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Table Of Contents
- View Installation
- Contents
- 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 Remote Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for 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 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
- View Administrator and View 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
- 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
- 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
What to do next
Install the new View Composer service. See “Install the View Composer Service,” on page 33.
Configuring an SSL Certificate for View Composer
By default, a self-signed certificate is installed with View Composer. You can use the default certificate for
testing purposes, but for production use you should replace it with a certificate that is signed by a Certificate
Authority (CA).
You can configure a certificate before or after you install View Composer. In View 5.1 and later releases, you
configure a certificate by importing it into the Windows local computer certificate store on the Windows
Server computer where View Composer is, or will be, installed.
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If you import a CA-signed certificate before you install View Composer, you can select the signed
certificate during the View Composer installation. This approach eliminates the manual task of
replacing the default certificate after the installation.
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If you intend to replace an existing certificate or the default, self-signed certificate with a new certificate
after you install View Composer, you must import the new certificate and run the SviConfig
ReplaceCertificate utility to bind your new certificate to the port used by View Composer.
For details about configuring SSL certificates and using the SviConfig ReplaceCertificate utility, see
Chapter 6, “Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers,” on page 63.
If you install vCenter Server and View Composer on the same Windows Server computer, they can use the
same SSL certificate, but you must configure the certificate separately for each component.
Install the View Composer Service
To use View Composer, you must install the View Composer service. View uses View Composer to create
and deploy linked-clone desktops in vCenter Server.
You can install the View Composer service on the Windows Server computer on which vCenter Server is
installed or on a separate Windows Server computer. A standalone View Composer installation works with
vCenter Server installed on a Windows Server computer and with the Linux-based vCenter Server
Appliance.
The View Composer software cannot coexist on the same virtual or physical machine with any other View
software component, including a replica server, security server, View Connection Server, View Agent, or
Horizon Client.
Prerequisites
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Verify that your installation satisfies the View Composer requirements described in “View Composer
Requirements,” on page 9.
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Verify that you have a license to install and use View Composer.
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Verify that you have the DSN, domain administrator user name, and password that you provided in
the ODBC Data Source Administrator wizard. You enter this information when you install the View
Composer service.
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If you plan to configure an SSL certificate signed by a CA for View Composer during the installation,
verify that your certificate is imported in the Windows local computer certificate store. See Chapter 6,
“Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers,” on page 63.
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Verify that no applications that run on the View Composer computer use Windows SSL libraries that
require SSL version 2 (SSLv2) provided through the Microsoft Secure Channel (Schannel) security
package. The View Composer installer disables SSLv2 on the Microsoft Schannel. Applications such as
Tomcat, which uses Java SSL, or Apache, which uses OpenSSL, are not affected by this constraint.
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