topic setting sas.logon.initial password in sitedefault.yaml during SAS Viya install in Administration and Deployment

setting sas.logon.initial password in sitedefault.yaml during SAS Viya install

thesasuser — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:08:08 GMT

Hello
I have a question about the implication of setting values for sas.logon.initial.password and config/identities/sas.identities/administrator in sitedefault.yaml during the installation of SAS Viya4 on openshift using manual deployment.
My question is : if the values of these two properties are defined in the stitedefault.yaml, can these username and password be used for the initial logon to SAS Environment manager instead of using the sasboot account.?
I would appreciate if anybody can help.

Thanks.

Re: setting sas.logon.initial password in sitedefault.yaml during SAS Viya install

gwootton — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:25:28 GMT

Setting sas.logon.initial.password sets the password for the initial user account, so you don't need to go through the process of setting it using the reset URL in the SAS Logon Manager log.
Setting sas.logon.initial.user sets the username for the initial user account (this is "sasboot" by default).

So these settings are modifying the user ID and password for the initial "sasboot" user, you wouldn't be logging in as this user instead of sasboot, you would be changing the sasboot user ID to something else. It would still be a single, internal account.

Setting sas.identities.administrator lets you define a member of the SAS Administrators group in sitedefault.yaml. This is not necessary for the initial user. In my environments I set this to my personal user ID as well as passing in the LDAP configuration, so I never need to log in as sasboot.

Re: setting sas.logon.initial password in sitedefault.yaml during SAS Viya install

thesasuser — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:58:26 GMT

Thanks @gwootton for the prompt response.