Now that we have installed and configured the vCAC 6.0 Identity Appliance and the vCAC 6.0 Virtual Appliance we now need to install the vCAC 6.0 IaaS Server. The IaaS server is all the former vCAC 5.x and earlier components. The vCAC 6.0 IaaS Server includes the following components:
- IaaS Reopsitory
- IaaS Server Service
- IaaS DEM’s – Orchestrator and Worker
- IaaS Proxy Agents
If you are familiar with vCAC 5.2 and earlier you will notice the architecture for the IaaS server is the same. There are some important changes to functionality that this component provides however. The IaaS server no longer handles the following:
- vCAC Admin Portal – Now in the vCAC 6.0 VA
- vCAC Self Service Portal – Now in the vCAC 6.0 VA
- Cost Profiles – Now in the vCAC 6.0 VA
- Approvals – Now in the vCAC 6.0 VA
- Authentication – Now in the vCAC 6.0 VA
From an integration perspective the vCAC IaaS server still supports state transition workflows and the same Windows Workflow Foundation workflow system as well as the custom machine menu operation workflows. You however won’t be using the custom machine menu operation workflows much with the new day two operations that leverage vCO. No longer are you limited to 4 custom actions and they are completely vCO driven.
Installing the vCAC 6.0 IaaS Server
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