﻿---
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://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4717/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/ece-users-permissions
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise: Generally available in 4.0+
---

# 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.
<note>
  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.
</note>