Installing Control Room On-Premises

Review the installation core tasks and topics for installing the Automation 360 Control Room in a data center on an On-Premises server or a cloud service provider server instance.

The Control Room provides centralized management for a digital workforce and an interface for Bot Insight. It is deployed on a server in a data center.
Note:
  • For instructions on installing Control Room on Linux, see Installing Control Room on Linux.
  • During On-Premises installation, the Control Room tries to connect to http://async-io.org/. You need not allow this connection, or you can ignore if the connection fails. Because this connection is not required, we plan to disable the request for this connection in a future release.

Control Room installation core tasks

Prerequisites

Before you begin, download the appropriate installer for your operating system and version from A-People Downloads page (Login required).

Step 1: Pre-installation
Automation 360 On-Premises prerequisites
Determine whether the system has the required hardware and software to install Control Room for On-Premises.
Step 2: Installation

The Control Room installer allows you to select installation modes (Express or Custom), and during the installation process, it also installs missing software dependencies.

Note: The Control Room installer is available only in English.

Use Custom mode to install on a cloud-based platform such as Amazon Web Services.

Installing Control Room using Express mode
Log in to the servers as an Administrator and install Automation Anywhere Control Room in Express Mode using the default settings.
Installing Control Room using Custom mode
Log in to the server as an 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 a data center deployment.

To view this installation task in an interactive visual format, see Install Control Room On-Premises (custom mode).

Installing Control Room on Microsoft Windows Server using scripts
Silent Control Room installation, also known as unattended installation, uses a customized script for a full setup or the command line for a hot fix patch. Silent install runs the entire installation process in the background without requiring user interaction or displaying messages.
Step 3: Post-installation
Configuring post-installation settings
The options for launching the Control Room for the first time and the authentication method depend on the installation mode and deployment type.
Verifying Automation Anywhere services
Automation Anywhere specific services are installed on the Control Room server.
Step 4: Validation
Configure Control Room authentication options
The options for launching the Control Room for the first time and the authentication method depend on the installation mode and deployment type.
Step 5: License installation
Managing Cloud and file licenses
Follow the instructions to install a valid license key or license file on your On-Premises Control Room.
  • For the license key, install a license GUID from the Licenses and Cloud Services portal on your On-Premises Control Room.
  • For file-based licensing, generate a license file from the Licenses and Cloud Services portal and install it on your On-Premises Control Room.