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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
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You must use a separate View Administrator interface to manage the View components for each single,
standalone View Connection Server instance and each group of replicated View Connection Server
instances.
You also use View Administrator to manage security servers associated with View Connection Server. Each
security server is associated with one View Connection Server instance.
Log In to View Administrator
To perform initial configuration tasks, you must log in to View Administrator.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are using a Web browser supported by View Administrator. See “View Administrator
Requirements,” on page 9.
Procedure
1 Open your Web browser and enter the following URL, where server is the host name of the View
Connection Server instance.
https://server/admin
NOTE You can use the IP address if you have to access a View Connection Server instance when the
host name is not resolvable. However, the host that you contact will not match the SSL certificate that is
configured for the View Connection Server instance, resulting in blocked access or access with reduced
security.
Your access to View Administrator depends on the type of certificate that is configured on the View
Connection Server computer.
If you open your Web browser on the View Connection Server host, use https://127.0.0.1 to connect,
not https://localhost. This method improves security by avoiding potential DNS attacks on the
localhost resolution.
Option Description
You configured a certificate signed
by a CA for View Connection
Server.
When you first connect, your Web browser displays View Administrator.
The default, self-signed certificate
supplied with View Connection
Server is configured.
When you first connect, your Web browser might display a page warning
that the security certificate associated with the address is not issued by a
trusted certificate authority.
Click Ignore to continue using the current SSL certificate.
2 Log in as a user with credentials to access the View Administrators account.
You specify the View Administrators account when you install a standalone View Connection Server
instance or the first View Connection Server instance in a replicated group. The View Administrators
account can be the local Administrators group (BUILTIN\Administrators) on the View Connection
Server computer or a domain user or group account.
After you log in to View Administrator, you can use View Configuration > Administrators to change the
list of users and groups that have the View Administrators role.
Install the Product License Key
Before you can use View Connection Server, you must enter a product license key.
The first time you log in, View Administrator displays the Product Licensing and Usage page.
Chapter 7 Configuring View for the First Time
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