Enterprise 11: Installing Control Room using Custom mode
- Updated: 2022/08/11
Enterprise 11: Installing Control Room using Custom mode
Login to the server as Administrator, and install Automation Anywhere Control Room in Custom Mode to select installation and configuration options, including installing non-default requirements. Select this mode for data center deployment.
- Step 1: Prepare for installation.
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- Review Automation Anywhere Enterprise architecture.
- Verify Enterprise 11 Control Room prerequisites.
- Ensure that you have:
- Automation Anywhere Control Room installation file
- SSL certificate
- License file
- Step 2: Enterprise 11: Run Control Room installer
- Start the Control Room installer from the installation server, logged in as an Administrator. From this stage of the installation wizard you, accept the licensing agreement, verify the installation prerequisites, and select the installation file path.
- Step 3: Configure the IP cluster
- Continue from the Control Room installer to the Cluster Configuration wizard page. From this stage of the installation wizard, you set up the system IP addresses for configuring the Control Room on single or multiple nodes (high availability).
- Step 4: Configure Elasticsearch credentials
- Continue from the Control Room installer to the Elasticsearch credential wizard page. From this installation wizard, specify the Elasticsearch credential details for secure access to Elasticsearch data stored in the Control Room.
- Step 5: Enterprise 11: Configure application Transport Layer Security
- Continue from the Control Room installer to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) configuration wizard page. From this stage of the installation wizard, you generate a self signed certificate or import a security certificate to setup a highly secure Control Room instance.
- Step 6: Enterprise 11: Configure service credentials
- Continue from the Control Room installer to the Service Credentials wizard page. From this stage of the installation wizard you, specify the user account to use for running the Windows services that are created by Automation Anywhere installer.
- Step 7: Enterprise 11: Configure database type and server
- Continue from the Control Room installer to the Database type wizard page. From this stage of the installation wizard you, configure the type of database type, Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle Server, to be used for Control Room database.
- Step 8: Configure the Bot Insight database
- Continue from the Control Room installer to the Bot Insight database portion of the Database type wizard page. From this stage of the installation wizard, you configure the database type for the Bot Insight metadata.
- Step 9: Review the installation summary
- Continue from the Control Room installer to the Ready to Install the Program wizard page. From this stage of the installation wizard, you finish the installation wizard and monitor the installation progress.
- Step 10: Complete Control Room configuration and validation.
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- Control Room post-installation configuration
- After installing the Control Room, complete the configuration settings to ensure timely Automation Anywhere communications are specified, confirm Automation Anywhere services are running, configuring the Access Manager reverse proxy and Control Room authentication options, and installing a license.
- Control Room post-installation validation
- After installing the Enterprise Client and completing the post-installation tasks, validate the Enterprise Client by logging in to the Control Room and installing a license. First time access to the Control Room walks you through configuration for your authentication method.
- Step 11: Prepare for users.
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- User management overview
- As a Control Room admin, you can create, view, edit, delete, and enable or disable user accounts. Creating user accounts depends on the non-Active Directory, Active Directory, or single sign-on (SSO) credentials from an IdP server.
- Enterprise Client installation
- Review the installation core tasks and topics for installing Enterprise Client on any machine running a supported operating system.