Configuring post-installation settings

After you have installed the Control Room, configure specific items to ensure timely Automation Anywhere communications.

Post-installation tasks and settings

Exclude anti-virus
Exclude anti-virus scans from running in the Automation Anywhere local repository because they interfere with running bots.

By default, the repository path is C:\ProgramData\AutomationAnywhere\Server Files. If you have modified the repository path after installation, you can verify the path from Administration > Settings > Control Room database & software.

Set the language locale
Select your language as the region setting.

The following example uses English (United States) as the region setting.

  • Windows: Select Control Panel > Region > Administrative > Change system locale.
    For usernames that contain non-ASCII characters, update the following settings:
    1. From Control Panel > Clock and Region > Administrative > Change system locale, select the required language from the Current system locale list.
    2. If available, clear the Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support check box.
    3. To change the code page identifier, enter chcp <identifier-code> at the command prompt. For example, enter chcp 949 to use ANSI or OEM Korean (Unified Hangul Code).

      Code Page Identifiers

    4. Restart your machine.
  • Linux
    1. Verify the current locale:

      $ locale

    2. Display a list of all available locales on the server:

      $ locale -a

    3. Depending on your operating system, use one of these options to set the locale for the whole server with the LANG variable.

      Substitute language en_US.UTF-8 with your own:

      Ubuntu: sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE

      Red Hat Enterprise Linux: sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

    4. Update either the global locale settings file etc/locale.conf or settings /~/.bash_profile for the user that owns Automation 360:

      LANG="en_US.utf8"

      export LANG

Set the region
Select your language as the region format.
Windows: Select Control Panel > Region > Format.
Set time synchronization
Enable Network Time Protocol (NTP) on the Control Room .

For additional information about setting the NTP, contact your system administrator.

For Microsoft Azure platform installation, set configuration
Use the Microsoft Azure Portal to configure:
  • Windows credentials
  • Control Room settings for repository, URL, and Master Key for Credential Vault
  • Microsoft Active Directory authentication
  • Optionally, SMTP settings