Creating Commerce Server Service Accounts
Commerce Server 2009 R2 authenticates users through the Commerce Server Membership Provider, which integrates Commerce Server profiles with ASP.NET logon and registration controls.
Before you install Commerce Server 2009 R2, you must create one or more accounts to run the Commerce Server Web services and your e-commerce Web site. The Commerce Server Web services use the Business Management Applications such as Catalog Manager and Direct Mailer.
You create these accounts on a domain controller that handles security and authentication for the computer on which you are installing Commerce Server 2009 R2. If you cannot create these accounts as domain accounts, you can create them as local accounts on the Commerce Server computer.
Note
If your development environment requires that you install and run SQL Server locally, use a local account for the service accounts. If your development environment involves multiple developer computers that reference a shared, remote SQL Server, use a domain account for the service accounts.
To help secure your deployment, you create local accounts on the Commerce Server computer for each account listed in the following table. Make sure that you note the user name and password that you create for each account, as you will have to provide them during post-configuration procedures. For information about how to create a local account, see your operating system documentation.
The account names shown below are examples only.
Account name |
Description |
|---|---|
<CS_Installer> |
Account of person who installs Commerce Server. |
<CS_Staging_User> |
Account of person who manages Commerce Server Staging. |
<CS_Catalog> |
Account for running the Catalog Web service. |
<CS_DirectMail> |
Account for running the Commerce Server Direct Mailer service. |
<CS_StageWS> |
Account for running the Commerce Server Staging service. |
<CS_Marketing> |
Account for running the Marketing Web service. |
<CS_Orders> |
Account for running the Orders Web service. |
<CS_Profiles> |
Account for running the Profiles Web service. |
<RunTimeUser> |
IIS account for accessing a Commerce Server site or application. |
<CS_HealthMonitor> |
(Optional) Account for running the Commerce Server Health Monitoring service. Create this account only if you are installing the Commerce Server Health Monitoring service. |
<CS_BTS> |
(Optional) Account for running the Commerce Server adapters. Create this account only if you are installing the Commerce Server Adapters for Microsoft BizTalk Server. |