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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.
5 Click Apply changes.
The host is added to the list of SSH connections.
6 (Optional) Configure an entry path on the server.
a Click New root folder.
b Enter the new path and click Apply changes.
The SSH host is available in the Inventory view of the Orchestrator client.
Configure the vCenter Server 5.0.1 Plug-In
Orchestrator uses the vCenter Web Service API to control vCenter Server. You can set the parameters to enable
Orchestrator to connect to your vCenter Sever instances.
Prerequisites
Import the SSL certificates for each vCenter Server instance you define. See Installing and Configuring VMware
vCenter Orchestrator.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface as vmware.
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