Configure OO for Sequential Designs

The following tasks are to configure OO for sequential designs. If you are installing CSA for the first time, configure only one instance of OO. If you have upgraded from an earlier version of CSA that has multiple instances of OO configured for sequential designs, you can continue to use multiple instances of OO, including OO 9.07.

Note If you followed the instructions in the Cloud Service Automation Installation Guide or Cloud Service Automation Upgrade Guide to configure Operations Orchestration, you should have already completed the tasks in this section.

Complete the following tasks to configure Operations Orchestration to integrate with CSA:

Note In the following instructions,

CSA_HOME is the directory in which CSA is installed.

and OO_HOME is where you installed Operations Orchestration.

Be sure all the latest patches for Operations Orchestration have been installed. See the Cloud Service Automation System and Software Support Matrix for more information.

Guides are available on the HPE Software Support web site at: https://softwaresupport.hpe.com (this site requires a Passport ID). Select Dashboards > Manuals.

Add a JRE to the System Path

The CSA flows that are imported require that a JRE be included in the system path on the system running CSA.

To add a JRE to the system path on Windows, complete the following steps:

  1. Open the Environment Variables dialog:

    1. Right-click Computer and select Properties.
    2. Select Advanced System Settings.
    3. Click Environment Variables.

  2. Select the Path system variable.
  3. Click Edit.

  4. At the end of the value for Variable value, add a semicolon (;) and the following path:

    If Operations Orchestration and CSA are installed on the same system:

    OO_HOME/java/bin

    or

    If Operations Orchestration and CSA are installed on different systems:

    CSA_JRE_HOME/bin

  5. Click OK and close all windows.

 

To add a JRE to the system path on Linux, complete the following steps:

Open a shell and enter one of the following commands:

  • If Operations Orchestration and CSA are installed on the same system:

    export PATH=$PATH:$OO_HOME/java/bin

  • If Operations Orchestration and CSA are installed on different systems:

    export PATH=$PATH:$CSA_JRE_HOME/bin

Note By setting the system path, all applications (that require a JRE) use the JRE that is installed with Operations Orchestration or CSA (depending on the path you configured and if it is the only path or the first path set to a JRE in the system path). If you need to run another JRE with an application, you must type in the relative path to that JRE to run it (for example, when you configure TLS).

Configure Internal Users

Internal users can be used to configure Operations Orchestration for CSA.

  1. From the system on which CSA is installed (the system on which the content packs are installed), log in to Operations Orchestration Central.

  2. Click System Configuration.
  3. Select Security > Internal Users.
  4. Click the + (Add) button.

  5. Enter the following information:

    FieldRecommended Value
    User Namecsaoouser
    Passwordcloud
    RolesADMINISTRATOR, SYSTEM_ADMIN

    The csaoouser user is used to import the Operations Orchestration flows. When importing flows, this user is configured in the Operations Orchestration input file.

  6. Click Save.
  7. Click the + (Add) button.

  8. Enter the following information:

    FieldRecommended Value
    User Namecsaoouser
    Passwordcloud
    RolesADMINISTRATOR, SYSTEM_ADMIN

    The admin user is used with HP Single Sign-On (HP SSO). When Operations Orchestration is launched from the Cloud Service Management Console, this user allows access to HPE Operations Orchestration without having to log in. If you are using topology designs, the admin user can also be used for provisioning topology designs.

  9. Click Save.

  10. Log out of Operations Orchestration Central and log back in as the csaoouser.

Deploy Content Packs Required by CSA

The following groups of content packs must be deployed in the order described below:

  • Base content packs
  • CSA sequential design content packs
  • CSA content packs

  1. From Operations Orchestration Central, click Content Management.

  2. Click the Content Packs tab.
  3. Click the Deploy New Content icon.
  4. In the Deploy New Content dialog, in the upper left corner, click the + (Add files for deployment) icon.

  5. Deploy the base content packs. Navigate to the CSA_HOME/oo/ooContentPack directory and add and deploy the content packs. For the list of content packs, see the Cloud Service Automation System and Software Support Matrix.

    The deployment may take a few minutes and the dialog will show a progress bar.

  6. After you have successfully deployed all the base content packs, click the Reset icon in the upper left corner to clear the dialog and enable the + (Add files for deployment) icon.

