Identify options

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Identify options

The installation program prompts you for the following information:

Destination Location

Specifies the path to the location where you want to install the program files. The specified location must be empty.

Default:

On Windows:
```
C:\Program Files\CA\ExecutiveInsight
```
On Linux:
```
/opt/CA/ExecutiveInsight 
```

Supporting Components Location

Specifies the full path and name of the supporting components package file. The package file contains software components that are distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). The name of the package file is as follows:

On Windows:
```
lgplPackages-win_1.1.zip
```
On Linux:
```
lgplPackages-linux_1.1.tar
```

Note: If you download the package file to the same location as the installation program, the program automatically validates the package file.

MySQL Credentials

Specifies the authentication information that is used to connect to your MySQL server. Complete the following fields:

MySQL Server Host Name

Specifies the MySQL host name or IP address.

Default: localhost

Notes:

By default, MySQL creates the root user account as 'root'@'localhost'. If MySQL is installed on the local system, use the default name, localhost as the host name. If you specify an actual host name or IP address, create a user account on MySQL before installing the product.
If MySQL is installed on a remote system, you must set up the DNS on the local system.

MySQL Port Number

Specifies the listener port on the MySQL server.

Default: 3306

MySQL Admin User Name

Specifies the MySQL administrator user name.

Default: root

Note: If you do not want to use the default MySQL root user, create a user account on MySQL before installing the product. To create the user account with the required privileges, log in to MySQL as the root user and type the following commands:

create user 'admin_user'@'host' identified by 'admin_pwd';
grant Grant option, Select, Insert, Update, Delete, Create, Drop, Reload, References, Index, Alter, Show Databases, Create Temporary Tables, Lock Tables, Execute, Create View, Show View, Create Routine, Alter Routine, Create User, Event, Trigger, Create Tablespace on *.* to 'admin_user'@'host' with grant option;
flush privileges;

admin_user: Defines the administrator user name. Specify this user name in the MySQL Admin User Name option.
host: Specifies the host name or IP address of the MySQL server.
admin_pwd: Defines the password for the administrator user. Specify this password in the MySQL Admin User Password option.

MySQL Admin User Password

Specifies the password for the MySQL administrator user.

Notes:

If you specified the default localhost as the host name and root as the user name, specify the password that you created during the MySQL installation.
If you created a user account, specify the password that you defined for the user name (admin_pwd).

MySQL Database Credentials

Defines the authentication information that is used to connect to the MySQL database that the installation program created. Complete the following fields:

Database User Name

Defines a database user name. This user must not exist.

Default: execdbadmin

Database User Password

Defines the password for the database user. The password is encrypted.

CA Embedded Entitlements Manager Information

Specifies the authentication information that is used to connect to CA EEM. Complete the following fields:

Host Name

Specified the name of the server that hosts CA EEM.

Administrator Name

Specified the CA EEM administrator user name.

Default: EiamAdmin

Application Name

Specifies the application name used by CA Executive Insight in CA EEM

Default: ExecutiveInsightForSA

Administrator Password

Specifies the password for the CA EEM administrator user. The password is encrypted.

The installation program registers an application named ExecutiveInsightForSA with CA EEM. The administrator must create users in CA EEM for the application.