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
Configuring SSL Certificates for View
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VMware strongly recommends that you congure SSL certicates for authentication of View Connection
Server instances, security servers, and View Composer service instances.
A default SSL server certicate is generated when you install View Connection Server instances, security
servers, or View Composer instances. You can use the default certicate for testing purposes.
I Replace the default certicate as soon as possible. The default certicate is not signed by a
Certicate Authority (CA). Use of certicates that are not signed by a CA can allow untrusted parties to
intercept trac by masquerading as your server.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Understanding SSL Certicates for View Servers,” on page 79
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“Overview of Tasks for Seing Up SSL Certicates,” on page 81
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“Obtaining a Signed SSL Certicate from a CA,” on page 82
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“Congure View Connection Server, Security Server, or View Composer to Use a New SSL
Certicate,” on page 83
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“Congure Client Endpoints to Trust Root and Intermediate Certicates,” on page 88
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“Conguring Certicate Revocation Checking on Server Certicates,” on page 90
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“Congure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certicate,” on page 91
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“Seing View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certicate,” on page 95
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“Benets of Using SSL Certicates Signed by a CA,” on page 95
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“Troubleshooting Certicate Issues on View Connection Server and Security Server,” on page 96
Understanding SSL Certificates for View Servers
You must follow certain guidelines for conguring SSL certicates for View servers and related components.
View Connection Server and Security Server
SSL is required for client connections to a server. Client-facing View Connection Server instances, security
servers, and intermediate servers that terminate SSL connections require SSL server certicates.
By default, when you install View Connection Server or security server, the installation generates a self-
signed certicate for the server. However, the installation uses an existing certicate in the following cases:
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If a valid certicate with a Friendly name of vdm already exists in the Windows Certicate Store
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