  7. Click the + (Add files for deployment) icon.

  8. Deploy the CSA sequential design content packs. Navigate to the CSA_HOME/CSAKit-4.8/OO Flow Content/10X directory. Add and deploy the following content packs in the order shown below (after each successful deployment, to add and deploy the next content pack without closing the dialog, click the Reset icon in the upper left corner to clear the dialog and enable the + (Add files for deployment) icon):

    • oo10.50-csa-integrations-cp-4.70.0000 (for Operations Orchestration versions 10.50 and later)

      or oo10-csa-integrations-cp-4.70.0000 (for Operations Orchestration versions prior to 10.50)

    • oo10-csa-cp-4.50.0000

    The deployment may take a few minutes and the dialog will show a progress bar.

  9. After you have successfully deployed all the CSA sequential design content packs, click the Reset icon in the upper left corner to clear the dialog and enable the + (Add files for deployment) icon.

  10. Open a command prompt and extract all the .jar files from the CSA_HOME/Tools/CSLContentInstaller/csa-ootb-content-04.70.000.zip file.

  11. Click the + (Add files for deployment) icon.

  12. Deploy the CSA content packs. Navigate to the directory in which you extracted all the .jar files. Add and deploy the following content packs in the order shown below (after each successful deployment, to add and deploy the next content pack without closing the dialog, click the Reset icon in the upper left corner to clear the dialog and enable the + (Add files for deployment) icon):

    Note You can select more than one content pack to add and deploy at the same time. However, the *.util.jar content packs should be deployed first. For example, you can deploy two groups of content packs: select all of the *.util.jar content packs and deploy them first. Then, select the rest of the content packs and deploy them.

    • com.hp.csl.base.util.jar
    • com.hp.csl.middleware.util.jar
    • com.hp.csl.openstack.util.jar
    • com.hp.csl.amazon.ec2.jar
    • com.hp.csl.dma.jar
    • com.hp.csl.goactive.jar
    • com.hp.csl.icsp.jar
    • com.hp.csl.matrix.jar
    • com.hp.csl.na.jar
    • com.hp.csl.oneview.jar
    • com.hp.csl.openstack.jar
    • com.hp.csl.sa.agentinstallation.jar
    • com.hp.csl.sa.softwarepolicies.jar
    • com.hp.csl.sitescope.jar
    • com.hp.csl.sm.jar
    • com.hp.csl.ucmdb.jar
    • com.hp.csl.vmware.vcenter.jar
    • com.hp.csl.vpv.jar

    The deployment may take a few minutes and the dialog will show a progress bar.

  13. When you have finished deploying all the content packs, click Close to close the dialog.

Set Up System Accounts for the CSA Content Pack

Set up system accounts for the content packs:

  1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Central.
  2. Click Content Management.
  3. Select Configuration Items > System Accounts.
  4. Click the Add icon.

  5. Enter the following information if it is not already configured:

    FieldRecommended Value
    System Account NameCSA_REST_CREDENTIALS
    User NameooInboundUser
    Passwordcloud

    Note The User Name configured for the CSA_REST_CREDENTIALS System Account setting must match the Override Value configured for the CSA_OO_USER System Property setting.

  6. Click Save.
  7. Click the Add icon.

  8. Enter the following information if it is not already configured:

    FieldRecommended Value
    System Account NameCSA_SERVICEMANAGER_CREDENTIALS
    User Namefalcon
    Password

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  9. Click Save.

Set Up System Properties for the CSA Content Pack

Set up the following system properties for the content packs:

  1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Central.
  2. Click Content Management.
  3. Select Configuration Items > System Properties.
  4. Click the Add icon.

  5. Enter the following information if it is not already configured:

    FieldRecommended Value
    NameCSA_REST_URI
    Override Valuehttps://<csa_hostname>:8444/csa/rest
  6. Click Save.

Configure a Secure Connection between CSA and Operations Orchestration

If you integrated with Operations Orchestration using the installer (during the installation or upgrade process), you do not need to configure a secure connection (it has already been configured).

Export Operations Orchestration's certificate from Operations Orchestration's truststore. If Operations Orchestration and CSA are not installed on the same system, copy the certificate to the CSA system and import the certificate into CSA's truststore. TLS must be configured between CSA and Operations Orchestration.

Do the following:

  1. On the system running Operations Orchestration, open a command prompt and change to the directory where Operations Orchestration is installed.

