Installation and Setup Guide

Configuration instructions are provided in Prepare Desktops, Pools, and
Farms for HTML Access.
Connection Server Connection Server with the HTML Access option must be installed on the
server.
When you install the HTML Access component, the VMware Horizon View
Connection Server (Blast-In) rule is enabled in the Windows Firewall, so
that the firewall is automatically configured to allow inbound traffic to TCP
port 8443.
Security Server The same version as Connection Server must be installed on the security
server.
If client systems connect from outside the corporate firewall, use a security
server. With a security server, client systems do not require a VPN
connection.
Note A single security server can support up to 800 simultaneous
connections to Web clients.
Third-party firewalls Add rules to allow the following traffic:
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Servers (including security servers, Connection Server instances, and
replica servers): inbound traffic to TCP port 8443.
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Remote desktop virtual machines: inbound traffic (from servers) to TCP
port 22443.
Display protocol for
Horizon
VMware Blast
When you use a Web browser to access a remote desktop, the VMware
Blast protocol is used rather than PCoIP or Microsoft RDP. VMware Blast
uses HTTPS (HTTP over SSL/TLS).
Preparing Connection Server and Security Servers for
HTML Access
Administrators must perform specific tasks so that end users can connect to remote desktops using a
Web browser.
Before end users can connect to Connection Server or a security server and access a remote desktop,
you must install Connection Server with the HTML Access component and install security servers.
Following is a check list of the tasks you must perform in order to use HTML Access:
1 Install Connection Server with the HTML Access option on the server or servers that will compose a
Connection Server replicated group.
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