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Chapter 5 Client Management
ThisscenariocanbeaddressedbyconfiguringViewConnectionServertoreturnan
externalURLinsteadofitsownFQDNforthesecondconnectionchannel.
TheprocessofsettingtheexternalURLisnotthesameforalltypesofserver.For
standardorreplicaserversyoucansettheURLfromwithinVi
ewAdministrator.Fora
securityserveryoumustcreateoreditapropertiesfilethatcontainstheinbound
connectiondetailsandsaveitinadirectorylocatedunderthesecurityserver
installationpath.
To set the external URL on a standard or replica server
1FromwithinViewAdministrator,clicktheConfiguration()button.
2UnderViewServersselectaViewConnectionServerentryandcl
ickEdit.
3EnteraURLintheExternalURLfield.Thenamemustcontaintheprotocol,
addressandportnumber.Forexample:
https://view.example.com:443
ClickOK.
To set the external URL on a security server
Createoreditatextfilethatcontainstheexternallyresolvablenameofthesecurity
server,portnumber,andprotocol,andsaveitinthefo
llowinglocationonthesecurity
server:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware
View\Server\sslgateway\conf\locked.properties
Forexample,iftheexternallyresolvablenameofthesecurityserveris
viewsecure.example.com,theportnumberis443,andtheclientprotocolisHTTPS,
createapropertiesfilecalledlocked.propertiesthatcontainsthefollowingentries:
clientHost=viewsecure.example.com
clientPort=443
clientProtocol=https
CAUTIONForsecurityservers,youmustusethemethoddescribedin“Generating
locked.propertiesAutomatically”onpage 74ifyouintendtousemessagesecurity
modeinyourViewManagerenvironment—theconfigurationfilecreatedbythis
procedurecontainsinformationthatiscriticaltothistypeofglobalconfiguration.
NOTEYoumustrestarttheViewConnectionServerserviceforthesechangestotake
effect.