  2. Run the following command:

    Windows:
    .\java\bin\keytool -export -alias tomcat -file C:\oo.cer
    -keystore .\Central\var\security\key.store -storepass changeit

    Linux:

    ./java/bin/keytool -export -alias tomcat -file /tmp/oo.cer
    -keystore ./Central/var/security/key.store -storepass changeit

    where C:\oo.cer on Windows and /tmp/oo.cer on Linux are examples is an example of a filename and location used to store the exported root certificate (you can choose a different filename and location).

  3. If Operations Orchestration is not running on the same system as CSA, copy oo.cer from the Operations Orchestration system to the system running CSA.
  4. On the system running CSA, open a command prompt.

  5. Run the following command:

    Windows:

    "CSA_JRE_HOME\bin\keytool" -importcert -alias tomcat -file C:\oo.cer -trustcacerts -keystore "CSA_JRE_HOME\lib\security\cacerts"

    Linux:

    CSA_JRE_HOME/bin/keytool -importcert -alias tomcat -file /tmp/oo.cer -trustcacerts -keystore CSA_JRE_HOME/lib/security/cacerts

    where CSA_JRE_HOME is the directory in which the JRE that is used by CSA is installed

  6. When prompted for the keystore password, enter changeit.

  7. Enter yes when prompted to trust the certificate.

Run the Cloud Content Capsule Installer

The Cloud Content Capsule Installer is used to install and update content for CSA and Operations Orchestration.

  1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the CSA_HOME/Tools/CSLContentInstaller directory.

  2. Run the following command:

    Windows:

    "CSA_JRE_HOME\bin\java"\bin\java -jar csl-content-installer.jar

    Linux:

    CSA_JRE_HOME/bin/java -jar csl-content-installer.jar

    where CSA_JRE_HOME is the directory in which the JRE that is used by CSA is installed.

  3. From the installer, enter the information to deploy content to Operations Orchestration and import service designs into CSA.

    For more information about the Cloud Content Capsule Installer, see the Cloud Service Automation Capsule Installer Guide.

Update and Redeploy the Service Manager Base Content Pack

Update and redeploy the oo10-sm-cp-1.0.3.jar base content pack. If you deployed an earlier version of the Service Manager base content pack, you must do the following (if this is a fresh installation of Operations Orchestration and you did not deploy an earlier version of the Service Manager base content pack, you do not have to complete these steps):

  1. Stop the Operations Orchestration services:

    Windows:

    1. On the server that hosts Operations Orchestration, navigate to Start > Administrative Tools > Services.

    2. Right-click on the HPE Operations Orchestration Central service and select Stop.

    3. If you installed the Remote Action Server (RAS), on all RAS systems (including localhost), navigate to Start > Administrative Tools > Services.

    4. Right-click on the Operations Orchestration RAS service and select Stop.

    Linux:

    1. On the server that hosts Operations Orchestration, run the following command: <HPEOOinstallation>/central/bin/central stop

      For example, /usr/local/hpe/csa/OO/central/bin/central stop

    2. If you installed the Remote Action Server (RAS), on all RAS systems (including localhost), run the following command: <HPEOOinstallation>/ras/bin/ras stop.

      For example, /usr/local/hpe/csa/OO/ras/bin/ras stop

  2. Clear the Operations Orchestration Central cache by deleting the following folder:

    <HPEOOinstallation>/central/var/cache

    For example,

    Windows: C:\Program Files\HPE\HPE Operations Orchestration\central\var\cache

    Linux: /usr/local/hpe/csa/oo/central/var/cache

  3. If RAS is installed, clear the RAS artifact cache by deleting the following folder (on all RAS systems, including localhost):

    <HPEOOinstallation>/ras/var/cache

    For example,

    Windows: C:\Program Files\HPE\HPE Operations Orchestration\ras\var\cache

    Linux: /usr/local/hpe/csa/oo/ras/var/cache

  4. Run the following SQL command against the Operations Orchestration database:

    DELETE from OO_ARTIFACTS where NAME = 'org/apache/ws/security/wss4j/1.5.7/wss4j-1.5.7.pom' or NAME = 'org/apache/ws/security/wss4j/1.5.7/wss4j-1.5.7.jar'

  5. Start the Operations Orchestration services:

    Windows:

    1. On the server that hosts Operations Orchestration, navigate to Start > Administrative Tools > Services.

    2. Right-click the HPE Operations Orchestration Central service and select Start.

    3. If you installed the Remote Action Server (RAS), on all RAS systems (including localhost), navigate to Start > Administrative Tools > Services.

