Post-installation setup for watsonx Orchestrate

Complete post-installation tasks to finish setting up watsonx Orchestrate.

An administrator can perform the following tasks:

Applying hot fix for watsonx Orchestrate
To fix certain issues, you must install the appropriate hot fix on your watsonx Orchestrate installation.
Applying the patch for Milvus
You must apply this patch after you finish the watsonx Orchestrate installation for Version 5.2.0, or after you upgrade to Version 5.2.0 from previous versions. This patch is required to support catalog search and semantic search in your agent UI.
Creating a service instance for watsonx Orchestrate
After you install watsonx Orchestrate, you must create the watsonx Orchestrate service instance in the operands project. You can choose the method that you want to use to create the service instance.
Registering external models through AI gateway
Registering external models in watsonx Orchestrate enables the integration of custom models into orchestration pipelines, allowing the domain-specific inference and decision logic.
Enabling a generative AI secret
Configuring a generative AI secret is important for securely integrating and using large language models (LLMs) within your generative AI skills. This configuration involves setting up authentication credentials that are called as secrets. These secrets allow your Skill Studio to access and interact with the LLMs that are assisted by IBM watsonx.ai™.
Enabling the SMTP configuration
The workflow feature of watsonx Orchestrate uses the SMTP configuration to send emails to the users when they are assigned a task.

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