Control Room installation wizard checklist

Prepare your responses for the list of fields and options presented when you run the Control Room installer wizard.

Wizard field or prompt Decision options
Before launch installer

Verify the compatibility of Control Room version.

 Uninstall Control Room if the version is earlier than Version 11.3.
Note: Installation will not proceed if you are installing over the same version.
Install redistributable elements

Visual C++

Microsoft OLEDB driver for Microsoft SQL Server

Accept or exclude either or both.
Express

Select if you want to do a quick installation using the default parameters.

 See Enterprise 11: Installing Control Room using Express mode for the default parameters that are used when you install the Control Room in Express mode.
Custom

Select if you want to configure the installation options and for a data center deployment.

 Custom installation mode provides options to make decisions for IP clustering, Transport Layer Security (TLS), service credentials, database information, Certificate Authority, and other related configurations.

Custom installation is required for all non-physical platform installation options, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Select destination folder

Default: C:\Program Files\Automation Anywhere\Enterprise\

Accept default or prepare new destination folder.
Cluster: Enable Cluster Setup

This check box is enabled by default if IP addresses are configured on the installation machine.

Disable the check box to install the Control Room without a cluster.

 Disable or enable the checkbox.
Cluster: Cluster IP addresses

Specifies the IP addresses for IP cluster setup.

Enter at least one valid IP address.

Option displayed for Enable Cluster Setup.
Cluster: Local IP address

The local IP address configured on this machine that other Control Room installations should use when connecting to this Control Room.

Select the local IP address from the drop-down list.

Option displayed for Enable Cluster Setup.
Transport Layer Security: Self Signed Certificate

Allows the installer to generate a unique private key and a self-signed certificate for the Control Room.

 Disable the check box to import a custom certificate.
Transport Layer Security: Certificate Path

This is the location of the custom certificate that you have stored in an accessible location. This information is only needed for importing a custom certificate (when you disable the Self Signed Certificate option).

Enter the location of the custom certificate.
Transport Layer Security: Private Key Password

Password for the private key.

This information is only needed for importing a custom certificate (when you disable the Self Signed Certificate option).

Enter the password.
Transport Layer Security: HTTP Port

The non-secured and unassigned web server port number for accessing the Control Room.

 Enter an unassigned port number.

Transport Layer Security: HTTPS Port

The secure and unassigned web server port number for accessing the Control Room.		 Enter an unassigned port number.
Transport Layer Security: Force HTTP Traffic to HTTPS

Redirects all HTTP port requests to HTTPS.

Enable the check box to redirect
Service Credentials: Local System Account

Uses the logged on user credentials to create database tables and allow the Control Room to access the database and repository.

Disable the check box to specify a non-local system account user from a specified domain.

Service Credentials: Domain User Name & Password:

The credentials for the domain account.

 This information is only needed if you are using a domain system account user.
Databases: Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle

The database type for Control Room and Bot Insight.

 The default selection is Microsoft SQL Server.

Databases: Oracle

Provide the following information:
  • Database Server – Host name for the Oracle Server
  • Database Port – Port number for the Oracle Server
  • Database Instance Name – Name created by the system administrator for the Control Room database.
  • Control Room cluster Database Username & Password – Created by the system administrator.
  • Bot Insight Database Username & Password – Created by the system administrator.
  • Use Secure Connection – Select this option if your Oracle Serverdatabase uses a secure connection
  • Certificate- Import certificate when secure connection selected.

Have installed or allow install of Oracle JDBC driver.

Provide the listed information.
Databases: Microsoft SQL Server
Provide the following information:
  • Database Server – Host name for the Microsoft SQL Server server
  • Database Port – Port number for the Microsoft SQL Server
  • Use Secure Connection – Select this option if your Microsoft SQL Server database uses a secure connection
  • Certificate - Import certificate when secure connection selected.
  • Windows authentication- Use local user to verify databases exist.
  • SQL Server authentication- Use Microsoft SQL Server user to connect to SQL database
  • Control Room database name- Specify a name.
  • Bot Insight database name - Specify a name.
 Provide the listed information.
Bot Insight : Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL Server

The Bot Insight database.

 If Microsoft SQL Server database was selected for storing Control Room data, select either Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server.

If Oracle Server database was selected for storingControl Room data, your only choice is Microsoft SQL Server.

Bot Insight : PostgreSQL Server

Provide the following information:
  • Hostname – Host name for the PostgreSQL Server
  • Port – Port number for the PostgreSQL Server
  • Database – Specify a name for the Bot Insight database.
  • Use Secure Connection – Select this option if your PostgreSQL Server database uses a secure connection
  • Username & Password – PostgreSQL Server database username. Default is postgres.
 Provide the listed information.