    4. Right-click on the Operations Orchestration RAS service and select Start.

    Linux:

    1. On the server that hosts Operations Orchestration, run the following command: <HPEOOinstallation>/central/bin/central start

      For example, /usr/local/hpe/csa/OO/central/bin/central start

    2. If you installed the Remote Action Server (RAS), on all RAS systems (including localhost), run the following command: <HPEOOinstallation>/ras/bin/ras start.

      For example, /usr/local/hpe/csa/OO/ras/bin/ras start

  6. Redeploy the oo10-sm-cp-1.0.3.jar base content pack:

    1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Central and click Content Management.

    2. Click the Content Packs tab.
    3. Click the Deploy New Content icon.
    4. In the Deploy New Content dialog, in the upper left corner, click the + (Add files for deployment) icon.

    5. Navigate to the CSA_HOME/oo/ooContentPack directory and select oo10-sm-cp-1.0.3.jar.

    6. Click Deploy.

      The deployment may take a few minutes and the dialog will show a progress bar.

    7. Click Close.

Configure HP Single Sign-On between CSA and Operations Orchestration

If HP Single Sign-On (HP SSO) was enabled during installation of CSA, SSO can be configured between CSA and Operations Orchestration. Configuring HP SSO allows you to launch Operations Orchestration from the Cloud Service Management Console without having to log in to Operations Orchestration.

CSA provides a login user (admin) and password (cloud) and, earlier in this guide, you configured an internal user for Operations Orchestration with the same user name and password. When Single Sign-On is configured between CSA and Operations Orchestration, this user can be used for single sign-on. That is, if you are logged in to CSA as the admin user, you can launch Operations Orchestration from the Cloud Service Management Console and not have to log in to Operations Orchestration.

You can also configure LDAP users for single sign-on. To enable single sign-on for LDAP users, you must either configure CSA and the embedded Operations Orchestration to use the same LDAP source or, if CSA and the embedded Operations Orchestration use different LDAP sources, configure the same users in both sources. In either case, the CSA user must be assigned to the CSA Administrator or Service Operations Manager role and the embedded Operations Orchestration user must be assigned any role that allows flows to be viewed.

Note To use HP SSO between CSA and Operations Orchestration, the systems on which CSA and Operations Orchestration are installed must be in the same domain.

Configure and Enable HP Single Sign-On

To configure and enable HP SSO on Operations Orchestration, do the following:

  1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Central.

  2. Click the System Configuration button.

  3. Select Security > SSO.

  4. Select the Enable checkbox.

  5. Enter the InitString. The initString setting for CSA and Operations Orchestration must be configured to the same value. In CSA, initString is configured in the crypto element in the CSA_HOME/jboss-as/standalone/deployments/idm.war/WEB-INF/hpssoConfiguration.xml file. The initString value represents a secret key and should be treated as such in your environment (this string is used to encrypt and decrypt the LWSSO_COOKIE_KEY cookie that is used to authenticate the user for single sign-on).

  6. Enter the Domain. This is the domain name of the network of the servers on which CSA and Operations Orchestration are installed.

  7. Click Save.

Configure LDAP Users for Single Sign-On

To enable single sign-on for LDAP users, you must either configure CSA and Operations Orchestration to use the same LDAP source or, if CSA and Operations Orchestration use different LDAP sources, configure the same users in both sources. In either case, the CSA user must be assigned to the CSA Administrator or Service Operations Manager role and the Operations Orchestration user must be assigned any role that allows flows to be viewed.

To configure LDAP for Operations Orchestration, do the following:

  1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Central.

  2. Click the System Configuration button.

  3. Select Security > LDAP.

  4. Enter the information to configure LDAP.

  5. Click Save.

Obscure Passwords in Operations Orchestration Flows (Optional)

Some Operations Orchestration flows included with CSA may show passwords in clear text when viewed in Operations Orchestration Central. You can obscure these passwords by modifying the flow in Operations Orchestration Studio.

Note You must have Operations Orchestration Studio installed. Operations Orchestration Studio is supported on Windows platforms only and is not part of the embedded Operations Orchestration that is included with CSA. See the Operations Orchestration documentation, such as the Operations Orchestration System Requirements, for more information about Operations Orchestration Studio.

