Enabling the machine that hosts the RPA service to register with Pega Robot Manager
Configure a Windows environment that hosts a robot to access Pega Robot Manager by using the registration operator credentials.
When you configure the RPA service with the registration operator credentials, Robot Manager can open and close Windows session for the robot machine as needed.
- In a Windows machine that hosts the RPA service, open the
Program Files(x86)/Pegasystems/Pega RPA Service
folder. - Double-click the
CredMgrUI.exe
file to launch the Credential Manager utility, as shown in the following example:Accessing the Credential Manager utility on a robot virtual machine - In the Credential Manager utility, provide the registration operator
credentials:
- In the Credentials Details section, expand the Credential list and select Registration operator.
- In the Username field, enter the Pega Platform ID of the registration operator for this robot to use to register with Robot Manager.
- In the Password field, enter the current
Pega Platform registration operator
password.
Note: Update this field every time you change the registration operator password in Pega Platform (for example, when the password expires). - Click Add.
- Provide the Windows machine credentials:
- In the Credentials Details section, expand the Credential list and select Windows user.
- In the Username field, enter the virtual machine name.
- In the Password field, enter the current
password to the virtual machine.
Note: Update this field every time you change the virtual machine password, for example, because of your security policy best practices. - Click Add.
Note: When the RPA Service registers with Robot Manager, the service creates an operator in Robot Manager and starts to send heartbeat messages in regular intervals. When a machine needs a command (for example, to stop or start), Robot Manager writes that command in a table. The RPA service retrieves that command during the next call to the heartbeat service.
For more information, see the following figure:Configuration of Robot Runtime access to Robot Manager - Launch the Services application.
For example: You can use the Windows search bar to find and launch the Services application, as shown in the following figure: Launching the Services application - From the list of services, select Pega RPA Service.
- Perform one of the following actions:
- If the service is stopped, click Start.
- If the service is running, click Restart.
For reference, see the following figure:Pega RPA Service in the Services application
CommonConfig.xml
file, for
example, robotName="{MachineName}"
, as shown in the following
figure:
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