have sufficient compute and storage resources that my request for new VMs can be delivered, and then I can remove the old collectors from service and our server virtualization team can delete them (returning those compute and storage resources to the available pool; net impact is 0).  This seems like it will be less overall headache and effort than running the LM-supplied scripts.

So I'm just going to throw this screen shot out there, for public consumption, of the install ---being done with the intent of moving to "Least Privilege"---recommending Domain Admin/Local Admin. 

Sure, maybe this is just an artifact in the installer presentation? 

 

  • I have been struggling with the non-admin migration as well. I am curious, where were you able to find instructions to install collector with a non-admin user?

    • Joe_Williams's avatar
      Joe_Williams
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      Install as SYSTEM then use the PowerShell script found in the support documents. This was the easiest way to do it.