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Installation, Deployment, and Upgrade
Installing Unica Discover involves planning and preparing your environment, installing and configuring prerequisite software, obtaining the Unica Discover installation files, and running the Unica Discover installer.
Installation and Deployment Manual
Planning the installation
Planning for Unica Discover before introducing its software into your enterprise information system helps ensure that the system you implement meets your needs.
System requirements for installing Unica Discover
In this section we will cover what operating system, software and hardware requirements need to be met to install Unica Discover.
User account requirements
Unica Discover user accounts include account permissions, NT authentication, and Network Capture Application accounts.

User account requirements

Unica Discover user accounts include account permissions, NT authentication, and Network Capture Application accounts.

Account permissions

As a recommended best practice, give any account used by a Windows-based Unica Discover service Local System permissions on the server.

Using non-local system accounts for running Unica Discover software is not supported. Running Unica Discover services with permissions other than Local System permissions might cause problems, such as failures to connect, write errors, and unexpected time-outs.

NT authentication

When NT authentication is enabled for the Unica Discover system, Unica Discover services must run under an NT domain account with appropriate privileges. Additional configuration may be required.

Network Capture Application (DNCA) accounts

The Unica Discover DNCA runs on the Linux operating system. During DNCA installation, the dncauser account is created, which is used for running all DNCA services.