Installation
Table Of Contents
- View Installation
- Contents
- View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
- Installing View in an IPv6 Environment
- Setting Up View in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported vSphere, Database, and Active Directory Versions in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Operating Systems for View Servers in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Windows Operating Systems for Desktops and RDS Hosts in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Clients in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Remoting Protocols in an IPv6 Environment
- Supported Authentication Types in an IPv6 Environment
- Other Supported Features in an IPv6 Environment
- Installing View in FIPS Mode
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for Remote Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for Users
- Creating a User Account for vCenter Server
- Creating a User Account for a Standalone View Composer Server
- Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations
- Create a User Account for Instant-Clone Operations
- Configure the Restricted Groups Policy
- Using Horizon 7 Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Disable Weak Ciphers in SSL/TLS
- Installing View Composer
- Prepare a View Composer Database
- Configuring an SSL Certificate for View Composer
- Install the View Composer Service
- Enable TLSv1.0 on vCenter and ESXi Connections from View Composer
- Configuring Your Infrastructure for View Composer
- Installing View Connection Server
- Installing the View Connection Server Software
- Installation Prerequisites for View Connection Server
- Install View Connection Server with a New Configuration
- Install a Replicated Instance of View Connection Server
- Configure a Security Server Pairing Password
- Install a Security Server
- Firewall Rules for View Connection Server
- Reinstall View Connection Server with a Backup Configuration
- Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
- Uninstalling View Components Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Understanding SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Overview of Tasks for Setting Up SSL Certificates
- Obtaining a Signed SSL Certificate from a CA
- Configure View Connection Server, Security Server, or View Composer to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Configure Client Endpoints to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate
- Setting View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate
- Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA
- Troubleshooting Certificate Issues on View Connection Server and Security Server
- Configuring View for the First Time
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- Horizon Administrator and Horizon Connection Server
- Log In to View Administrator
- Install the Product License Key
- Add vCenter Server Instances to View
- Configure View Composer Settings
- Configure View Composer Domains
- Allow vSphere to Reclaim Disk Space in Linked-Clone Virtual Machines
- Configure View Storage Accelerator for vCenter Server
- Concurrent Operations Limits for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Setting a Concurrent Power Operations Rate to Support Remote Desktop Logon Storms
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- Configuring Horizon Client Connections
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway and Secure Tunnel Connections
- Configure the Blast Secure Gateway
- Configuring External URLs for Secure Gateway and Tunnel Connections
- Set the External URLs for a View Connection Server Instance
- Modify the External URLs for a Security Server
- Give Preference to DNS Names When View Connection Server Returns Address Information
- Allow HTML Access Through a Load Balancer
- Allow HTML Access Through a Gateway
- Replacing Default Ports for View Services
- Replace the Default HTTP Ports or NICs for View Connection Server Instances and Security Servers
- Replace the Default Ports or NICs for the PCoIP Secure Gateway on View Connection Server Instances and on Security Servers
- Replace the Default Control Port for PCoIP Secure Gateway on Connection Server Instances and on Security Servers
- Replace the Default Port for View Composer
- Change the Port Number for HTTP Redirection to Connection Server
- Prevent HTTP Redirection for Client Connections to Connection Server
- Enable Remote Access to View Performance Counters on Connection Servers
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Configuring Event Reporting
- Index
5 Type the DSN for the View Composer database that you provided in the Microsoft or Oracle ODBC
Data Source Administrator wizard.
For example: VMware View Composer
N If you did not congure a DSN for the View Composer database, click ODBC DSN Setup to
congure a name now.
6 Type the domain administrator user name and password that you provided in the ODBC Data Source
Administrator wizard.
If you congured an Oracle database user with specic security permissions, specify this user name.
7 Type a port number or accept the default value.
View Connection Server uses this port to communicate with the View Composer service.
8 Provide an SSL certicate.
Option Action
Create default SSL certificate
Select this radio buon to create a default SSL certicate for the View
Composer service.
After the installation, you can replace the default certicate with an SSL
certicate signed by a CA.
Use an existing SSL certificate
Select this radio buon if you installed a signed SSL certicate that you
want to use for the View Composer service. Select an SSL certicate from
the list.
9 Click Install and Finish to complete the View Composer service installation.
The VMware Horizon View Composer service starts.
View Composer uses the cryptographic cipher suites that are provided by the Windows Server operating
system. You should follow your organization's guidelines for managing cipher suites on Windows Server
systems. If your organization does not provide guidelines, VMware recommends that you disable weak
cryptographic cipher suites on the View Composer server to enhance the security of your View
environment. For information about managing cryptographic cipher suites, see your Microsoft
documentation.
What to do next
If you have an older version of vCenter Server, see “Enable TLSv1.0 on vCenter and ESXi Connections from
View Composer,” on page 46.
If you manually set SQL Server database permissions and assigned them to a user, you can revoke the
database administrator role from that user. For details, see the last step in the procedure in “(Optional) Set
SQL Server Database Permissions By Manually Creating Database Roles,” on page 39.
Enable TLSv1.0 on vCenter and ESXi Connections from View
Composer
Horizon 7 and later components have the TLSv1.0 security protocol disabled by default. If your deployment
includes an older version of vCenter Server that supports only TLSv1.0, you might need to enable TLSv1.0
for View Composer connections after installing or upgrading to View Composer 7.0 or a later release.
Some earlier maintenance releases of vCenter Server 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5 support only TLSv1.0, which is no
longer enabled by default in Horizon 7 and later releases. If it is not possible to upgrade vCenter Server to a
version that supports TLSv1.1 or TLSv1.2, you can enable TLSv1.0 for View Composer connections.
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