ARCON credential retrieval use cases

Retrieve credentials from ARCON for Bot auto login use case.

Retrieve auto-login credentials

Note: This use case applies only to Automation 360 On-Premises deployments.

Auto-login credentials are used to authenticate to an Automation 360 Bot Agent device and start an active Windows Server session. This requires an active Windows Server session to function. Auto-login occurs before automations are launched from a remote Bot Agent device.

To enable auto-login, each automation runtime user must be mapped to a target device. This requires mapping of the Control Room username with the secret names so that during runtime, the Bot Runner user can retrieve the device credentials from the key vault.

To map the Control Room username with the secret names:

  1. Navigate to Administration > Settings > External key vault > Device auto login.
  2. Click Edit and select Manage custom secrets mapping.
  3. Download the .CSV template and add the entries in the format specified and save it locally. To map the Control Room usernames with the secret names, you must import this .CSV template file which contains the following entries into the Control Room. Except for the Hostname (optional) field, other fields are mandatory.
    • ARCON username: If the ARCON username is in domain\username format, specify the username in this field in the same format.
    • Server IP address: The unique numerical identifier assigned to a server within a network, allowing devices to locate and communicate with it.
    • Target type: The specific type of device or system that is the target of the auto-login request.
    • Open for hours (numeric): The time duration or configuration related to ARCON system, where the auto-login credential retrieval request is accessible or open for a set number of hours, expressed numerically.
    • (Optional) Hostname: The hostname of the target device.
  4. Click Import .CSV and browse to upload the .CSV template file.
  5. Click Import and save. The custom secrets mapping table is populated with the updated entries.

After mapping the Control Room usernames with secret names, you can enable the device auto login settings to retrieve auto-login credentials from the external key vault, using the following procedure:

  1. Log in to the Automation 360 Control Room as the Administrator.
  2. From the Control Room, navigate to Administration > Settings > External key vault > Device auto login.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Click Enabled to retrieve the auto-login credentials from that external key vault.
  5. Click Save changes.