After you complete installing OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA), you must complete several configuration settings. You have to access WFA, configure users, set up data sources, configure credentials, and configure WFA.
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Accessing OnCommand Workflow Automation
You can access OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) through a web browser from any system that has access to the WFA server.
OnCommand Workflow Automation data sources OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) operates on data that is acquired from data sources. Various versions of OnCommand Unified Manager and VMware vCenter Server are provided as predefined WFA data source types. You must be aware of the predefined data source types before you set up the data sources for data acquisition.
Setting up OnCommand Workflow Automation using the Setup Wizard
You can use the Setup Wizard to easily set up OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) by connecting to OnCommand Unified Manager, and then configuring an OnCommand Unified Manager data source, a Performance Advisor data source, and the credentials for the data sources.
Creating local users OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) enables you to create and manage local WFA users with specific permissions for various roles, such as guest, operator, approver, architect, admin, and backup.
Configuring the credentials of a target system
You can configure the credentials of a target system in OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) and use the credentials to connect to that specific system and execute commands.
Disabling the default password policy OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) is configured to enforce a password policy for local users. If you do not want to use the password policy, you can disable it.
Modifying the default password policy for Windows OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) enforces a password policy for local users. You can modify the default password policy to set a password as per your requirement.
Modifying the transaction timeout setting of OnCommand Workflow Automation
The OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) database transaction times out in 300 seconds by default. You can increase the default timeout duration when restoring a large-sized WFA database from a backup to avoid potential failure of the database restoration.
Enabling or disabling HTTP access to OnCommand Workflow Automation
By default, OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) can be accessed by a client machine only through HTTPS. The HTTPS-only access does not automatically redirect HTTP to HTTPS. You can enable or disable HTTP access to WFA.
Enabling and disabling TLS protocols
By default, all TLS protocols in OnCommand Workflow Automation are enabled. If you wish to restrict TLS protocols for security reasons, you can enable or disable them.