Programmatically change "global" Run As user account?

[mchamlee]

Before opening a support ticket on this I wanted to see if anyone in the community has found a way to programmatically change the "Run the Worker as a Different User" setting within the Alteryx Server System Settings. Our IT team is looking to automate as much of the password rotation process as is feasible and this is one blocker in trying to automate the service account rotation for our Alteryx Server installations. I'm open to "creative", non-supported methods.

[fmvizcaino · Accepted solution]

Hi @mchamlee ,

You have a command that can be used to update the run as and password automatically. The service needs to be stopped to work.

AlteryxService.exe setexecuteuser=name,domain,password

I got this command from here: https://help.alteryx.com/20212/server/server-host-recovery-guide

AlteryxService.exe is located in the bin folder of your Alteryx installation.

Best,

Fernando Vizcaino

[mchamlee]

@fmvizcaino This is great, thank you very much. Will test this out ASAP and report back.

[mchamlee]

@fmvizcaino Worked perfectly. Thanks again.