To obscure passwords in Operations Orchestration flows:

  1. Open Operations Orchestration Studio.
  2. Locate the flow to update.

  3. Right-click on the flow and select References > What uses this?.

    A list of flows that use the flow is displayed (that is, the flow to update is a subflow of the flows displayed in the list).

  4. Select a flow from the list of flows.
  5. Locate the subflow (the flow to update).
  6. Right-click on the subflow and select Properties.
  7. Located the property to obscure (such as a password), enable it, but do not assign a value to it.
  8. Save the flow.
  9. Repeat this procedure for every flow from the list of flows.

Configure OO Version 9.07

Only if you have upgraded from an earlier version of CSA that uses OO 9.07 for sequential designs, you can continue to use OO 9.07. For a new installation of CSA, OO 9.07 is not supported.

Complete the following tasks to configure Operations Orchestration to integrate with CSA:

Note In the following instructions,

CSA_HOME is the directory in which CSA is installed.

and OO_HOME is where you installed Operations Orchestration.

Be sure all the latest patches for Operations Orchestration have been installed. See the Cloud Service Automation System and Software Support Matrix for more information.

Guides are available on the HPE Software Support web site at: https://softwaresupport.hpe.com (this site requires a Passport ID). Select Dashboards > Manuals.

Add a JRE to the System Path

The CSA flows that are imported require that a JRE be included in the system path on the system running CSA.

To add a JRE to the system path on Windows, complete the following steps:

  1. Open the Environment Variables dialog:

    1. Right-click Computer and select Properties.
    2. Select Advanced System Settings.
    3. Click Environment Variables.

  2. Select the Path system variable.
  3. Click Edit.

  4. At the end of the value for Variable value, add a semicolon (;) and the following path:

    If Operations Orchestration and CSA are installed on the same system:

    OO_HOME/java/bin

    or

    If Operations Orchestration and CSA are installed on different systems:

    CSA_JRE_HOME/bin

  5. Click OK and close all windows.

 

To add a JRE to the system path on Linux, complete the following steps:

Open a shell and enter one of the following commands:

  • If Operations Orchestration and CSA are installed on the same system:

    export PATH=$PATH:$OO_HOME/java/bin

  • If Operations Orchestration and CSA are installed on different systems:

    export PATH=$PATH:$CSA_JRE_HOME/bin

Note By setting the system path, all applications (that require a JRE) use the JRE that is installed with Operations Orchestration or CSA (depending on the path you configured and if it is the only path or the first path set to a JRE in the system path). If you need to run another JRE with an application, you must type in the relative path to that JRE to run it (for example, when you configure TLS).

Install CSA Flows

The flows for CSA must be installed in the Operations Orchestration Flow Library.

To install CSA flows:

  1. If CSA and Operations Orchestration are running on different systems, copy the CSA_HOME\CSAKit-4.8OO Flow Content9XCSA-4_80-ContentInstaller.jar file from the CSA system to the Operations Orchestration system (where

    CSA_HOME is the directory in which CSA is installed.

    ).
  2. On the system running Operations Orchestration, open a command prompt (Windows) or shell (Linux) and change to the directory where the CSA-4_80-ContentInstaller.jar is located.

  3. Run the following command:

    Windows:


    "OO_HOME\jre1.6\bin\java" ‑jar CSA-4_80-ContentInstaller.jar ‑centralPassword <OOAdminPassword>

    Linux:


    OO_HOME/jre1.6/bin/java ‑jar CSA-4_80-ContentInstaller.jar ‑centralPassword <OOAdminPassword>

Set Remote Action Services

  1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Studio.
  2. Open the Configuration > Remote Action Services folder.
  3. Double-click RAS_Operator_Path.

  4. Set the URL to:

    https://<FQDN>:9004/RAS/services/RCAgentService

    where <FQDN> is the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the Operations Orchestration host. Do not use localhost in the URL. Using localhost does not work correctly even though it appears to work when you run Operations Orchestration Studio on the same machine as the RAS.

    RAS must be run on the same system as Operations Orchestration Studio. Running Operations Orchestration Studio on another machine produces errors and turns flows red with a cryptic error message about result assignments to result variables that do not exist.

Configure System Accounts Settings

  1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Studio.
  2. Open the Configuration > System Accounts folder.
  3. Double-click CSA_REST_CREDENTIALS.

