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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
3 Configure use of the Blast Secure Gateway.
Option Description
Enable the Blast Secure Gateway
Select Use Blast Secure Gateway for HTML access to machine
Disable the Blast secure Gateway
Deselect Use Blast Secure Gateway for HTML access to machine
The Blast Secure Gateway is enabled by default.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
Configuring External URLs for Secure Gateway and Tunnel Connections
To use the secure tunnel, a client system must have access to an IP address, or a fully qualified domain name
(FQDN) that it can resolve to an IP address, that allows the client to reach a View Connection Server or
security server host.
To use the PCoIP Secure Gateway, a client system must have access to an IP address that allows the client to
reach a View Connection Server or security server host.
To use the Blast Secure Gateway, a user's endpoint device must have access to an FQDN that it can resolve
to an IP address that allows the user's Web browser to reach a View Connection Server or security server
host.
Using Tunnel Connections from External Locations
By default, a View Connection Server or security server host can be contacted only by tunnel clients that
reside within the same network and are therefore able to locate the requested host.
Many organizations require that users can connect from an external location by using a specific IP address
or client-resolvable domain name, and a specific port. This information might or might not resemble the
actual address and port number of the View Connection Server or security server host. The information is
provided to a client system in the form of a URL. For example:
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https://view-example.com:443
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https://view.example.com:443
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https://example.com:1234
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https://10.20.30.40:443
To use addresses like these in View, you must configure the View Connection Server or security server host
to return an external URL instead of the host's FQDN.
Configuring External URLs
You configure more than one external URL. The first URL allows client systems to make tunnel connections.
A second URL allows client systems that use PCoIP to make secure connections through the PCoIP Secure
Gateway. You must specify the PCoIP external URL as an IP address, which allows client systems to connect
from an external location.
A third URL allows users to make secure connections from their Web browsers through the Blast Secure
Gateway.
If your network configuration includes security servers, provide external URLs for the security servers.
External URLs are not required on the View Connection Server instances that are paired with the security
servers.
The process of configuring the external URLs is different for View Connection Server instances and security
servers.
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For a View Connection Server instance, you set the external URLs by editing View Connection Server
settings in View Administrator.
Chapter 7 Configuring View for the First Time
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