Creating a system user (MTSUser) for Content Manager

The Content Manager requires a separate Windows domain user, known as the MTS user, to access the Content Manager database, perform logging, run the Content Manager event system, and so on. Create this user before you install the Content Manager database and Content Manager server. After installation, you need to configure access permissions for this user.

Before you begin

Create and configure an MTSUser account on the domain controller machine of your Windows domain.

Procedure

  1. In your Windows Control Panel, access Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
  2. Navigate to System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users.
  3. Select Users and choose New User from the context menu. Specify user details and click Create:
    1. User nameMTSUser
    2. Full nameMTSUser
    3. DescriptionSDL Tridion MTSUser
  4. Select the MTSUser you just created and select Properties from the context menu. A new window opens, showing the General tab of the user's properties:
  5. Make sure that the two options Account is disabled and Account is locked out are both not selected.
  6. Click OK to close the MTSUser Properties window.
  7. Close the Computer Management screen.

Results

You have now created the MTSUser account. If, at any later time, you change the password, update the password in your search settings, whenever you next optimize your search collection, and on your scaled-out search servers (if any).

What to do next

Store the MTS user credentials in a safe location because you will need to enter the credentials you specified here when you install the Content Manager server.