Creating the Authentication Service Database

After installing Worksoft Infrastructure Services, you need to create databases for the following:

• Authentication service
• Worksoft Portal
• Scheduler service

The Authentication service database needs to be the first database you create. In order to create databases, the user must have SQL Server dbcreator permissions.

Database Connection Configuration Options

When you configure your Authentication database, you can select how you want to set up your database security configuration. You need to be a superuser to configure both connections:

• User Based Configuration
• Managed Service Identity Configuration

To create an Authentication database with a user-based configuration connection:

1. Open the following site:

   https://servername/authentication

   Example: https://servername.worksoft.com/authentication

   The Database Connection Setup page opens.

   

2. Select the User Based Configuration option.

3. In the Database Server field, enter the server name.
4. In the Database Name field, enter the database name.

5. If you want to use Windows authentication, select the Use Trusted Connection (Windows) option.

   For more information about configuring Windows authentication, see Chapter 2 in the Worksoft Infrastructure Services Installation Guide.

6. If you want to use SQL Server authentication, enter the SQL Server user name and password in the respective fields.

7. Select the Trust Server Certificate option.

8. Click Test to test your database connection.

   A message opens stating if the connection was successful or failed. If the test fails, troubleshoot the database connection.

9. Click OK to close the message.

10. Click Save to save your database.

    A message opens stating the connection was successful.

To create an Authentication database with a Managed Service Identity configuration connection:

1. Open the following site:

   https://servername/authentication

   Example: https://servername.worksoft.com/authentication

   The Database Connection Setup page opens.

   

2. Select the Managed Service Identity Configuration option.

3. In the Database Server field, enter the server name.
4. In the Database Name field, enter the database name.
5. In the Managed Identity ID field, enter the ID.

6. Click Test to test your database connection.

   A message opens stating if the connection was successful or failed. If the test fails, troubleshoot the database connection.

7. Click OK to close the message.

8. Click Save to save your database.

   A message opens stating the connection was successful.

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