SAS Viya 3.1 Administration: Initial Setup Tasks
Use this documentation to perform administration tasks related to SAS Viya. The information in the following topics will help you get started.
Initial Setup Checklist
Perform the following tasks shortly after installation:
| Task | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | As a CAS Administrator (Superuser), you can perform all tasks in CAS Server Monitor while logged in as yourself. Reserve the server process owner account for use if you lock yourself out. | |
| 2. | Users can configure SAS Studio to automatically start a CAS session and generate SAS librefs for existing caslibs. | |
| 3. | Data in global caslibs is persistent and sharable. | |
| 4. | If you have existing SAS 9.4 data, use SAS/CONNECT to migrate that data into the SAS Viya platform. | |
| 5. | Migrate your site’s existing user-defined format catalogs to a CAS session. | |
| 6. | Backups do not occur automatically. If you have a backup, you can restore administrative assignments, caslib definitions, access controls, and configuration files if needed. | |
Task Inventory
You administer SAS Viya through a combination of manual tasks and tasks performed with CAS Server Monitor.
| Tasks by Function | Description | How You Perform the Task |
|---|---|---|
| Manage how SAS Viya verifies the identity of users and applications. | Manually | |
| Manage how SAS Viya handles access controls. | CAS Server Monitor | |
| Back up configuration, permissions, and caslib information. | Manually | |
| Configure application properties. | Manually | |
| Access and configure your data sources. | Manually | |
| Encrypt communications between applications. | Manually | |
| View and update licenses for your SAS software. | Manually | |
| Configure and access logs for CAS and other servers. | Manually and with CAS Server Monitor | |
| Monitor the utilization and performance of CAS resources. | CAS Server Monitor | |
| Configure CAS Servers, workspace servers and spawners, and embedded web application servers. | Manually and with CAS Server Monitor | |
| Apply maintenance updates to SAS Viya software. | Manually |
Access SAS Studio
To access SAS Studio, open a web browser and enter machine name where SAS Foundation is installed, followed by a colon (:) and the SAS Studio port (default: 38080).
For example:
http://mysasserver.example.com:38080