⁠2.3.6. Required User Accounts and Groups

⁠2.3.6.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager User Accounts

When the rhevm package is installed a number of user accounts are created to support Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. The user accounts created as a result of rhevm package installation are as follows. The default user identifier (UID) for each account is also provided:
  • The vdsm user (UID 36). Required for support tools that mount and access NFS storage domains.
  • The ovirt user (UID 108). Owner of the ovirt-engine Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform instance.
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