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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Orchestrator Installation and Configuration Guide
- Contents
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Orchestrator System Requirements
- Orchestrator Components Setup Guidelines
- Installing Orchestrator
- Upgrade Orchestrator with vCenter Server
- Upgrade Orchestrator Standalone
- Upgrading Orchestrator Applications After Upgrading vCenter Server
- Uninstall Orchestrator
- Configuring Orchestrator
- Start the Orchestrator Configuration Service
- Log In to the Orchestrator Configuration Interface
- Change the Default Password
- Revert to the Default Password for Orchestrator Configuration
- Configure the Network Connection
- Change the Default Configuration Ports on the Orchestrator Client Side
- Import the vCenter SSL Certificate
- Configuring LDAP Settings
- Password Encryption and Hashing Mechanism
- Configure the Database Connection
- Server Certificate
- Configure the Default Plug-Ins
- Access Rights to Orchestrator Server
- Import the vCenter Server License
- Start the Orchestrator Server
- Export the Orchestrator Configuration
- Import the Orchestrator Configuration
- Configure the Maximum Number of Events and Runs
- Install an Application
- Start a Published Web View
- Change the Web View SSL Certificate
- Define the Server Log Level
- Where to Go From Here
- Index
Table 9-4. Common Active Directory Authentication Errors (Continued)
Error Description
701 This user account has expired.
773 The user must reset their password.
775 The user account has been locked.
Password Encryption and Hashing Mechanism
Orchestrator utilizes PBE with MD5 and DES encryption mechanism to encode the stored passwords used to
connect to the database, LDAP, and Orchestrator servers.
Table 9-5. Encryption and Hashing Algorithms in Orchestrator
Algorithm Description
Password Based Encryption (part of Java 2 SDK 1.4) Generates an encryption key from a password. PBE stores
and checks the hash value of the password. For more
information, see the Java Cryptography Extension Reference
Guide on java.sun.com.
Message Digest 5 algorithm Generates a 128-bit cryptographic message digest value,
usually expressed as a 32 digit hexadecimal number.
Data Encryption Standard Applies a 56-bit key to each 64-bit block of data.
Configure the Database Connection
To establish a connection to the Orchestrator database, you must configure the database connection parameters.
Prerequisites
Set up a new database to use with the Orchestrator server. See “Orchestrator Database Setup,” on page 18.
If you are using an SQL Server database, verify that the SQL Server Browser service is running.
To store characters in the correct format in an Oracle database, set the NLS_CHARACTER_SET parameter to
AL32UTF8 before configuring the database connection and building the table structure for Orchestrator. This
setting is crucial for an internationalized environment.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface as vmware.
2 Click Database.
3 From the Select the database type drop-down menu, select the type of database for Orchestrator server
to use.
NOTE Orchestrator supports Oracle and SQL Server databases and provides experimental support for
MySQL and PostgreSQL. You can use MySQL and PostgreSQL for testing and evaluation purposes.
4 Specify the database connection parameters.
For a list of connection parameters, see “Database Connection Parameters,” on page 46.
If the specified parameters are correct, a message states that the connection to the database is successful.
NOTE Although Orchestrator has established a connection to the database, the database configuration is
not yet complete. You must install or update the database.
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