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3 Select Admin > Time Settings, and set the time synchronization source.
Option Description
Host Time Synchronize to the vRealize Automation appliance ESXi host.
Time Server Synchronize to one external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. Enter the
FQDN or IP address of the NTP server.
You must synchronize vRealize Automation appliances and IaaS Windows servers to the same time
source. Do not mix time sources within a vRealize Automation deployment.
4 Select vRA Settings > Host Settings.
Option Action
Resolve Automatically Select Resolve Automatically to specify the name of the current host for
the vRealize Automation appliance.
Update Host For new hosts, select Update Host. Enter the fully qualified domain name
of the vRealize Automation appliance, vra-hostname.domain.name, in the
Host Name text box.
For distributed deployments that use load balancers, select Update Host.
Enter the fully qualified domain name for the load balancer server, vra-
loadbalancername.domain.name, in the Host Name text box.
Note Configure SSO settings as described later in this procedure whenever you use Update Host
to set the host name.
5 Select the certificate type from the Certificate Action menu.
If you are using a PEM-encoded certificate, for example for a distributed environment, select Import.
Certificates that you import must be trusted and must also be applicable to all instances of
vRealize Automation appliance and any load balancer through the use of Subject Alternative Name
(SAN) certificates.
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