Installation manual

Chapter 7. Configuring Host On-Demand overview

After installing Host On-Demand, you’ll need to configure Host On-Demand

sessions for your users. To do this, you can use the Deployment Wizard to create

HTML files or use the default configuration files shipped with Host On-Demand.

The Host On-Demand Deployment Wizard guides you through the necessary steps

to create an HTML page that can be used to launch Host On-Demand host

sessions. Using the Deployment Wizard, you can choose from three different

configuration models to specify how session configuration information and users

preferences (e.g., changes users make to session size and location, colors, etc.) are

defined and managed:

v HTML-based model

v Configuration server-based model

v Combined model

If you choose the HTML-based model, all session information is contained in the

HTML file itself, and nothing more is needed to define host sessions. After the

HTML file is downloaded by clients initially, the session configuration information

and user preferences are stored locally on the user’s machine.

If you are using the configuration server-based model or the combined model, you

must define the sessions in the configuration server. (It may be useful to configure

the sessions on the configuration server before creating the HTML file with the

Deployment wizard). The configuration server is a part of Host On-Demand that

centrally stores session configuration information and user preferences by user and

group IDs. Users then access session information and user preferences by

contacting the configuration server. The configuration server is managed through

the Administration Utility.

In addition to defining how sessions and user preferences are defined and

managed, with the Deployment Wizard, you can configure a number of client-side

options, such as:

v Whether the Host On-Demand files should be cached for quicker startup

v What components should be included in the initial download (thus determining

the size of the initial download)

v What session functions are available to users

v Whether to automatically log users on to Host On-Demand

v Run-time options, such as session size and placement, colors, toolbar

customization, and macros

v Display options

v Locale options (for example, what language to display in)

Host On-Demand includes a number of pre-defined HTML files that can be used

by users to access sessions. They all use the configuration server-based model, and

therefore all require you to define sessions on the configuration server.

Read the Basic Configuration Steps for more detailed information on using the

Deployment Wizard and configuring the Host On-Demand configuration server.