User`s manual

Workstation User’s Manual
444 VMware, Inc.
Beforeyoubegin,performthefollowingtasks:
 DeterminewhichVPNclienttodownload.TheVPNclientmustsupporta
command‐lineinterfacesothatascriptcanbeusedforloggingintotheVPN
server.YoumightneedtocontacttheVPNproduct’stechnicalsupporttofindout
whethertheVPNclientsupportsacommand‐lineinterface.
 ObtainaVPNaccountforloggingintotheserver.Credentialsincludeausername
andpassword.Randomlygeneratedsecuritytokenscannotbeusedaspasswords.
Forexample,youcannotuseanRSAsecuritytoken.
 DeterminethefollowinginformationtousefortheVPNclientprofile:the
company’sgroupandpasswordinformationandthenameoftheVPNserverto
contacttoestablishasecureconnection.
 DeterminethenameofthedomainthatyouplantoaddtheACEinstanceto.
 Determinetheusernameandpasswordforanaccountthathaspermissiontoadd
computerstothedomain.
To set up a remote domain join
1IntheguestoperatingsystemoftheACE‐enabledvirtualmachine,installaVPN
clientthatsupportsacommand‐lineinterface.
2UsetheVPNclientsoftwaretoconfigureaprofileforthisclient.
Theprofileinth
eVPNclientcontainsacompany’sgroupandpassword
informationanddetermineswhichservertocontacttoestablishasecure
connection.
3Writea.batscriptthatallowsremoteexecutionduringtheinstancecustomization
process.
Followingisanexampleofa.batscriptforaCiscoVPNclient:
"net" start "Cisco Systems, Inc. VPN Service"
"C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpnclient.exe" connect
<profile_name> user <vpn_user_name> pwd %1 >> vpnlogs.txt
Thisexampleconsistsoftwolines.ThecommandinthefirstlinestartstheCisco
VPNclient’sbackgroundservice.Thecommandinthesecondlineconnectstothe
CiscoVPNusingacommand‐lineinterface.ItsuppliesthenameoftheVPNprofile
andthecredentialsforloggingintotheVPNserv
er.Theexampleusesthe
passwordplaceholdervariable,butyoucouldalsouseastaticpasswordforthe
VPNaccount.Astaticpasswordincludedinascriptissentincleartext.