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Configure the Secure Tunnel Connection and PCoIP Secure Gateway
When the secure tunnel is enabled, View Client makes a second HTTPS connection to the View Connection
Server or security server host when users connect to a View desktop.
When the PCoIP Secure Gateway is enabled, View Client makes a further secure connection to the View
Connection Server or security server host when users connect to a View desktop with the PCoIP display
protocol.
When the secure tunnel or PCoIP Secure Gateway is not enabled, the desktop session is established directly
between the client system and the View desktop virtual machine, bypassing the View Connection Server or
security server host. This type of connection is called a direct connection.
IMPORTANT A typical network configuration that provides secure connections for external clients includes a
security server. To use View Administrator to enable or disable the secure tunnel and PCoIP Secure Gateway
on a security server, you must edit the View Connection Server instance that is paired with the security server.
In a network configuration in which external clients connect directly to a View Connection Server host, you
enable or disable the secure tunnel and PCoIP Secure Gateway by editing that View Connection Server instance
in View Administrator.
Prerequisites
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If you intend to enable the PCoIP Secure Gateway, verify that the View Connection Server instance and
paired security server are View 4.6 or later.
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If you pair a security server to a View Connection Server instance on which you already enabled the PCoIP
Secure Gateway, verify that the security server is View 4.6 or later.
Procedure
1 In View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers.
2 In the View Connection Servers panel, select a View Connection Server instance and click Edit.
3 Configure use of the secure tunnel.
Option Description
Disable the secure tunnel
Deselect Use secure tunnel connection to desktop.
Enable the secure tunnel
Select Use secure tunnel connection to desktop.
The secure tunnel is enabled by default.
4 Configure use of the PCoIP Secure Gateway.
Option Description
Enable the PCoIP Secure Gateway
Select Use PCoIP Secure Gateway for PCoIP connections to desktop
Disable the PCoIP secure Gateway
Deselect Use PCoIP Secure Gateway for PCoIP connections to desktop
The PCoIP Secure Gateway is disabled by default.
5 Click OK to save your changes.
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