Auto-deploy web page not loading and/or erroring with "Managing rules is temporarily unavailable. An error occurred while connecting to the Auto Deploy service."
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Article ID: 381508
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Products
VMware vCenter Server
Issue/Introduction
Create a new image profile for auto deploy and select vCenter, the software depots tab spins and errors out. The other tabs say "Managing rules is temporarily unavailable. An error occurred while connecting to the Auto Deploy service."
rbd-syslog.log 2024-10-29T11:14:20.935922-05:00 err rbd [1381229]director:ERROR:Failed to check the VCHA value Traceback (most recent call last): File "bora/install/vmvisor/autodeploy/site-packages/vmware/rbd/waiter/cgi/director.py", line 272, in _isVCHAConfigured File "bora/install/vmvisor/autodeploy/site-packages/vmware/rbd/waiter/vc_servers.py", line 148, in serviceInstance File "bora/install/vmvisor/autodeploy/site-packages/vmware/rbd/waiter/vc_servers.py", line 77, in connect Exception: No default VC configured
Environment
vCenter 8.x
Cause
vCenter is no longer registered with auto-deploy service.
Resolution
Register vCenter using following command: /usr/bin/waiter-cfg addvc [options] <ip/hostname> <username> <password>