Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.3.2 Installation Guide
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Configuring Cisco IAC With the Wizard
Configuring Agent Properties
REX Set DB Agent Properties
REX Set HTTP Agent Properties
REX Set NSAPI Agent Properties
REX Set REX Agent Properties (already started in a previous step)
1.
From the Wizard, choose Start All REX Agents.
2.
On the Control Agents Tab of the Service Links portal, click the red symbol next to any and all agents on the page
where the outbound adapter is REX adapter.
where the outbound adapter is REX adapter.
Note:
Be careful. Clicking the text line for an agent may not actually choose that agent. Instead, it may navigate away
from the Control Agents page.
a.
Click Start Selected.
b.
Click Yes.
The red icons will turn to green after a bit, indicating that they are now sending and receiving. In some cases, you
may need to refresh the page before you see the colors change. To do so, click the Refresh icon at the bottom of
the page.
may need to refresh the page before you see the colors change. To do so, click the Refresh icon at the bottom of
the page.
c.
Repeat for all pages.
Note:
Where possible, press and HOLD the Shift key. Then, click the first REX agent in a long list. Scroll and then
(with the Shift key still pressed) click the last REX agent visible in the list on the page to quickly choose that group
of REX agents. If a vertical scroll bar appears in the list, scroll to choose the last agent on the page.
of REX agents. If a vertical scroll bar appears in the list, scroll to choose the last agent on the page.
Note:
There may have been additional REX agents in the list that you were not able to see (and therefore, activate).
To find them, use the scroll arrow at the bottom of the list. You may need to use the “next page” button at the bottom
of the screen, as well, to find all remaining REX agents.
of the screen, as well, to find all remaining REX agents.
3.
Click Close to close this form to return to the Configuration Wizard.
Configuring a DB Agent
This step configures the credentials to connect to the database.
1.
From the Wizard, choose Configure DB Agent.
2.
From the Set Agent Configuration form, complete the following:
a.
Set Agent Type to DB (should already be set, but be sure to check).
b.
Enter a username and password.
c.
Reenter the password to confirm.
Note:
The username would match the Cisco Prime Service Catalog database information. Normally, this would be
“CPSCUSER.”
3.
Enter the appropriate URL (either MS SQL or Oracle, depending on your setup) into the JDBC URL field, for example:
—
MS SQL:
jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;DatabaseName=ServiceCatalog;selectMethod=direct;sendStringParameter
sAsUnicode=true
—
Oracle)
jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl