ReplicationServer.InstallDistributor Method (SecureString, DistributionDatabase)
Installs a Distributor on the currently connected instance of Microsoft SQL Server, where the password is specified using a SecureString object.
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Sub InstallDistributor ( _
password As SecureString, _
distributionDB As DistributionDatabase _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As ReplicationServer
Dim password As SecureString
Dim distributionDB As DistributionDatabase
instance.InstallDistributor(password, _
distributionDB)
public void InstallDistributor(
SecureString password,
DistributionDatabase distributionDB
)
public:
void InstallDistributor(
SecureString^ password,
DistributionDatabase^ distributionDB
)
member InstallDistributor :
password:SecureString *
distributionDB:DistributionDatabase -> unit
public function InstallDistributor(
password : SecureString,
distributionDB : DistributionDatabase
)
Parameters
- password
Type: System.Security.SecureString
Is a SecureString value representing the password of the distributor_admin login used to access the Distributor. Security Note When possible, prompt users to enter security credentials at run time. If you must store credentials, use the https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=34733 cryptographic services provided by the Windows .NET Framework.
- distributionDB
Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.DistributionDatabase
A DistributionDatabase object representing the distribution database used by the Distributor.
Remarks
You must specify a strong password for password when the Distributor has remote Publishers. If password is set to nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), a random password is generated, and you must call ChangeDistributorPassword to reset the password when the first remote Publisher is registered at the Distributor.
This method overload must be called at the Distributor before calling InstallDistributor(String, String) from a remote server.
The InstallDistributor(SecureString, DistributionDatabase) method provides additional security for the password while it is stored in memory and should be used instead of InstallDistributor(String, DistributionDatabase).
The InstallDistributor method can only be called by a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.
The InstallDistributor method is equivalent to the sp_adddistributor (Transact-SQL) stored procedure.