Quick-Start Configuration

This section guides you through a quick-start configuration of SPD Server to enable you to validate and test your installation before performing more detailed configuration tasks.
After you install SPD Server, navigate to the \site subdirectory (relative to the directory where you installed SPD Server), and do the following to complete the quick configuration of your server:
  1. Verify that the WORKPATH statement in your spdsserv.parm parameter file is valid. If the WORKPATH statement is incorrect, edit your spdsserv.parm parameter file.
  2. Verify that the pathname for libname=tmp in the libnames.parm parameter file is valid. If the pathname is not correct, edit the libnames.parm parameter file.
  3. Initialize the SPD Server password database:
    1. Click the Windows Start button and select All Programsthen selectSASthen selectSAS SPD Server 5.3then selectAccount Manager. The SPD Server Account Manager is launched in a command window.
    2. At the Enter command> prompt, enter groupdef.
    3. At the Enter group name to define> prompt, enter admingrp .
    4. To add yourself as an administrator, enter add at the Enter command> prompt.
    5. Choose a user name of up to eight alphanumeric characters, and choose a temporary password of six to eight alphanumeric characters that uses at least one numeral.
    6. Assign yourself an authorization level of 7 for maximum permissions, and then assign yourself to the AdminGrp group. (For more information about authorization levels, see Special Privilege). Press Enter to use default settings for the remaining prompts.
    7. To change your password to a permanent password, enter chgpass at the command> prompt and follow the instructions.
    8. To exit the password database utility, enter quit at the Enter command> prompt.
  4. Start the SPD Server name server. Click the Windows Start button and select All Programsthen selectSASthen selectSAS SPD 5.3 Name Server.
  5. Start SPD Server. Click the Windows Start button and select All Programsthen selectSASthen selectSAS SPD 5.3 Data Server.
  6. Use the Windows Task Manager to verify that SPD Server is running. You should see the following processes running:
    • spdsserv.exe
    • spdsbase.exe
    • spdsnsrv.exe
    • spdslog.exe
    If SPD Server is not running, review the SPD Server log at InstallDir\log\spdsserv*spdslog for any errors.
    After you correct any start-up errors, end all running SPD Server processes using the Windows Task Manager, and then restart your server.
  7. Test the configuration. When all is well, review the default configuration and modify it to meet your preferences. See Customizing the Default Configuration.
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Last updated: February 3, 2017