Cisco Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.2 User Guide

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Chapter 3      Installing the REX Adapter
  Prerequisites
Prerequisites 
Before you install the REX adapter, you must meet the following requirements:
You have carefully reviewed 
 for Cloud Portal, Cloud Portal 
database, and other Cisco IAC requirements.
You have installed Cloud Portal (for the correct version, see the 
. For installation instructions, see the 
Cloud Portal Installation Guide
 
for the respective Cloud Portal version.
You have imported and configured the Cisco IAC automation packs in TEO. The files required for 
installing the REX adapter included in the Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Automation 
Pack. For instructions, see 
Apply the Cloud Portal Patch
Before you install the REX adapter, you must first apply the Cloud Portal patch.
Step 1
Download and extract the patch file, which includes a Readme file. 
Note
To find the patch for this release, see the 
Note
The package name is the same for both Windows and Linux.
Step 2
Follow the instructions for applying the hotfix in the Readme. The instructions provide important steps 
for copying extracted files to different deployed directories.
Step 3
Install the REX Adapter
After installing Cisco Service Portal and before performing the Cisco IAC configurations covered in this 
guide, you must install the REX adapter.
When the Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Automation Pack is imported in TEO (see 
), the REX adapter 
installation package (rexAdapter_<release_number>.zip) is placed by default in the following location 
on the Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator server: 
<My Documents>/Cisco/Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator/Extracted Data/Cloud Portal 
Adapters/rexAdapter
Step 1
Extract rexAdapter_<release_number>.zip from its default location on the TEO server to a temporary 
location (hereafter referred to as <rex>).