> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kinetica.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Active Directory

If your environment uses *Microsoft Active Directory* for authentication and
there are security processes running on servers that check for and automatically
remove accounts that are not registered in *Active Directory*, the `gpudb`
user must be added to *Active Directory* as a *Linux*-type account prior
to installing Kinetica.