VMware Telco Cloud Automation Manager is the user interface used to orchestrate your NFVs and automate their deployments and configurations.

Prerequisites

Deploy the VMware Telco Cloud Automation OVA. After deploying, allow up to five minutes for the services to initialize.

Procedure

  1. Browse to the appliance management interface and log in using the tca user credentials.

    Browse to https://tca-ip-or-fqdn:9443.

    After you log in, the installation welcome screen appears.
  2. Click Continue.
    The Select the role for this Telco Cloud Automation Appliance screen appears.
  3. Select Telco Cloud Automation - Manager and click Continue.
  4. In the Activate your Telco Cloud Automation instance screen, enter the license key of the appliance and click Activate.
    Note:

    • To restore an earlier version of VMware Telco Cloud Automation, click Restore. The system navigates to the Backup & Restore tab for backup and restore operations.

    • To use workflow hub feature, activate TCA manager with advanced licence.

What to do next

Configure VMware Telco Cloud Automation Manager. See Configure VMware Telco Cloud Automation Manager.