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Table Of Contents
- VMware Horizon View Installation
- Contents
- VMware Horizon View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Guest Operating Systems
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for View Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for View Users
- Creating a User Account for vCenter Server
- Create a User Account for View Composer
- Configure the Restricted Groups Policy
- Using View Group Policy Administrative Template Files
- Prepare Active Directory for Smart Card Authentication
- Installing 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 Products Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Installing View Transfer Server
- 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 View Clients to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Revocation Checking on Server Certificates
- Configuring Certificate Checking in View Client for Windows
- Configure the PCoIP Secure Gateway to Use a New SSL Certificate
- View Transfer Server and SSL Certificates
- Setting View Administrator to Trust a vCenter Server or View Composer Certificate
- Benefits of Using SSL Certificates Signed by a CA
- Configuring View for the First Time
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Where to Use the vCenter Server User and Domain User for View Composer
- Configure a vCenter Server User for View Manager, View Composer, and Local Mode
- View Manager Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- View Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Local Mode Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- View Administrator and View Connection Server
- Log In to View Administrator
- Install the View Connection Server License Key
- Add vCenter Server Instances to View Manager
- 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 View Desktop Logon Storms
- Accept the Thumbprint of a Default SSL Certificate
- Configuring View Client Connections
- 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 Port for View Composer
- Replace the Default Ports for View Transfer Server
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Adding the View Desktops Plug-in to the vSphere Web Client
- Configuring Event Reporting
- Index
For more information about certificates, consult the Microsoft online help available with the Certificate
snap-in to MMC.
NOTE If you off-load SSL connections to an intermediate server, you must import the same SSL server
certificate onto both the intermediate server and the off-loaded View server. For details, see "Off-load SSL
Connections to Intermediate Servers" in the VMware Horizon View Administration document.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Certificate snap-in was added to MMC. See “Add the Certificate Snap-In to MMC,” on
page 76.
Procedure
1 In the MMC window on the Windows Server host, expand the Certificates (Local Computer) node and
select the Personal folder.
2 In the Actions pane, go to More Actions > All Tasks > Import.
3 In the Certificate Import wizard, click Next and browse to the location where the certificate is stored.
4 Select the certificate file and click Open.
To display your certificate file type, you can select its file format from the File name drop-down menu.
5 Type the password for the private key that is included in the certificate file.
6 Select Mark this key as exportable.
7 Select Include all extendable properties.
8 Click Next and click Finish.
The new certificate appears in the Certificates (Local Computer) > Personal > Certificates folder.
9 Verify that the new certificate contains a private key.
a In the Certificates (Local Computer) > Personal > Certificates folder, double-click the new
certificate.
b In the General tab of the Certificate Information dialog box, verify that the following statement
appears: You have a private key that corresponds to this certificate.
What to do next
Modify the certificate Friendly name to vdm.
Modify the Certificate Friendly Name
To configure a View Connection Server instance or security server to recognize and use an SSL certificate,
you must modify the certificate Friendly name to vdm.
You do not have to modify the Friendly name of SSL certificates that are used by View Composer.
Prerequisites
Verify that the server certificate is imported into the Certificates (Local Computer) > Personal > Certificates
folder in the Windows Certificate Store. See “Import a Signed Server Certificate into a Windows Certificate
Store,” on page 76.
Procedure
1 In the MMC window on the Windows Server host, expand the Certificates (Local Computer) node and
select the Personal > Certificates folder.
2 Right-click the certificate that is issued to the View server host and click Properties.
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