  4. Verify the Credentials are set to the following values:

    • User Name: ooInboundUser
    • Password: cloud

    where CSA_REST_CREDENTIALS are the credentials for CSA REST authentication.

    Note The User Name configured for the CSA_REST_CREDENTIALS System Account setting must match the Property Value configured for the CSA_OO_USER System Property setting.

Configure System Properties Settings

  1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Studio.
  2. Open the Configuration > System Properties folder.
  3. Double-click CSA_REST_URI.

  4. Set the Property Value to:

    https://<csa_hostname>:8444/csa/rest

  5. Double-click CSA_OO_USER.

  6. Verify the Property Value is set to:

    ooInboundUser

    Note The Property Value configured for the CSA_OO_USER System Property setting must match the User Name configured for the CSA_REST_CREDENTIALS System Account setting.

The other settings can be optionally configured. For information about the settings, refer to the Cloud Service Automation Configuration Guide.

Configure General System Configuration Settings in Operations Orchestration Central

  1. Log in to Operations Orchestration Central.
  2. Open the Administration > System Configuration > General tab.
  3. Set the Save history base on flags property to true.

Configure a Secure Connection between CSA and Operations Orchestration

Export Operations Orchestration's certificate from Operations Orchestration's truststore. If Operations Orchestration and CSA are not installed on the same system, copy the certificate to the CSA system and import the certificate into CSA's truststore. TLS must be configured between CSA and Operations Orchestration.

Do the following:

  1. On the system running Operations Orchestration, open a command prompt and change to the directory where Operations Orchestration is installed.

  2. Run the following command:

    Windows:


    .\jre1.6\bin\keytool -export -alias pas -file C:\oo.cer
    -keystore .\Central\conf\rc_keystore -storepass bran507025

    Linux:


    ./jre1.6/bin/keytool -export -alias pas -file /tmp/oo.cer
    -keystore ./Central/conf/rc_keystore -storepass bran507025

    where C:\oo.cer on Windows and /tmp/oo.cer on Linux are examples of filenames and locations used to store the exported root certificate (you can choose a different filename and location).

  3. If Operations Orchestration is not running on the same system as CSA, copy oo.cer from the Operations Orchestration system to the system running CSA.
  4. On the system running CSA, open a command prompt.

  5. Run the following command:

    Windows:

    "CSA_JRE_HOME\bin\keytool" -importcert -alias pas -file C:\oo.cer -trustcacerts
    -keystore "<csa_jre>\lib\security\cacerts"

    Linux:

    CSA_JRE_HOME/bin/keytool -importcert -alias pas -file /tmp/oo.cer -trustcacerts
    -keystore $CSA_JRE_HOME/lib/security/cacerts

    where CSA_JRE_HOME is the directory in which the JRE that is used by CSA is installed..

  6. When prompted for the keystore password, enter changeit.

  7. Enter yes when prompted to trust the certificate.

Obscure Passwords in Operations Orchestration Flows (Optional)

Some Operations Orchestration flows included with CSA may show passwords in clear text when viewed in Operations Orchestration Central. You can obscure these passwords by modifying the flow in Operations Orchestration Studio.

Note You must have Operations Orchestration Studio installed. Operations Orchestration Studio is supported on Windows platforms only and is not part of the embedded Operations Orchestration that is included with CSA. See the Operations Orchestration documentation, such as the Operations Orchestration System Requirements, for more information about Operations Orchestration Studio.

To obscure passwords in Operations Orchestration flows:

  1. Open Operations Orchestration Studio.
  2. Locate the flow to update.

  3. Right-click on the flow and select References > What uses this?.

    A list of flows that use the flow is displayed (that is, the flow to update is a subflow of the flows displayed in the list).

  4. Select a flow from the list of flows.
  5. Locate the subflow (the flow to update).
  6. Right-click on the subflow and select Properties.
  7. Located the property to obscure (such as a password), enable it, but do not assign a value to it.
  8. Save the flow.
  9. Repeat this procedure for every flow from the list of flows.

Check RAS Timeout Settings (Optional)

Remote Access Server (RAS) operations are subject to a default timeout limit of 20 minutes on Operations Orchestration Central. You can change the time-out setting to support operations that are likely to take more than 20 minutes to complete.

