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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
2 From the Action menu, go to All Tasks > Request New Certificate to display the Certificate Enrollment
wizard.
3 Select a Certificate Enrollment Policy.
4 Select the types of certificates that you want to request, select the Make private key exportable option,
and click Enroll.
5 Click Finish.
The new signed certificate is added to the Personal > Certificates folder in the Windows Certificate Store.
What to do next
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Verify that the server certificate and certificate chain were imported into the Windows Certificate Store.
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For a View Connection Server instance or security server, modify the certificate friendly name to vdm.
See “Modify the Certificate Friendly Name,” on page 69.
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For a View Composer server, bind the new certificate to the port that used by View Composer. See
“Bind a New SSL Certificate to the Port Used by View Composer,” on page 71.
Configure View Connection Server, Security Server, or View
Composer to Use a New SSL Certificate
To configure a View Connection Server instance, security server, or View Composer instance to use an SSL
certificate, you must import the server certificate and the entire certificate chain into the Windows local
computer certificate store on the View Connection Server, security server, or View Composer host.
In a pod of replicated View Connection Server instances, you must import the server certificate and
certificate chain on all instances in the pod.
By default, the Blast Secure Gateway (BSG) uses the SSL certificate that is configured for the View
Connection Server instance or security server on which the BSG is running. If you replace the default, self-
signed certificate for a View server with a CA-signed certificate, the BSG also uses the CA-signed certificate.
IMPORTANT To configure View Connection Server or security server to use a certificate, you must change the
certificate Friendly name to vdm. Also, the certificate must have an accompanying private key.
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 run the SviConfig ReplaceCertificate utility to bind the new
certificate to the port used by View Composer.
Procedure
1 Add the Certificate Snap-In to MMC on page 68
Before you can add certificates to the Windows Certificate Store, you must add the Certificate snap-in
to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) on the Windows Server host on which the View server
is installed.
2 Import a Signed Server Certificate into a Windows Certificate Store on page 68
You must import the SSL server certificate into the Windows local computer certificate store on the
Windows Server host on which the View Connection Server instance or security server service is
installed.
3 Modify the Certificate Friendly Name on page 69
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.
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