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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
- Contents
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- The Orchestrator Client
- Managing Workflows
- Creating Resource Elements
- Using Plug-Ins
- Managing Actions
- Using Packages
- Setting System Properties
- Disable Access to the Orchestrator Client By Nonadministrators
- Disable Access to Workflows from Web Service Clients
- Setting Server File System Access from Workflows and JavaScript
- Set JavaScript Access to Operating System Commands
- Set JavaScript Access to Java Classes
- Set Custom Timeout Property
- Modify the Number of Objects a Plug-In Search Obtains
- Maintenance and Recovery
- Index
Change the Key Pair Passphrase
You can run a workflow from the Orchestrator client to change the passphrase for the key pair that you
generated last.
Prerequisites
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The SSH plug-in must be enabled and configured in the Orchestrator configuration interface.
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You must be logged in to the Orchestrator client as a user who can run SSH workflows.
Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
2 In the workflows hierarchical list, open Library > SSH to navigate to the Change key pair passphrase
workflow.
3 Right-click the Change key pair passphrase workflow and select Start workflow.
4 Reset the key pair passphrase.
a Type the current passphrase.
b Type the new passphrase.
5 Click Submit to run the workflow.
Register an Orchestrator Public Key on an SSH Host
You can run a workflow from the Orchestrator client to register an Orchestrator public key on an SSH host.
You can use the public key instead of a password.
Prerequisites
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The SSH plug-in must be enabled and configured in the Orchestrator configuration interface.
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You must be logged in to the Orchestrator client as a user who can run SSH workflows.
Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
2 In the workflows hierarchical list, open Library > SSH to navigate to the Register vCO public key on host
workflow.
3 Right-click the Register vCO public key on host workflow and select Start workflow.
4 Provide the host and authentication information.
NOTE You must provide credentials that are registered on the SSH host.
5 Click Submit to run the workflow.
You can use public key authentication instead of password authentication when you connect to the SSH host
with the registered user.
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