Required Permissions: Linux

The following permissions are required:

  • Verify that you have the required permissions to install OpenText Application Quality Management on a server machine.

  • If you are upgrading from a previous version with a remote repository, the application server user account must have network access to the remote repository. For details. contact your network administrator.

  • Your user name cannot include a pound sign (#) or accented characters (such as, ä, ç, ñ).

    Note: All related installation operations for the same version, such as patch installations or uninstalling OpenText Application Quality Management, must be performed by the same user.

  • To install ALM, you must have the following file system permissions:

    • Full read, write, and execute permissions for all the files and directories under the directory on which OpenText Application Quality Management is installed. The installation files are used for configuring the server. By default, the installation files are written to: /root/ALM.

    • Full read, write, and execute permissions to the directory on which OpenText Application Quality Management is deployed. The deployment directory is specified by the user during installation.

    • Full read, write, and execute permissions to the repository directory, which contains the sa and qc directories. The repository path is specified by the user during installation. By default, it is located under the deployment directory.

    • Full read, write, and execute permissions to the installation and configuration log files directory. Installation and configuration log files are written to /var/opt/ALM/log.

    • Full read, write, and execute permissions to the file delivery logs. The log files are written to: /var/log.

    • If the file repository is located on a remote machine:

      • On the file server machine, share the file repository directory so that the user running the installation is the owner of the files.

      • On the ALM machine, or on each cluster node, create a mount directory that points to the file repository directory.