If you expect to run large deployments, change the time-out setting according to Changing the timeout limit for RAS operations in the Operations Orchestration Software Administrator’s Guide. You may also refer to Operations Orchestration User's Guide sections Adding a RAS override and Best practices for runtime environment overrides. Both documents are available on the

Guides are available on the HPE Software Support web site at: https://softwaresupport.hpe.com (this site requires a Passport ID). Select Dashboards > Manuals.

.

Change Operations Orchestration REST API Timeout (Optional)

The calls CSA makes to the Operations Orchestration REST APIs are synchronous, and Operations Orchestration will time-out the connection after one hour by default. To extend this time-out, do the following:

  1. Open the following file in a text editor:

    OO_HOME\Central\conf\Central.properties

  2. Add the following lines:

    # the maximum flow timeout value in milliseconds, this is equivalent to 2 hrs
    dharma.headless2.continuation.timeout=7200000

  3. Open the following file in a text editor:

    OO_HOME\Central\WEB-INF\applicationContext.xml

  4. Add the following property to the dharma.RCDefaults section:

    <bean id="dharma.RCDefaults" class="com.iconclude.dharma.util.spring.RCDefaultsSpringFactory" lazy-init="false" singleton="true">

    ................

    <prop key="dharma.headless2.continuation.timeout">${dharma.headless2.continuation.timeout}</prop>

  5. Restart the HPE Operations Orchestration Central service.

  • Configure parameters — Configure the input parameters whose values are passed to the flow or internal action prior to invoking the action.

    Click Auto-Configure to automatically map any parameter that is not mapped to a corresponding property. If a matching property does not exist, it is created.

    Click the gear icon next to a parameter and select Delete Mapping to delete a property mapping.

    Click the gear icon next to a parameter and select Auto-Select Property for Mapping to automatically create a property mapping. If no matching property is found, it is created.

    Click the gear icon next to the parameter you want to configure and select Edit Mapping. From the Edit Parameter Mapping dialog, edit the name, display name, description, and mapping type of the parameter.

    Select one of the following mapping types:

     

    When either Prompt User or Prompt User List are selected, you can optionally select an Input Validation script. This script will be run to validate the user supplied value for this user operation parameter in the Marketplace Portal.

    You can manage the available set of Input Validation scripts, and configure parameters to the selected script, using the Manage Scripts and Configure Parameters links:

    • Manage Scripts: To add, download, edit, or delete scripts, click Manage Scripts. For more information on Manage Scripts, see Manage Scripts.
    • Configure Parameters: To configure the parameters that should be supplied when running the selected script, click Configure Parameters. For more information on Configure Parameters, see Configure Parameters for Input Validation.

    When Prompt User List is selected, you can configure a Static Entry list or click Switch to Dynamic Entry to select a script. When a script is selected, it will determine the values that should be presented to a user for this user operation parameter in the Marketplace Portal.

    You can manage the available set of Dynamic Entry scripts, and configure parameters to the selected script, using the Manage Scripts and Configure Parameters links:

    • Manage Scripts: To add, download, edit, or delete scripts, click Manage Scripts. For more information on Manage Scripts, see Manage Scripts.
    • Configure Parameters: To configure the parameters that should be supplied when running the selected script, click Configure Parameters. For more information on Configure Parameters, see Configure Parameters for Dynamic Entry List.

    Provider Property — Select a provider property from the list. Any property defined by providers that are applicable for this resource offering are listed. A token value is displayed for t The default options selected are - Provider Type and All Resource Offerings. So, the system displays all Resource Offerings sorted by Provider Type by default.

    Operations Orchestration Root Content Configuration

    The Operations Orchestration content folders and actions that should be displayed in CSA are configurable. Follow the below steps to configure:

    1. Open the csa.properties file present in the below path in text editor:

      C:\Program Files\HPE\CSA\jboss-as\standalone\deployments\csa.war\WEB-INF\classes

    2. Define the properties in the csa.properties file for the content folders you want to display.

      For example,

      # Action Selection Wizard content roots
      csa.oo.content.root.lifecycle.action=/Library/CSA Content Pack,/Library/CSA Content
      csa.oo.content.root.external.approval=/Library/CSA Content Pack,/Library/CSA Content
      csa.oo.content.root.resource.pool.sync=/Library/CSA Content Pack,/Library/CSA Content
    Points to Note:
    • While configuring the folder paths, multiple folders can be added by separating the folders using a comma (,) as shown in the example above.
    • You need not restart CSA after changing these properties as these properties are runtime re-loadable.

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