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8 Congure the shared session seings.
The credentials are used by vRealize Orchestrator to run all the Active Directory workows and actions.
a Enter the user name for the shared session in the User name for the shared session text box.
a Enter the password for the shared session in the Password for the shared session text box.
9 Click Finish.
You added an Active Directory instance as an endpoint. XaaS architects can use XaaS to publish Active
Directory plug-in workows as catalog items and resource actions.
What to do next
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To use vRealize Automation blueprints to manage your Active Directory users in your environment,
create an XaaS blueprint based on Active Directory. For an example, see “Create an XaaS Blueprint and
Action for Creating and Modifying a User,” on page 335.
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To use vRealize Automation to create Active Directory records when a machine is deployed, you can
create dierent Active Directory policies and apply them to dierent business groups and blueprints.
See “Create and Apply Active Directory Policies,” on page 234.
Configure the HTTP-REST Plug-In as an Endpoint
You can add an endpoint and congure the HTTP-REST plug-in to connect to a REST host.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator.
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Verify that you have access to a REST host.
Procedure
1 Select Administration > vRO  > Endpoints.
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Click the New icon ( ).
3 Select HTTP-REST from the Plug-in drop-down menu.
4 Click Next.
5 Enter a name and, optionally, a description.
6 Click Next.
7 Provide information about the REST host.
a Enter the name of the host in the Name text box.
b Enter the address of the host in the URL text box.
N If you use Kerberos access authentication, you must provide the host address in FDQN
format.
c (Optional) Enter the number of seconds before a connection times out in the Connection timeout
(seconds) text box.
The default value is 30 seconds.
d (Optional) Enter the number of seconds before an operation times out in the Operation timeout
(seconds) text box.
The default value is 60 seconds.
Configuring vRealize Automation
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