Before you begin automating tasks and managing systems and applications with Automation Orchestrator , you must use the Automation Orchestrator Control Center to configure an external authentication provider. You can also use the Automation Orchestrator Control Center for additional configuration tasks such as managing license and certificate information, installing plug-ins, and monitoring the state of your Automation Orchestrator cluster.
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Configuring a Standalone Automation Orchestrator Server Although the Automation Orchestrator Appliance is a preconfigured Photon-based virtual machine, you must configure an authentication provider before you access the full functionality of the Automation Orchestrator Control Center and Automation Orchestrator Client .
Automation Orchestrator feature enablement with licenses Access to certain Automation Orchestrator features is based on the license applied to your Automation Orchestrator deployment.
Automation Orchestrator Database Connection The Automation Orchestrator server requires a database for storing data.
Manage Automation Orchestrator certificates Issued for a particular server and containing information about the server public key, the certificate allows you to sign all elements created in Automation Orchestrator and guarantee authenticity. When the client receives an element from your server, typically a package, the client verifies your identity and decides whether to trust your signature.
Configuring the Automation Orchestrator plug-ins The Automation Orchestrator Appliance provides access to a preinstalled library of default plug-ins. The default Automation Orchestrator plug-ins are configured with plug-in specific workflows run in the Automation Orchestrator Client.
Automation Orchestrator High Availability To increase the availability of the Automation Orchestrator services, start multiple Automation Orchestrator server instances in a cluster with a shared database. Automation Orchestrator works as a single instance until it is configured to work as part of a cluster.
Configuring the Customer Experience Improvement Program If you choose to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP), VMware receives anonymous information that helps to improve the quality, reliability, and functionality of VMware products and services.
Configuring the Automation Orchestrator Appliance authentication provider with the command line interface You can now configure your Automation Orchestrator options such as the authentication provider with the Automation Orchestrator Appliance command line interface (CLI). This does not replace the existing configuration options in the Control Center. To use these commands, you must log in to the Automation Orchestrator Appliance as a root user.
Additional command line interface configuration options Aside from configuring your authentication provider, you can also use command line interface commands to configure other Automation Orchestrator options. To use these commands, you must log in to the Automation Orchestrator Appliance as a root user.