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Table Of Contents
- Using the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Contents
- Using the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Introduction to the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Installing and Configuring the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Functional Prerequisites
- Install the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
- Configure the Connection to a View Pod
- Assigning Delegated Administrators to Desktop and Application Pools
- Best Practices for Managing Workflow Permissions
- Set a Policy for De-Provisioning Desktop Virtual Machines
- Using Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows
- Making the Workflows Available in vSphere Web Client and vCloud Automation Center
- Exposing Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows in vSphere Web Client
- Exposing Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows in vCloud Automation Center
- Create Business Groups for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Create Services for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Create Entitlements for Delegated Administrators and End Users
- Bind vCAC60 Workflows to Specific Pods and Pools in vCloud Automation Center
- Configure the Catalog Item for the Workflow
- Index
6 Go to the Enabled plug-ins installation status section and confirm that Horizon 1.0.0.xxxxxxx is listed,
where xxxxxx is the build number.
The status says: Plug-in will be installed at next server startup.
7 Restart the vCenter Orchestrator Server service.
8 Restart the vCenter Orchestrator Configuration service.
9 Launch the vCenter Orchestrator Configuration interface again, click the Plug-ins item, and verify that
the status changed to Installation OK.
What to do next
Launch the vCenter Orchestrator Client application, log in, and use the Workflow tab to navigate through
the library to the Horizon folder. You can now browse through the workflows provided by the Horizon vCO
plug-in.
Configure the Connection to a View Pod
You run the Add View Pod workflow to provide the appropriate credentials for all workflow operations to
be performed by the View Connection Server instance.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the fully qualified domain name of the View Connection Server instance can be resolved
from the machine where the Orchestrator server is running.
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Verify that you have administrator credentials for the Orchestrator server. The account must be a
member of the vCenter Orchestrator Admin group configured to authenticate through vCenter Single
Sign-On.
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Verify that you have the credentials of a user that has the View Administrators role. The users and
groups that have the View Administrators role were specified in View Administrator when the View
Connection Server instance was installed and set up.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator client as an administrator.
2 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
3 In the workflows hierarchical list, select Library > Horizon > Configuration > View Pod Configuration
and navigate to the Add View Pod in Configuration workflow.
4 Right-click the Add View Pod in Configuration workflow and select Start workflow.
5 Provide a name for the pod.
6 Provide the fully qualified domain name of the machine on which the View Connection Server instance
is installed.
7 Provide the credentials of a user that has the View Administrators role.
8 Verify and accept the SSL certificate information.
9 Click Submit to run the workflow.
After the workflow runs, you can click the expander button to see the status.
What to do next
Add a delegated administrator.
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