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Chapter 3 Installing the REX Adapter
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
Before you install the REX adapter, you must meet the following requirements:
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You have carefully reviewed
for Cloud Portal, Cloud Portal
database, and other Cisco IAC requirements.
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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
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.
for copying extracted files to different deployed directories.
Step 3
Proceed to
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.
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:
on the Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator server:
<My Documents>/Cisco/Tidal Enterprise Orchestrator/Extracted Data/Cloud Portal
Adapters/rexAdapter
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>).
location (hereafter referred to as <rex>).