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Installing and Configuring the Horizon Connector
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Prior to installing the Horizon Connector, you must:
 PreparethevSphereinstancefortheinstallationoftheconnectorConfigurethehardwareresource

InstallingandConfiguringHorizonConnectorguide
 PrepareActiveDirectoryfortheinstallationoftheconnectorInadditiontotheinstructionsinthe
InstallingandConfiguringHorizonConnector

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packagesYoualsoneedthisinformationifyouwanttoconfiguresinglesign-onwithNTLMvWhenyou
configuretheHorizonConnectorviatheconnectorsetupwizardyouprovidethefollowinginformation
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thedomain
 PrepareKerberosfortheconnectorinstallationYousetupauseraccountforeachconnectorinstance

PrepareKerberosfortheConnector
sectionofthe
InstallingandConfiguringHorizonConnectorguideKerberosmodeisrequiredtoenablesinglesign-on
forThinAppvirtualizedapplicationsIfyouarealsoenablingusersforSaaSorfederatedwebapplications
fromoutsidetheenterprisenetworkseetheinstructionsforusernamepasswordverificationmodeinthe
InstallingandConfiguringHorizonConnectorguide
 Downloadtheconnectorvirtualappliance
youwillinstalltheconnectorTheconnectorisanOVAfileandneedstobeinalocationaccessibletoyour

 ConverttheconnectorOVAvirtualmachinetoavirtualmachineformatsuitableforyourhypervisorif

InstallingandConfiguringHorizonConnector guide.
After you have completed the preliminary steps, you can proceed with the installation and configuration of the
Horizon Connector. These steps are:
 SelectFileDeployOVAApplianceandbrowsetotheOVAfiletocreatetheHorizonConnectorvirtual
applianceNoteTheHorizonConnectorisanOVAvirtualapplianceandmustbeaccessibletoyour

 InthehypervisorstarttheconnectorvirtualapplianceStartingitallowsyoutousetheconnectorvirtual
applianceinterfacewhichistheconnectorcommand-lineinterface(CLI)Theoperatingsystemunderlying

 Usetheconnectorcommand-lineinterfacetoperformtheinitialconfigurationsfortheconnectorincluding
theconfigurationtoaccesstheHorizonServiceadministrationportal
 AftertheconnectorisassignedanIPaddressthroughthecommand-lineinterfaceaccesstheconnector
throughthebrowser-basedinterfaceat
https
connectordomaincom
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