To prepare the Automation Orchestrator Appliance for use, you must configure the host settings and the authentication provider. You can configure Automation Orchestrator to authenticate with VMware Aria Automation.

Prerequisites

  • Download and deploy the latest version of the Automation Orchestrator Appliance. Go to Download and Deploy the Automation Orchestrator Appliance.
  • Install and configure VMware Aria Automation and verify that your VMware Aria Automation server is running. See the VMware Aria Automation documentation.
    Important: The product version of the VMware Aria Automation authentication provider must match the product version your Automation Orchestrator deployment.
  • If you plan to create a cluster, set up a load balancer to distribute traffic among multiple instances of Automation Orchestrator. Go to Load Balancing Guide.

Procedure

  1. Access the Control Center to start the configuration wizard.
    1. Navigate to https://your_Automation-Orchestrator_FQDN/vco-controlcenter.
    2. Log in as root with the password you entered during OVA deployment.
  2. Configure the authentication provider.
    1. On the Configure Authentication Provider page, select VMware Aria Automation from the Authentication mode drop-down menu.
    2. In the Host address text box, enter your VMware Aria Automation host address and click Connect.
      The format of the VMware Aria Automation host address must be https:// your_VMware-Aria-Automation_hostname.
    3. Click Accept Certificate.
    4. Enter the credentials of the VMware Aria Automation organization owner under which Automation Orchestrator will be configured. Click Register.
    5. Click Save Changes.
      A message indicates that your configuration is saved successfully.

Results

You have successfully finished the Automation Orchestrator server configuration.

What to do next

Verify that the node is configured properly at the Validate Configuration page.
Note: Following the configuration of the authentication provider, the Automation Orchestrator server restarts automatically after 2 minutes. Verifying the configuration immediately after authentication can return an invalid configuration status.