4.0

5 (Optional) To disable a plug-in, deselect the check box next to it.
This action does not remove the plug-in file.
6 Click Apply changes.
On the Plug-ins tab, the red triangle changes to a green circle to indicate that the component is now configured
correctly. The first time the server boots, it installs the selected plug-ins.
What to do next
You can now configure the settings for Mail, SSH, and vCenter 4.0 plug-ins.
Define the Default SMTP Connection
The Mail plug-in is installed with Orchestrator Server and is used for email notifications. The only option
available for this plug-in is to use default values for new mail messages. You can set the default email account.
Avoid load balancers when configuring mail in Orchestrator. You will get SMTP_HOST_UNREACHABLE.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface as vmware.
2 Click Mail.
3 Select the Define default values check box and fill in the required text boxes.
Text box Description
SMTP host
Enter the IP address or domain name of your SMTP server.
SMTP port
Enter a port number to match your SMTP configuration.
The default SMTP port is 25.
User name
Enter a valid email account.
This is the email account Orchestrator uses to send emails.
Password
Enter the password associated with the user name.
From name and address
Enter the sender information to appear in all emails sent by Orchestrator.
4 Click Apply changes.
Configure the SSH Plug-In
You can set up the SSH plug-in to ensure encrypted connections.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface as vmware.
2 Click SSH.
3 Click New connection.
4 In the Host name text box, enter the host to access with SSH through Orchestrator.
NOTE The username and password are not required because Orchestrator uses the credentials of the
currently logged-in user to run SSH commands. You must reproduce the accounts you want to work on
SSH on target hosts from the LDAP server.
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