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Table Of Contents
- VMware View Installation
- Contents
- VMware View Installation
- System Requirements for Server Components
- System Requirements for Client Components
- Supported Operating Systems for View Agent
- Supported Operating Systems for Windows-Based View Client and View Client with Local Mode
- Hardware Requirements for Local Mode Desktops
- Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
- Remote Display Protocol and Software Support
- Adobe Flash Requirements
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Preparing Active Directory
- Configuring Domains and Trust Relationships
- Creating an OU for View Desktops
- Creating OUs and Groups for Kiosk Mode Client Accounts
- Creating Groups for View 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
- Microsoft Windows Installer Command-Line Options
- Uninstalling View Products Silently by Using MSI Command-Line Options
- Configuring User Accounts for vCenter Server and View Composer
- Where to Use the vCenter Server User and Domain User for View Composer
- Configure a vCenter Server User for View Manager, View Composer, and Local Mode
- View Manager Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- View Composer Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Local Mode Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
- Configuring View Connection Server for the First Time
- Configuring View Client Connections
- Sizing Windows Server Settings to Support Your Deployment
- Installing the View Connection Server Software
- Installing View Transfer Server
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Connection Server and Security Server
- Configuring SSL Certificates for View Transfer Server
- Prepare an Existing Certificate in PKCS#12 Format for Use with View Transfer Server
- Obtain a Signed Certificate from a CA for Use with a View Transfer Server Instance
- Generate a Self-Signed Certificate for View Transfer Server
- Configure a View Transfer Server Instance to Use a Certificate
- Configure SSL for View Transfer Server Communications
- Configuring Certificate Checking in View Client for Windows
- Appendix: Additional SSL Configuration Tasks
- Creating an Event Database
- Installing and Starting View Client
- Index
7 Import the certificate.
Option Description
Root certificate
a Right-click Trusted Root Certification Authorities and select Import.
b Follow the prompts in the wizard to import the root certificate (for
example, rootCA.cer) and click OK.
Intermediate certificate
a Right-click Intermediate Certification Authorities and select Import.
b Follow the prompts in the wizard to import the intermediate certificate
(for example, intermediateCA.cer) and click OK.
8 Close the Group Policy window.
All of the systems in the domain now have a copy of the root certificate in their Trusted Root stores and, if
appropriate, a copy of the intermediate certificate in their Intermediate Certification Authority stores.
Add keytool to the System Path
keytool is a key and certificate management utility. You must add the path to this utility to the system
environment Path variable so that you can run the utility from any directory on your host.
You use the keytool utility to create keystores, generate certificate requests, import certificates into keystores,
and add private keys to keystores.
Procedure
1 On your View Connection Server or security server host, right-click My Computer and select
Properties.
a On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
b In the System variables group, select Path and click Edit.
c Type the path to the JRE directory in the Variable Value text box. Use a semicolon (;) to separate each
entry from other entries in the text box.
For example:
install_directory
\VMware\VMware View\Server\jre\bin
2 Click OK until the Windows System Properties dialog box closes.
Add openssl to the System Path
You use the openssl utility export certificates and create and export private keys for use with View Transfer
Server. You must add the path to openssl to the system environment Path variable so that you can run the
utilities from any directory on your host.
Procedure
1 On your View Transfer Server host, right-click My Computer and select Properties.
a On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
b In the System variables group, select Path and click Edit.
c Type the paths to the JRE and Apache directories in the Variable Value text box. Use a semicolon (;)
to separate each entry from other entries in the text box.
For example:
install_directory
\VMware\VMware
View\Server\httpd\bin;
install_directory
\VMware\VMware View\Server\jre\bin
2 Click OK until the Windows System Properties dialog box closes.
Chapter 7 Configuring SSL Certificates for View Servers
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