Actuate recommends creating a dedicated user account for installing and running iHub. Having a dedicated user account isolates iHub-specific issues and events on a machine, making it easier to administer the environment.

If you exercise the same control over the user account for BIRT iHub as your site exercises for other system administrator and root accounts, you can maintain the same level of security for BIRT iHub. Actuate does not recommend installing iHub under the root account since the PostgreSQL server must be started and maintained under an unprivileged user ID to prevent compromising system security. If installed under the root account, the default installation is unable to set up the PostgreSQL schemas and Actuate Encyclopedia sample volume.