A Secure Deployment Checklist

  1. Set strong passwords for the Administrator and any other operating system accounts that have any DIVArchive, DIVAdirector, administrator, or service roles assigned to them.

  2. Do not use a local administrator operating system account but rather assign roles as needed to other user accounts.

  3. Set a strong password for the DIVAdirector Administrator user. Change the password immediately from the default installed password to a strong password. You will be prompted to do this automatically when you first log in.

    Note:

    A password recovery feature is available to users on the log on screen if they forget their password.
  4. Install a firewall on the system and apply the default DIVAdirector port rules.

  5. Install operating system and DIVAdirector updates on a periodic basis because they include security patches.

  6. Install antivirus, and exclude the DIVAdirector processes and storage for performance reasons.