Before you begin automating tasks and managing systems and applications with vRealize Orchestrator , you must use the vRealize Orchestrator Control Center to configure an external authentication provider. You can also use the vRealize Orchestrator Control Center for additional configuration tasks such as managing license and certificate information, installing plug-ins, and monitoring the state of your vRealize Orchestrator cluster.
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Configuring a Standalone vRealize Orchestrator Server Although the vRealize Orchestrator Appliance is a preconfigured Photon-based virtual machine, you must configure an authentication provider before you access the full functionality of the vRealize Orchestrator Control Center and vRealize Orchestrator Client .
vRealize Orchestrator Feature Enablement with Licenses Access to certain vRealize Orchestrator features is based on the license applied to your vRealize Orchestrator deployment.
vRealize Orchestrator Database Connection The vRealize Orchestrator server requires a database for storing data.
Manage Certificates Issued for a particular server and containing information about the server public key, the certificate allows you to sign all elements created in vRealize 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 vRealize Orchestrator Plug-Ins The vRealize Orchestrator Appliance provides access to a preinstalled library of default plug-ins. The default vRealize Orchestrator plug-ins are configured with plug-in specific workflows run in the vRealize Orchestrator Client.
vRealize Orchestrator High Availability To increase the availability of the vRealize Orchestrator services, start multiple vRealize Orchestrator server instances in a cluster with a shared database. vRealize 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.