You can set up
vCloud
Automation Center to use an external
vCenter
Orchestrator server.
System
administrators can configure the default
vCenter
Orchestrator server globally for all tenants. Tenant
administrators can configure the
vCenter
Orchestrator server only for their tenants.
Prerequisites
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Install and configure an
external
vCenter
Orchestrator server. You can also deploy the
vCenter
Orchestrator Appliance. See
Installing and
Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator.
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Log in to the
vCloud
Automation Center console as a
system
administrator or
tenant
administrator.
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Procedure
1 | Select
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2 | Click
Use an
external Orchestrator server.
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3 | Enter a name and,
optionally, a description.
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4 | Enter the IP or the DNS
name of the machine on which the
vCenter
Orchestrator server runs in the
Host text box.
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5 | Enter the port number to
communicate with the external
vCenter
Orchestrator server in the
Port text box.
8281 is the default
port for
vCenter
Orchestrator.
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6 | Select the
authentication type.
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Single Sign-On
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Connects to the
vCenter
Orchestrator server by using vCenter Single Sign-On.
Note
This option is
applicable only if you configured the
vCenter
Orchestrator and
vCloud
Automation Center to use one common vCenter Single Sign-On instance.
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Basic
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Connects to the
vCenter
Orchestrator server with the user name and password that you
enter in the
User
name and
Password text
boxes.
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7 | Click
Test
Connection.
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8 | Click
Update.
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You configured the connection
to the external
vCenter
Orchestrator server, and the
workflows folder and the related utility actions are automatically imported.
The
workflows folder contains workflows for configuring endpoints and creating
resource mappings.
What to do next