Configuring the Empirum Depot Server
To configure the Empirum Depot Server:
- Install the Empirum Agent on the server that shall act as an Empirum Depot Server (in this example the computer (PEG-REF-M5) the Empirum Agent.
- Create a configuration group below Training, e.g., DepotServer.
- Drag the computer to act as an Empirum Depot Server (PEG-REF-M5) into the configuration group you have just created.

- Right-click the computer PEG-REF-M5 and go to Properties...
- Mark Empirum Depot Server under Computer type > Computer role.
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Click OK.
The computer icon
will now change and a new symbol for an
Empirum Server (F5) will be displayed. - Right-click the Empirum Depot Server (PEG-REF-M5) and go to Variables…
- Double-click the SUBDEPOT variable or click
Edit. - Mark the variable ROOTPATH and click on
Edit, uncheck the Empty value box and enter the local path to the Empirum directory under Value (in this example, C:\Empirum). - Mark the variable USER_1, click on
Edit, uncheck the Empty value box and enter the user EmpAgent under Value. - Mark the variable PASSWORD_1, click on
Edit, uncheck the Empty value box and enter the password for the specified user under Value and Confirm value. - You can skip this step if you have not configured tokens in the depot. Otherwise mark the variable TOKENCOUNT, click
Edit, uncheck the Empty Value box and enter a value of at least 1 under Value.
- Mark the Sync entry in the left window of the Variables dialog (at the bottom).
- Mark the variable SYNC_SERVER1 (source SMB) and click
Edit.
- Click the
Add button.
- Enter \\%EmpirumServer%\Empirum$ in the empty field.
- Click SMB or Rsync Login and enter a user name (in this example EmpAgent) and the appropriate password for this user.
- Activate the option "Use internal Empirum Infrastructure Encryption".
- Click OK.
- Click OK to close the Sync Variables window.
You will get back to the Variables window. - Mark the variable SYNC_SERVER2 (destination SMB), click
Edit and then
Add and enter the local path to the Empirum directory (in this example C:\Empirum) in the empty field.
- Click OK to confirm the SYNC_SERVER2 and the Sync Variables windows.
You will get back to the Variables window. - Mark the variable SYNC_SERVER3 (source Rsync), click
Edit and then
Add, enter the local path to the Empirum directory in the empty field (in this example rsync://%EmpirumServer%), click SMB or Rsync Login and enter a user name (this must be the same name as for SUBDEPOT_USER_1, in this example EmpAgent) and the appropriate password for this user.
- Click OK to confirm the SYNC_SERVER3 and the Sync Variables windows.
You will get back to the Variables window. - Mark the variable SYNC_SERVER4 (destination Rsync), click
Edit, then
Add and enter the local path to the Empirum directory (in this example /cygdrive/c/Empirum/) in the empty field.
- Click OK to confirm the SYNC_SERVER4 and the Sync Variables windows.
You will get back to the Variables window.
The values for the variables will now be displayed, and in the Inheritance column, these values are marked as Modified. - Click OK to close the Variables window.
The Empirum-Activation service is used to write these variables into the file .\Empirum\Configurator\Values\MachineValues\Domain\ComputerName.ini.
The Matrix42 Empirum Subdepot package is used to read out these variables, which are used for authentication purposes and as path name, where the Empirum directory structure shall be created (drive and path).
Drag the Matrix42 Empirum Subdepot package onto the configuration group you have created before (in this example DepotServer). - Right-click the configuration group (in this example DepotServer) and go to
Activate (Pull via DDS/DDC, Commands: Install, Renew).
The Matrix42 Empirum Subdepot package will be offered in the software depot (Z dialog) on the depot server for installation (wait for the polling interval of the Empirum Agent). - Go to the Depot server and click Execute.
- Confirm the successful installation of the package and reboot the depot server.
The Matrix42 Empirum Subdepot package has been used to create the required directory structure and the shared permissions on the depot server, as on the master server.