Documentation forSolarWinds Platform Self-Hosted

Required SolarWinds account permissions

This topic applies to all SolarWinds Platform products.

The following table lists account permissions SolarWinds requires to specific folders on your server.

Access Level Account Folder the account needs to access
read NETWORK SERVICE

C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\

read IUSR

C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\

read Administrator

C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\

read NETWORK SERVICE

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\
Temporary ASP.NET Files

read IUSR

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files

write NETWORK SERVICE

C:\ProgramData\Application Data\SolarWinds

write NETWORK SERVICE

C:\InetPub\SolarWinds\web.config

write NETWORK SERVICE C:\Windows\TEMP
read NETWORK SERVICE C:\Windows\TEMP
write Authenticated Users

C:\ProgramData\Application Data\SolarWinds\Logs

read NETWORK SERVICE

C:\

 

The following table lists account permissions SolarWinds requires to specific certificates on your server.

Access Level Account Certificate the account needs to access
read NETWORK SERVICE

SolarWinds-Orion

read Administrator

SolarWinds-Orion

read SYSTEM

SolarWinds-Orion

read NETWORK SERVICE

SolarWinds Job Scheduler

read Administrator

SolarWinds Job Scheduler

read SYSTEM

SolarWinds Job Scheduler