Question
Pegasystems Inc.
JP
Last activity: 2 Nov 2018 2:26 EDT
What is the password for Operators created for VMs after registration?
When we register VMs to BPM, we provide the Robotic Administrator credentials for the Runtime on VM-side. I understand that these credentials are for the VM to interact with BPM and register itself as a Robotic Operator.
I am not clear about which credentials does the VM use thereafter? Specifically, while creating the Robotic Operator, do we simply clone Robotic Administrator user, and hence the password for robotic operator is same as Robotic Administrator user?
I have checked the following, but could not find the answer to this question:
<Removed>The article says that, "This will create an robotic operator record for this VM with ID "VMName". Going further, the VM can call the rest of the REST apis using its own credentials (VMName/ robot password) in the Authorization header." but what value does it have as its password, as we are nowhere supplying it?
***Moderator Edit-Vidyaranjan: Removed internal link***
Accepted Solution
Pegasystems Inc.
US
The robot administrator is the main operator that registers and directs VMs to the correct 'bot operator' in the Pega Platform. Each VM only needs to have credentials for the robot administrator. You'll notice that the actual operator name is set in the CommonConfig, which by default, is {machinename}. So this info is passed along by Pega Robotic Runtime and used by the robot admin to register it to the operator.
So the credentials for these bots are never needed - only the robot admin is required and it is saved in an encrypted file after you enter the credentials once.
I'm not sure if this answered your question... so let me know if that answered it.