Yes, the credentials listed below are correct for the NCast encoders as
well.

Hank

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:51 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> In case you just aim for a simple approach:
>
> ... as for simply adding users to the database, I described a successful
> procedure in http://opencast.3480289.n2.**nabble.com/Matterhorn-users-**
> adding-users-to-the-database-**for-access-of-series-**td7375506.html<http://opencast.3480289.n2.nabble.com/Matterhorn-users-adding-users-to-the-database-for-access-of-series-td7375506.html>
>
> ... as for the credentials to connect to the matterhorn server we use
> those identified in config.properties on the admin-machine with the
> property names:
>
> org.opencastproject.security.**digest.pass=CHANGE_ME
> org.opencastproject.security.**digest.user=matterhorn_system_**account
>
> ie. we set the same credentials on the capture agent's config.properties.
>
> Dunno if this applies to the NCast-thingies though.
>
> Regards, Andreas
>
> Hank Magnuski schrieb am Fri, 13 Apr 2012 betreff "Re:
> [Matterhorn-users]...":
>
>> Hello Alex,
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Alexander Bias
>> <[email protected]>**wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> we set up Matterhorn 1.3 according to several pages in the 1.3 wiki and
>>> the developer wiki across multiple servers. Admin, engage and worker
>>> servers are running basically and we are trying to accomplish our first
>>> recording now. There will be some questions in the next few days :)
>>>
>>> First of all, I don't understand how user management in Matterhorn works.
>>> I found some settings in
>>> /opt/matterhorn/felix/conf/**security/config.properties about the
>>> default
>>> user (admin / opencast) and I found some other configuration files, for
>>> example /opt/matterhorn/felix/conf/**security/mh_default_org.xml, but I
>>> didn't find a possibility to create a new local Matterhorn backend user.
>>> Could you please tell me where I can accomplish this, where the
>>> documentation for user management is? Do I need to connect Matterhorn
>>> with
>>> our LDAP server first?
>>>
>>>
>> User management in Matterhorn currently assumes some outside service like
>> CAS or LDAP. There is a Users tab available where one can edit roles, but
>> addition/deletion of users on this page is not implemented.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Second, I'm trying to connect a NCast PR-720-M capture device to the
>>> Matterhorn servers. This capture device is sold to work with matterhorn.
>>> I
>>> did copy the default capture agent config file (cp
>>> /opt/matterhorn/felix/load/**org.opencastproject.capture.**
>>> agent-demo.cfg
>>> /opt/matterhorn/felix/load/**org.opencastproject.capture.**agent-ncast.cfg)
>>> and
>>> did change the connection details in this server. In the capture client
>>> configuration interface, I have to provide a username and a password for
>>> connecting to the Matterhorn server, but I don't know where to set this
>>> in
>>> Matterhorn. Could you please tell me where I can set these credentials in
>>> Matterhorn so that my capture device is able to connect?
>>>
>>>
>> No configuration of Capture Agents needs to be done on the Server. They
>> simply log in with their credentials and say "Hello, I'm here" to the
>> server using the REST API's.
>>
>>
>>  Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Alexander Bias
>>>
>>> University of Ulm
>>> kiz information systems
>>>
>>>
>> Hank
>> --
>> Hank Magnuski
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>>
>>
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