Accessing the XClarity Orchestrator web interface for the first time
You can launch the Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator web interface from any system that has network connectivity to the XClarity Orchestrator virtual machine.
Before you begin
- Chrome 80.0 or later
- Firefox ESR 68.6.0 or later
- Microsoft Edge 40.0 or late
- Safari 13.0.4 or later (running on macOS 10.13 or later)
Access to the web interface is through a secure connection. Ensure that you use https.
XClarity Orchestrator uses a single subnet, typically eth0.
If you are configuring XClarity Orchestrator remotely, you must have connectivity to the same layer 2 network. It must be accessed from a non-routed address until the initial setup is complete. Therefore, consider accessing XClarity Orchestrator from another VM that has connectivity to XClarity Orchestrator. For example, you can access XClarity Orchestrator from another VM on the host where XClarity Orchestrator is installed.
Procedure
To access the XClarity Orchestrator web interface for the first time, complete the following steps.- Point your browser to the IP address of the XClarity Orchestrator virtual appliance.
- Using static an IPv4 address
If you specified an IPv4 address during installation, use that IPv4 address to access the web interface using the following URL.
https://{IPv4_address}/#/login.html
For example:https://192.0.2.10/#/login.html
- Using a DHCP server in the same broadcast domain as XClarity Orchestrator
If a DHCP server is set up in the same broadcast domain as XClarity Orchestrator, use the IPv4 address that is displayed in the XClarity Orchestrator virtual-appliance console to access the web interface using the following URL.
https://{IPv4_address}/#/login.html
For example:https://192.0.2.10/#/login.html
The initial login page is displayed.From the login page, you can perform the following actions:- Submit ideas for XClarity Orchestrator on the Lenovo XClarity Ideation website or by clicking Submit idea.
- Ask questions and find answers on the Lenovo XClarity Community forum website by clicking Users Forum.
- Find information about how to use XClarity Orchestrator by clicking Users Guide.
- Find and manage all of your Lenovo licenses from the Features on Demand web portal by clicking License Entitlement.
- Find information about the available APIs by clicking Toolkits.
- Using static an IPv4 address
- Select the desired language from the language drop-down list.NoteSome configuration settings and data that are provided by the resource managers and managed devices might be available only in English.
- Enter the default credentials USERID and PASSW0RD (where 0 is zero), and click Log In.The first time that a specific user account is used to log in to XClarity Orchestrator, you are required to change the password. By default, passwords must contain 8 – 256 characters and must meet the following criteria.ImportantIt is recommended that you use strong passwords of 16 or more characters.
- Must contain at least one alphabetic character, and must not have more than two sequential characters, including sequences of alphabetic characters, digits, and QWERTY keyboard keys (for example, “abc”, “123”, and “asd” are not allowed)
- Must contain at least one number
- Must contain at least two of the following characters.
- Uppercase alphabetic characters (A – Z)
- Lowercase alphabetic characters (a – z)
- Special characters ; @ _ ! ' $ & +
White space characters are not allowed.
- Must not repeat or reverse the use name.
- Must not contain more than two of the same characters consecutively (for example, “aaa”, “111”, and “...” are not allowed).
After you finish
Continue initial setup by going to Creating a local user.