Prerequisites
The VMware VLA Service connects to the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Server. The VMware VLA Service uses VMware vRealize Orchestrator to execute commands such as Start, Stop, and Clone. You use the vla_credentials command to manage VMware vRealize Orchestrator connection(s), using flags to add, modify, remove, and test credentials entries.
When the
vla_credentials command runs, it not only creates entries in the credentials database on the
VLA server, but also performs several checks. When invoked for creating connections to
VMware vRealize Orchestrator, this command checks the following:
- That the credentials supplied with the command (described in the following procedure) work. It tests this by trying to authenticate to the VMware vRealize Orchestrator system with the supplied credentials.
- That the VMware vRealize Orchestrator can reach each vCenter Server that has been registered to it.
You must run the vla_credentials command as an administrator on the VLA appliance. Since the VLA appliance does not have a root user enabled, you gain administrative access from your VLA login account using the sudo command with the –s
flag.