Set up authentication type for AWS Secrets Manager

After you complete the initial installation and configure AWS Secrets Manager as the external key vault, you can set up the authentication type for Automation 360 Control Room users in the Initial Setup (this occurs directly after the initial installation completes).

Procedure

From the Authentication type for Control Room users dialog box, click Active Directory.
You can optionally configure the Active Directory integration credential (this is the credential that the Control Room uses to authenticate users with Active Directory) to be retrieved from AWS Secrets Manager. Click External Key vault and enter the AWS secret to retrieve credentials in the field (for example: userAD). The Control Room will attempt to retrieve the credential from the AWS Secrets Manager and then authenticate to the Domain Controller. If this fails either:
- There is no secret with that name in AWS Secrets Manager, or
- There is a secret with that name, but it does not contain a username and password that is authorized for authentication with Active Directory.
Click Discover connections. The available domains and sites display.
Click Next and continue to create the Control Room first admin. Save the Admin user information.

You can now log in to the Control Room as admin and add users and roles.