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Replicator Service Settings

The CapaInstaller Replicator Service can be altered from the System Administration Plug-in of CapaInstaller Management Solution. The service settings consist of four tabs.

This tab resembles the property page for the service found in the services of the control panel. Each of the settings available in each tab of this dialog is described below.

Element Description
Service status Status of the Replicator service. Equivalent to services in the control panel.
Service Name The name of the service used by the operating system.
Display name The name you will see in services in the control panel.
Description Description of the service.
Startup type The type of service. This can be either; automatic, manual, or disabled. The default value is automatic.
Last heartbeat This is a timestamp for the last Replicator activity.
Path to executable The full path to the program that is started by the service.

On this tab, you will be able to view and set dependent services for cereal. For instance, you could require a VPN client service to run, to establish the network connection to the parent point.

Element Description
Available services A list of services available on the computer.
Add - > Adds the selected service in ‘Available services’ to the list; ‘Dependent services.
< - Remove Removes the selected service in ‘Dependent services’ and adds it to the list, ‘Available services’.
Dependent services A list of services required to run for the operating system to allow the CapaInstaller Replicator Service to start.

On the database tab, you can change the authentication method to the SQL server.

Element Description
SQL server The SQL server that the CapaInstaller Replicator Service connects to.
SQL database The SQL database that holds the CapaInstaller Management Solution database.
Update Clicking on this button the CIRepl settings.xml is updated with the correct database.
Use Windows authentication Instructs CapaInstaller Replicator Service to establish a database connection by identifying itself with the computer account.
Use SQL authentication When this radio button is selected CapaInstaller Replicator Service will connect to the database with the credentials in the user name and password fields.
User name The user name used to connect to the database when SQL authentication is selected.
Password The password that goes with the user name stated above.
Data Connection Service When this radio button is selected CapaInstaller Replicator Service will connect to the database through the Data Connection Service.
Note that using this setting can affect performance, due to the amount of SQL traffic made by the Replicator Service.
Account The Data Connection Service account used by the CapaInstaller Replicator Service.
Element Description
OK Clicking this button commits any changes that you may have made and closed the dialog.
Cancel Cancels any changes made and closes the dialog.

On the database tab, you can change the authentication method to the SQL server.

Element Description
Local system account The Replicator Service will operate under the Local System account.
This account The Replicator Service will operate under the specified account.
Password The password that goes with the user name stated above.
Confirm password Confirm the password.
Element Description
OK Clicking this button commits any changes that you may have made and closed the dialog.
Cancel Cancels any changes made and closes the dialog.