--- title: Users and permissions prerequisites description: The following users and permissions are required: To prepare your environment: A user with sudo permissions, such as the ubuntu user provided on Ubuntu.To... url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/ece-users-permissions products: - Elastic Cloud Enterprise applies_to: - Elastic Cloud Enterprise: Generally available --- # Users and permissions prerequisites The following users and permissions are required: - To prepare your environment: A user with `sudo` permissions, such as the *ubuntu* user provided on Ubuntu. - To install ECE: A user with a UID and GID greater than or equal to 1000 who is part of the `docker` group. You must not install ECE as the `root` user. You can find out information about a user with the `id` command: ``` id uid=1000(elastic) gid=1000(elastic) groups=1000(elastic), 4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy), 27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video), 46(plugdev),102(netdev),112(libvirtd),1001(docker) ``` In this example, the user `elastic` with a UID and GID of 1000 belongs to both the `sudo` and the `docker` groups. For ECE installation with Podman, the user does not need to be added to the `docker` group. Instead, the user must be added to the `podman` group.