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
- Access the Control Center to start the configuration wizard.
- Navigate to https://your_Automation-Orchestrator_FQDN/vco-controlcenter.
- Log in as root with the password you entered during OVA deployment.
- Configure the authentication provider.
- On the Configure Authentication Provider page, select VMware Aria Automation from the Authentication mode drop-down menu.
- 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.
- Click Accept Certificate.
- Enter the credentials of the VMware Aria Automation organization owner under which Automation Orchestrator will be configured. Click Register.
- 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 CSP is the configured license provider at the Licensing page.
- 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.