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Table Of Contents
- Using HTML Access
- Contents
- Using HTML Access
- Setup and Installation
- System Requirements for HTML Access
- Preparing View Connection Server and Security Servers for HTML Access
- Prepare Desktops, Pools, and Farms for HTML Access
- Configure HTML Access Agents to Use New SSL Certificates
- Configure HTML Access Agents to Use Specific Cipher Suites
- Configuring iOS to Use CA-Signed Certificates
- Upgrading the HTML Access Software
- Uninstall HTML Access from View Connection Server
- Data Collected by VMware
- Configuring HTML Access for End Users
- Using a Remote Desktop or Application
- Index
4 Restart the VMware Blast service to make your changes take effect.
In the Windows guest operating system, the service for the HTML Access Agent is called VMware
Blast.
To revert to using the default cipher list, delete the SslCiphers value and restart the VMware Blast service.
Do not simply delete the data part of the value because the HTML Access Agent will then treat all ciphers as
unacceptable, in accordance with the OpenSSL cipher list format definition.
When the HTML Access Agent starts, it writes the cipher definition in the VMware Blast service's log file.
You can discover the current default cipher list by inspecting the logs when the VMware Blast service starts
with no SslCiphers value configured in the Windows Registry.
The HTML Access Agent's default cipher definition might change from one release to the next to provide
improved security.
Configuring iOS to Use CA-Signed Certificates
To use HTML Access on iOS devices, you need to install SSL certificates that are signed by a Certificate
Authority (CA) instead of the default SSL certificates that are generated by the View Connection Server or
the HTML Access Agent.
For instructions, see "Configure Horizon Client for iOS to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates" in the
View Installation document.
Upgrading the HTML Access Software
For most versions of HTML Access, upgrading involves simply upgrading Connection Servers and View
Agent. For HTML Access 3.4, you must also install HTML Access separately on the Connection Servers..
When you upgrade HTML Access, make sure that the corresponding version of View Connection Server is
installed on all the instances in a replicated group.
Table 1‑3. Installer Requirements for HTML Access Versions
HTML Access Version
View Connection Server
Version Install Requirements
4.0 7.0 No separate HTML Access installer
3.5 6.2 No separate HTML Access installer
3.4 6.1.1 Separate installer
2.6 6.1, 6.1.1 No separate HTML Access installer
For HTML Access that do not have a separate installer, when you upgrade Connection Server,
HTML Access is automatically installed or upgraded. You do not need to install HTML Access separately.
NOTE To check whether the HTML Access component is installed, you can open the Uninstall a Program
applet in the Windows operating system and look for HTML Access in the list.
Upgrading to HTML Access 3.4
Upgrading to HTML Access 3.4 requires that you install HTML Access on the Connection Servers
separately. Following is a check list of the tasks you must perform:
1 Upgrade to View Connection Server 6.1.1 with the HTML Access option on the server or servers that
compose a View Connection Server replicated group.
By default, the HTML Access component is already selected in the installer.
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