Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.2 Installation Guide
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Ensuring Required Prerequisites Are Ready-to-Go
Checking Required Prerequisites
Cisco IAC 4.3.2 integrates with APIC using the Cisco APIC driver installed in OpenStack Neutron as an ML2 plug-in and
also APIC Northbound API. The goal is to create network policies in APIC that will automatically configure network
communication between IAC networks in the Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) fabric. For more information,
see the
also APIC Northbound API. The goal is to create network policies in APIC that will automatically configure network
communication between IAC networks in the Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) fabric. For more information,
see the
, especially the section, “
” here:
Checking Required Prerequisites
Required prerequisite components for Windows installations include but are not limited to:
Microsoft IIS
Microsoft .NET framework
Note:
Be sure to enable Microsoft IIS before installing .NET framework. This will automatically register ASP.NET with
Microsoft IIS.
Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server database
Linux O/S for non-Windows installations
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
WildFly application server
A web browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome
PSExec (ensure that version 2.11 or greater is present on Cisco Process Orchestrator)
Note:
Check that these components are installed, configured, and running in the supported versions (see theCisco
Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.2 Compatibility & Requirements Matrix located here:
for details) before you begin the Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud installation process.
Note:
for more details.
Note:
Refer to the installation guides for each component product for complete information on how to install and
configure the associated software; for example, see the Cisco Process Orchestrator guides for complete information on
Cisco Process Orchestrator.
Cisco Process Orchestrator.
Note:
DBAs commonly have a convention or security policy requiring a user-naming scheme. Note that you will most
likely not be able to set the username of the service account according to your practices with Cisco IAC 4.3.2.
Note:
PSExec should be installed on the Cisco Process Orchestrator server for Application Configuration Management.
Place PSExec onto your executable path for installing applications on a Windows Server.
Setting Up Your Networks
First, choose a network type to determine how this network can be used:
User networks are used for
virtual machines.
Management networks are used for management access to cloud servers.
Infrastructure networks are used for management interfaces of Hypervisor hosts and other infrastructure devices.