Before you start using Metadata Command Center, the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services organization administrator must set up the runtime environment and provide you access to Metadata Command Center.
Install a separate Secure Agent for each sub-organization. Sub-organizations can't share a Secure Agent with the main organization. Capabilities don't run as expected in a sub-organization that uses a shared Secure Agent.
For more information about features that the organization administrator can enable, see Feature privileges in Administrator. For more information about assigning feature privileges to users, see User Administration in the Cloud Common Services help.
Configure runtime environments
A runtime environment is the execution platform where you run Metadata Command Center tasks.
A runtime environment can consist of one or more Secure Agent services or a Serverless runtime environment. The runtime environment that your organization uses depends on your licenses and the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services that your organization uses.
If you configured a runtime environment on a Linux server, verify that the fontconfig package is installed on the server. If the package is not installed, download and install it manually and restart the Secure Agent machine.
The runtime environment for Metadata Command Center includes the Metadata Foundation Application service and the Metadata Platform Service.
Metadata Foundation Application (MFA)
The Metadata Foundation Application (MFA) service enables you to extract metadata from source systems configured in your organization, and uploads the extracted metadata to the cloud environment through the Secure Agent. After you download the Secure Agent to your runtime environment and enable the Data Governance and Catalog service, the MFA packages are pushed to the on-premises system where the Secure Agent runs.
Metadata Platform Service (MPS)
The Metadata Platform Service (MPS) enables you to perform profiling activities for the jobs that you run in Metadata Command Center. Profiling fails if there is no active Metadata Platform Service present in the runtime environment of Metadata Command Center.
For more information about configuring Metadata Platform Service, see Metadata Platform Service properties in Secure Agent services help.
To enable the Data Governance and Catalog service, your organization must have the appropriate license.
For more information about configuring and installing a Secure Agent, see Runtime Environments in the Cloud Common Services help.
Enable the Data Governance and Catalog service
After you install a Secure Agent, enable the Data Governance and Catalog service to run the Metadata Foundation Application and the Discovery Agent Application services.
1In the Administrator, click Runtime Environments.
2On the Runtime Environments page, find the runtime environment on which you want to enable the Data Governance and Catalog service.
3Hover over the Actions icon for the runtime environment, and click Enable or Disable Services, Connectors.
4Click Data Governance and Catalog.
Secure Agent recommendations
If you are using one or more Secure Agent services, monitor the CPU load on your local machine to ensure efficient performance of the Metadata Command Center services.
Consider the recommendations to efficiently manage the load of the local machine CPU where the Secure Agent services are installed.
The following table describes the recommendations to maintain the CPU load:
Condition
Resolution
If the CPU load for the profiling Secure Agent service is less than 20% and the Metadata Command Center Secure Agent service is less than 30%.
Continue using the existing Secure Agent services.
If the CPU load for the profiling Secure Agent service is more than 50%.
Add a new Secure Agent to run the Metadata Command Center services.
If the CPU load for the profiling Secure Agent service and the Metadata Command Center Secure Agent service is cumulatively more than 50%.
Add a new Secure Agent to run a new instance of the Metadata Command Center services.
If the CPU load for the Metadata Command Center Secure Agent service is more than 50%.
Add a new Secure Agent to run a new instance of the Metadata Command Center services.
If the CPU load for the Metadata Command Center Secure Agent service is less than 50%.
Continue using the existing Secure Agent service and monitor the CPU load. If the load is more than 50%, add a new Secure Agent to run a new instance of the Metadata Command Center services.
Configure the firewall
If your organization uses a Secure Agent and the Secure Agent is behind a protective firewall, include the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services domain name or IP address ranges in the list of approved domain names or IP addresses. To ensure that the Secure Agent can perform all necessary tasks through the firewall, enable the port that the Secure Agent uses.
Understand access policies, roles, users, and user groups
To allow access to your organization and assets, create appropriate roles and user groups, and assign users to these roles and user groups in the Administrator. Also, create access policies in Metadata Command Center.
Access Policies
An access policy is a set of rules that you can use to control access to assets and define permissions on those assets in your organization. When you create access policies and set the correct permissions, they define the boundaries within which the users can act. For example, you can create an access policy to grant data stewards permissions to create, read, update, and delete business terms in your organization. You can define multiple access policies to implement access control.
Roles
A role is a set of feature privileges and asset permissions that you can assign to users and user groups in the Administrator to manage assets. For example, your organization might require policies that use the Governance Administrator role to provide asset permissions to users, and the Governance User role to participate in approval workflows. In addition to the system-defined roles, the organization administrator can also assign custom roles to users or user groups. You can view the list of user roles that the administrator has configured for Metadata Command Center.
Users and user groups
Users receive secure access to assets in an organization. A user group is a group of users in which all members can perform the same tasks and have the same access permissions for assets. You can create and manage users and user groups in the Administrator. After the roles are defined, the organization administrator can assign specific users and user groups to the role. For example, the organization administrator might assign Peter and Natalie to the Governance Administrator role, and Jack to the Governance User role. When the users are assigned to the roles, Peter and Natalie have the permission to define asset permissions, but Jack can only view the assets. You can view the list of users and user groups that the administrator has configured for Metadata Command Center.
For more information about creating roles, users and user groups in Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services, see User Administration in the Cloud Common Services help.