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Table 2‑2. IaaS Requirements
Area Requirements
Host Conguration The following components must be installed on the host before installing
IaaS:
n
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 or later.
n
Microsoft PowerShell 2.0 (included with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
and later) or Microsoft PowerShell 3.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2.
n
Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5.
n
Java must be installed on the machine running the primary Web
component to support deployment of the MS SQL database during
installation.
Microsoft SQL Database Requirements The SQL database can reside on one of your IaaS Windows servers, or a
separate host.
If the SQL database is on one of your IaaS Windows servers, congure the
following Java requirements.
n
Install 64-bit Java 1.8 or later. Do not use 32-bit.
n
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the Java installation folder.
n
Verify that %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe is available.
Microsoft Internet Information Services Requirements
Congure Internet Information Services (IIS) to meet the following requirements.
In addition to the conguration seings, avoid hosting additional Web sites in IIS on the IaaS Web server
host. vRealize Automation sets the binding on its communication port to all unassigned IP addresses,
making no additional bindings possible. The default vRealize Automation communication port is 443.
Table 2‑3. Required Configuration for Microsoft Internet Information Services
IIS Component Setting
Internet Information Services (IIS)
modules installed
n
WindowsAuthentication
n
StaticContent
n
DefaultDocument
n
ASPNET 4.5
n
ISAPIExtensions
n
ISAPIFilter
IIS Authentication seings
n
Windows Authentication enabled
n
AnonymousAuthentication disabled
n
Negotiate Provider enabled
n
NTLM Provider enabled
n
Windows Authentication Kernel Mode enabled
n
Windows Authentication Extended Protection disabled
n
For certicates using SHA512, TLS1.2 must be disabled on Windows
2012 or Windows 2012 R2 servers
IIS Windows Process Activation Service
roles
n
CongurationApi
n
NetEnvironment
n
ProcessModel
n
WcfActivation (Windows 2008 only)
n
HpActivation
n
NonHpActivation
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