The Control Room installer enables you to create, run, and manage API Tasks on Windows based Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance. The new installer links your AWS account to the Control Room and allows you to configure the necessary settings, and start the Windows services that the API Tasks require.

Log in to the AWS EC2 instance as an administrator and install Control Room in Custom mode. If you have a Control Room deployed on AWS, you can skip this procedure and deploy the Control Room CloudFormation stack.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have the following:

Procedure

  1. Extract all files from the Automation360_Build_<build-number>.zip file.
  2. Right-click the Automation360.exe file and select Run as administrator.
    The installation wizard opens and starts the prerequisite check.
  3. Click Continue after you verify that the minimum requirements are met.
    If you do not meet the minimum requirements, click the Control Room Installation Prerequisites link to view the documentation and update the system to the minimum requirements. Click Refresh to update the new values.
  4. Accept the licensing agreement and click Next to proceed.
  5. Select Custom as the preferred type, and click Next in Installation Type Preference.
    The Custom type enables you to configure all the available installation parameters.
  6. Click Next to retain the default installation folder in the Destination Folder page.
    The installer sets the following folders as default setting:
    • C:\Program Files\Automation Anywhere\Automation360\ - Installation folder
    • C:\ProgramData\ - Data and log storage folder
  7. Select No External Key Vault Integration, and click Next in External Key Vault Integration page.
    The installer skips the external key vault integration process. You can integrate one of the supported key vaults post installation. For more information about integrating external key vaults, see Integrate external key vaults
  8. Enable the Self-signed certificate check box, and click Next in the TLS Configuration page.
    The installer sets the HTTP port by default as 80 and the HTTPS port as 443.
    The installer generates a unique private key and a self-signed certificate for the Control Room.
  9. Enable the Local System Account check box, and click Next in the Service Credentials page.
    The installer sets the user account that is used to perform the installation as the default account to run all the Windows services that the Automation Anywhere installer creates.
  10. Enable the Automation Anywhere Cloud Service check box, and click Next in the Control Room Service Startup Options page.
    The following services are enabled by default:
    • Automation Anywhere Control Room IQ Bot Service
    • Automation Anywhere Control Room Robotic Interface Service
    • Automation Anywhere Control Room Storage Service
    The Automation Anywhere Cloud Service starts automatically when the Windows machine starts.
    Note: The Automation Anywhere Connector Builder Service is disabled by default. You can start this service manually and set it to Automatic in the Windows services control manager.
  11. Enter the AWS settings, and click Next in the Amazon Web Service details page:
    1. Enter the account ID of the Control Room AWS account in AWS Account ID
    2. Enter the region in which the Control Room AWS account is deployed in AWS Region.
      Ensure that you enter the region in AWS naming standards. For example, enter us-east-2 if your region is US East (Ohio).
  12. Configure the Microsoft SQL Server database settings, and click Next in Microsoft SQL Server Database page.
    The installer performs a validation check for the database server. For more information about Microsoft SQL Server database settings, see Configure Microsoft database type and server.
  13. Enter an appropriate password for OpenSearch and click Next in Provide OpenSearch credentials page.
    You can access the OpenSearch dashboard using this password. For more information about configuring OpenSearch credentials, see Add OpenSearch credentials.
  14. Configure the system IP address for the cluster and click Next in Cluster Configuration page.
    You can access the Control Room using the configured IP address. For more information about configuring the IP addresses, see Configure IP cluster.
  15. Click Install to begin the installation.
    The installation process starts and takes a few minutes to complete. All the required Windows services are enabled and starts as soon as the installation is complete.
  16. Click Finish to complete the installation process.
    The Launch Automation 360 option is enabled by default and Control Room log in page appears.

Next steps

Complete the post installation configuration as detailed in Complete Control Room post-installation configuration.