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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
4 Import the certificate.
Option Description
Root certificate
a Right-click Trusted Root Certification Authorities and select Import.
b Follow the prompts in the wizard to import the root certificate (for
example, rootCA.cer) and click OK.
Intermediate certificate
a Right-click Intermediate Certification Authorities and select Import.
b Follow the prompts in the wizard to import the intermediate certificate
(for example, intermediateCA.cer) and click OK.
5 Close the Group Policy window.
All systems in the domain now have certificate information in their trusted root certificate stores and
intermediate certificate stores that allows them to trust the root and intermediate certificates.
Configure View Client for Mac OS X to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
If a View server certificate is signed by a CA that is not trusted by computers that run View Client for Mac
OS X, you can configure these computers to trust the root and intermediate certificates. You must distribute
the root certificate and all intermediate certificates in the trust chain to the client computers.
Procedure
1 Deliver the root certificate and intermediate certificates to the computer that is running View Client for
Mac OS X.
2 Open the root certificate on the Mac OS X computer.
The certificate displays the following message: Do you want your computer to trust certificates
signed by CA name from now on?
3 Click Always Trust
4 Type the user password.
5 Repeat steps 2 through 4 for all intermediate certificates in the trust chain.
Configure View Client for iPad to Trust Root and Intermediate Certificates
If a View server certificate is signed by a CA that is not trusted by iPads that run View Client for iPad, you
can configure the iPads to trust the root and intermediate certificates. You must distribute the root certificate
and all intermediate certificates in the trust chain to the iPads.
Procedure
1 Send the root certificate and intermediate certificates as email attachments to the iPad.
2 Open the email attachment for the root certificate and select Install.
The certificate displays the following message:
Unverifiable Profile. The authenticity of Certificate name cannot be verified. Installing
this profile will change settings on your iPad.
Root Certificate. Installing the certificate Certificate name will add it to the list of
trusted certificates on your iPad.
3 Select Install again.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all intermediate certificates in the trust chain.
Chapter 7 Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers
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