Setting up a Windows shared directory for a runtime cloud

Set up a shared directory on your Windows computer to enable communication between runtime cloud clusters and to share information, including data, results, and so on. This action is required when installing and using runtime clouds.

Before you begin

Before completing these steps, download the runtime cloud cluster installer.

Procedure

1. Choose or create a user to run the runtime cloud. This user is used to share the directory as well as to run the Cloud as a service on the various Windows machines.

2. Create an empty directory on the Windows server.

   The runtime cloud cluster installer uses uniform naming convention (UNC) paths to access a shared directory. Therefore, create the directory on a file server that can share it with the other machines used for the runtime cloud.

3. Share the directory by using Windows file sharing.

   Do not use a mapped network drive path (such as D:\) because you cannot use drive mappings for Windows services. Instead, use a UNC path (such as \\somepath) to the network drive.

4. Make sure the user has Full Control privileges on the share and the entire runtime installation folder path.

note

Grant privileges to users explicitly rather than adding the user to an administration group.

Next steps

Next you need to install the runtime cloud's first runtime cloud cluster.