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

Ensure that you are using one of the following supported web browsers. For more information, see Supported hardware and software – XClarity Orchestrator.

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)

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.
Select the desired language from the language drop-down list.
Note
Some 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.
Important
It is recommended that you use strong passwords of 16 or more characters.
- (1) 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)
- (2) Must contain at least one number
- (3) 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.
- (4) Must not repeat or reverse the user name
- (5) Must not contain more than two of the same characters consecutively (for example, “aaa”, “111”, and “...” are not allowed)

After you finish

Important

You might receive security or certificate warnings the first time that you access XClarity Orchestrator. You can ignore the warnings.

Continue initial setup by going to Creating a local user.

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