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Specify a password for SEUM-User accounts in WPM

This article provides instructions on how to specify a password for WPM user accounts. These accounts may be used for environmental changes such as adding proxy settings. Moreover, some environments allow the SeUM/WPM Player worker process to run under separate system accounts. However, parallel requests may not run as expected due to cookies and session handling.

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10/25/2018 4:13 PM

Last published date

10/25/2018 4:13 PM

Overview

This article describes how to specify a password for SEUM-User accounts that WPM Players use to run transaction steps. These accounts may be used for environmental changes such as adding proxy settings. Moreover, some environments allow the SEUM/WPM Player worker process to run under separate system accounts. However, parallel requests may not run as expected due to cookies and session handling.

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Note: On WPM versions 2022.x, 2023.x and 2024.x the attribute 'workerUserPasswordOverride' of configuration section 'agentConfiguration' is deprecated and should no longer be specified.

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Note: The password is in clear text in the SolarWinds.SEUM.Agent.Service.exe.config file.

  1. Locate the AgentSettings.dat file in: c:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\SEUM\Data 
  2. Create a backup copy of the AgentSettings.dat, named AgentSettings.bak. 
  3. After creating a backup copy, delete the original file, AgentSettings.dat.
  4. Go to c:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\SEUM\Player and create a backup copy of the SolarWinds.SEUM.Agent.Service.exe.config file, in case you need to rollback later.
  5. Open the SolarWinds.SEUM.Agent.Service.exe.config file in a text editor, such as Notepad.
  6. Locate the workerUserPasswordOverride attribute in the <agentConfiguration> tag.
    For example, <agentConfiguration workerUserPasswordOverride="Your_Password"/>
  7. Restart the WPM services using the Orion Service Manager.