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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 IaaS Server under Component Selection on the Installation Type page.
8 Accept the root install location or click Change and select an installation path.
Even in a distributed deployment, you might sometimes install more than one IaaS component on the
same Windows server.
If you install more than one IaaS component, always install them to the same path.
9 Click Next.
10 On the IaaS Server Custom Install page, select Database.
11 In the Database Instance text box, specify the database instance or click Scan and select from the list of
instances. If the database instance is on a non-default port, include the port number in instance
specication by using the form dbhost,SQL_port_number\SQLinstance. The Microsoft SQL default port
number is 1443.
12 (Optional) Select the Use SSL for database connection checkbox.
By default, the checkbox is enabled. SSL provides a more secure connection between the IaaS server and
SQL database. However, you must rst congure SSL on the SQL server to support this option. For
more about conguring SSL on the SQL server, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 316898.
13 Choose your database installation type from the Database Name panel.
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Select Use existing empty database to create the schema in an existing database.
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Enter a new database name or use the default name vra to create a new database. Database names
must consist of no more than 128 ASCII characters.
14 Deselect Use default data and log directories to specify alternative locations or leave it selected to use
the default directories (recommended).
15 Select an authentication method for installing the database from the Authentication list.
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To use the credentials under which you are running the installer to create the database, select User
Windows identity....
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To use SQL authentication, deselect Use Windows identity.... Type SQL credentials in the user and
password text boxes.
By default, the Windows service user account is used during runtime access to the database, and must
have sysadmin rights to the SQL Server instance. The credentials used to access the database at runtime
can be congured to use SQL credentials.
Windows authentication is recommended. When you choose SQL authentication, the unencrypted
database password appears in certain conguration les.
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