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Implementing Content Delivery security on Windows

This section describes Content Delivery subsystems and services running on a Microsoft Windows System.

User accounts

The following table describes the Microsoft Windows User Accounts:

AccountDescription
tcddeployerService account for the Deployer service
tcdcachingService account for the Caching service
Content Deployer
Content Deployer is an optional service (deployment can also be achieved using batch scripts or commands).
Content Broker
Content Broker is a set of APIs. The calls to the API are made from the Web server on the Content Delivery site.
WAI
The WAI (Web and Application Server Integration) is a set of APIs. The calls to the API are made from the Web server on the Content Delivery site.
Linking
Linking is a set of APIs. The calls to the API are made from the Web server on the Content Delivery site.
Object cache
Only on Windows, the Object Cache operates as a service. Within UNIX, this happens in an application server/Java process. The user running the service will be referenced as tcdcaching. The Object Cache provides no external functionality, and only serves to enhance the performance of the other functional areas of the Content Delivery platform.