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.

Procedure

  1. Go to the VLA console (or SSH) window and enter the following commands from the shell.
  2. Execute the sudo command to get administrative access. 
    sudo -s
  3. Create a credentials for the VMware vRealize Orchestrator by entering the following command:

    vla_credentials -a -s vco -n <hostname> -u <vcoUsername>

    where:

    1. <hostname> is the FQDN of the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Server

    2. <vcoUsername> is the name of the limited-rights vCenter Server user for VMware vRealize Orchestrator (see Section Create a (Limited Rights) VLA user ) , in the format user@domain. For example: 

      # vla_credentials -a -s vco -n sapi-vco.example.com -u [email protected]

  4. When prompted, enter the password for the user specified with the –u flag.
  5. If a failure message mentions a certificate checker error, you can override the certificate checker as discussed in the section Certificate check completes with errors
  6. Refresh the VLA Server Dashboard browser window and look for the VMware vRealize Orchestrator Server in the dashboard. You should see a VCO configuration similar to the following:
    Figure 1. VLA Dashboard




  7. Type the following command to list the credentials currently configured. You should see an output similar to the following.
    Figure 2. Credentials Configured