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Configuration Overview

The Configuration Overview provides information about how to set up the Cloud Service Management Console and Cloud Service Automation (CSA) to enable users to log in and use the Cloud Service Management Console and Marketplace Portal. Some tasks must be completed before you can start using CSA.

The user who sets up CSA should have knowledge of or work with someone who has knowledge of LDAP, TLS, Operations Orchestration, and the resource providers that will be integrated with CSA.

Note In this document, path names beginning with the home directory such as CSA_HOME, apply to both Windows and Linux path names, even though they appear in Linux format, unless Windows is specified.

Content Summary

The following information is provided in this document:

Getting Started: Before setting up the Cloud Service Management Console, you may need to complete some initial configuration such as preparing LDAP, configuring CSA truststore properties, and requesting a software license.

Secure Connections: Many of the components that interact with CSA may require communication over a secure connection. You may want to replace the CSA self-signed certificate or configure a secure connection for LDAP, SMTP, SAML, the Oracle Database, the Microsoft SQL Server, or the Operations Orchestration Load Balancer.

  • Operations Orchestration: A process engine whose flows are executed by CSA, Operations Orchestration must be integrated with CSA and sample flows must be imported before the flows can be executed.
  • Cloud Service Management Console: To set up the Cloud Service Management Console so that users can log in, you must configure the provider organization. To start using the Cloud Service Management Console, you must add a software license. You may wish to import the sample service designs provided with CSA, configure a proxy, or enable or customize tiles in the Cloud Service Management Console.

Common CSA Tasks: Common tasks include launching the Cloud Service Management Console and Marketplace Portal, starting, stopping, or restarting CSA and the Marketplace Portal, encrypting a CSA password, and uninstalling CSA.

  • Marketplace Portal: The Marketplace Portal's password utility is different from the one used by CSA. This section explains how to encrypt passwords used by the Marketplace Portal. Configuring the Marketplace Portal is completed using the Cloud Service Management Console. See the Cloud Service Management Console Help for information about configuring the Marketplace Portal

User Administration: User administration includes tasks such as allowing non-administrator users to start and stop CSA services and changing the built-in users.

Configure IPv6: Configure CSA to support IPv6 (both dual-stack and IPv6-only).

Common Access Card: Common access cards are used for user authentication and allow users to log in to CSA using a Personal Identity Verification card.

Single Sign-On: Enable or disable Single Sign-On that is included with CSA. Single sign-on can also be configured for the Cloud Service Management Console and Marketplace Portal with almost any single sign-on solution and a specific solution for CA SiteMinder is provided.

Database Administration: Database administration includes any task that might involve the database, such as configuring the CSA reporting database user if you did not configure it during installation, updating CSA database system or users and passwords, importing large archives, purging service subscriptions, installing the CSA database schema, and configuring CSA to mitigate frequently dropped database connections.

Cloud Service Automation Properties: This is a reference to the Cloud Service Management Console configurable properties.

Marketplace Portal Attributes: This is a reference to the Marketplace Portal configurable attributes.

Operations Orchestration Settings: This is a reference to the Operations Orchestration configurable settings applicable to CSA.

Identity Management Configuration: This is a reference to the Identity Management component configurable settings applicable to CSA.

Operations Orchestration Manual Configuration for Designs: The steps needed to configure Operations Orchestration for topology and sequential designs without using the Cloud Content Capsule Installer.

Appendix: Hubot Notifications Integration with CSA. CSA provides the ability to integrate with Slack and Hubot so that subscription-related messages can be sent from a Slack chat room.

See the following guides for more information about:

  • CSA: Cloud Service Automation Concepts Guide
  • Supported components and versions: Cloud Service Automation System and Software Support Matrix
  • Installation: Cloud Service Automation Installation Guide
  • Configuring CSA in a clustered environment using an Apache web server: Cloud Service  Automation Cluster Configuration Guide Using an Apache Web Server
  • Configuring CSA in a clustered environment using a load balancer: Cloud Service  Automation Cluster Configuration Guide Using a Load Balancer
  • Cloud Service Management Console: Cloud Service Management Console Help
  • Sample service designs and resource offerings: CSA/Codar Content at a Glance Guide

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