Start the Universal Orchestrator Service
The Keyfactor Universal Orchestrator
The Keyfactor Universal Orchestrator, one of Keyfactor's suite of orchestrators, is used to interact with Windows servers (a.k.a. IIS certificate stores) and FTP capable devices for certificate management, run SSL discovery and management tasks, and manage synchronization of certificate authorities in remote forests. With the addition of custom extensions, it can run custom jobs to provide certificate management capabilities on a variety of platforms and devices (e.g. F5 devices, NetScaler devices, Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources) and execute tasks outside the standard list of certificate management functions. It runs on either Windows or Linux. service runs on the orchestrator Keyfactor orchestrators perform a variety of functions, including managing certificate stores and SSH key stores. server and controls orchestrator communications with the Keyfactor Command server. During the configuration process you set the service account under which the orchestrator service will run. The service should start automatically at the conclusion of the installation. To check to see if it’s running and start it if necessary, follow the directions below for your installation type.
Windows Installations
The service on Windows is added with a display name of Keyfactor Orchestrator Service (Default) by default.
- On the Universal Orchestrator server, open the Services MMC.
- In the Services MMC confirm that the Keyfactor Orchestrator Service is set to a Startup Type of Automatic (if desired). If the service is not running, click the green arrow to start it.
Figure 536: Universal Orchestrator Service
A parameter or argument is a value that is passed into a function in an application..Linux Installations
The service on Linux is added as keyfactor-orchestrator-default by default, so when referencing it in startup commands, it should be referenced by this name, including case. For example:
