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4 On the Log in page, supply administrator credentials for the vRealize Automation appliance and verify
the SSL Certicate.
a Type the user name, which is root, and the password.
The password is the password that you specied when you deployed the vRealize Automation
appliance.
b Select Accept .
c Click View .
Compare the certicate thumbprint with the thumbprint set for the vRealize Automation
appliance. You can view the vRealize Automation appliance certicate in the client browser when
the management console is accessed on port 5480.
5 Click Next.
6 Select Custom Install on the Installation Type page.
7 Select Proxy Agents in the Component Selection pane.
8 Accept the root install location or click Change and select an installation path.
9 Click Next.
10 Log in with administrator privileges for the Windows services on the installation machine.
The service must run on the same installation machine.
11 Click Next.
12 Select VdiPowerShell from the Agent type list.
13 Enter an identier for this agent in the Agent name text box.
Maintain a record of the agent name, credentials, endpoint name, and platform instance for each agent.
You need this information to congure endpoints and to add hosts in the future.
I For high availability, you may add redundant agents and congure them identically.
Otherwise, keep agents unique.
Option Description
Redundant agent install
Install redundant agents on dierent servers.
Name and congure redundant agents identically.
Single agent install
Select a unique name for this agent.
14 Congure a connection to the Manager Service component.
Option Description
If you are using a load balancer
Enter the fully qualied domain name and port number of the load
balancer for the Manager Service component. For example,
manager-load-balancer.eng.mycompany.com:443. IP addresses are not
recognized.
With no load balancer
Enter the fully qualied domain name and port number of the machine
where you installed the Manager Service component. For example,
manager_service.mycompany.com:443. IP addresses are not recognized.
The default port is 443.
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