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.
Linux is not supported for Cloud-enabled On-Premises installations.
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.