Specifications

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View Manager Administration Guide
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Figure 5-1. External Client Connection
ThisscenariocanbeaddressedbyconfiguringViewConnectionServertoreturnan
externalURLinsteadofitsownFQDNforthesecondconnectionchannel.
TheprocessofsettingtheexternalURLisnotthesameforalltypesofservers.For
standardorreplicaserversyoucansetthe
URLfromwithinViewAdministrator.Fora
securityserveryoumustcreateoreditapropertiesfilethatcontainstheinbound
connectiondetailsandsaveitinadirectorylocatedunderthesecurityserver
installationpath.
To set the external URL on a standard or replica server
1FromwithinViewAdministrator,clicktheConfigurationbutton.
2UnderViewServersselectaViewConnection
ServerentryandclickEdit.
3EnteraURLintheExternalURLfield.Thenamemustcontaintheprotocol,
address,andportnumber.Forexample:
https://view.example.com:443
ClickOK.
View
Connection Server
server2.int
View
Security
Server
server1.int
VMware
Infrastructure
third-
party
load
balancer
View
Client
1 https://myview.mycorp.com
1 https://server2.int
2 https://server2.int
firewall firewall
internalexternal
VirtualCenter
ESX
Active
Directory
2
1
2 https://server1.int
CAUTIONForsecurityservers,youmustusethemethoddescribedin“Togeneratea
SecurityServerconfig.propertiesfilefromtheConfigurationview”onpage 99ifyou
intendto usemessagesecuritymodeinyourViewenvironment—theconfigurationfile
createdbythisprocedurecontainsinformationthatiscriticaltothistypeof
global
configuration.