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Table Of Contents
- View Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Installation
- View Administrator
- Virtual Desktop Deployment
- Client Management
- Installing and Running View Client and View Portal
- Client Connections from the Internet
- Creating SSL Server Certificates
- Using Existing SSL Certificates
- Smart Card Authentication
- RSA SecurID Authentication
- View Client Command Line Options
- Virtual Printing
- Adobe Flash Bandwidth Reduction
- Client Computer Information
- Using PCoIP Display Protocol
- Using HP RGS Display Protocol
- View Composer
- Overview of View Composer
- Preparing vCenter Server for View Composer
- Preparing a Parent VM
- Deploying Linked Clone Desktops from View Manager
- Refreshing, Recomposing, and Rebalancing Linked Clone Desktops
- Using an Existing View Composer Database
- Using the SviConfig Tool for View Composer
- Offline Desktop
- Component Policies
- Unified Access
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix: The locked.properties File
- Glossary
- Index
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Chapter 5 Client Management
Security Server External URLs
TheexternalURLofasecurityservercannotbedefinedfromwithin
View Administrator.Instead,youcanuseViewAdministratortogeneratea
configurationfilethatcontainstheexternallyresolvablesecurityservername,port
number,andprotocol.Thisfileisthenplacedonthesecurityserver.
To generate a Security Server config.properties file from the Configuration view
1FromwithinViewAdministratoronthe
standardorreplicaserverassociatedwith
thesecurityserver,clicktheConfigurationbutton.ClicktheServersentryinthe
leftpane.
2UnderSecurityServers,clickAdd.TheAddSecurityServerwindowisdisplayed.
3EnterthehostnameofthesecurityserverintheServerNamefield.
4EntertheexternalURLin
theExternalURLfield.Thenamemustcontainthe
protocol,addressandportnumber.Forexample:
https://view.example.com:443
ClickOK.ThesecurityserverisaddedtotheSecurityServerslistinthe
Configurationview.
5 SelectthesecurityserverentryandclickCreateConfigurationFile.Yourbrowser
willdownloadtheconfigurationfile.
6 Savethisfileasconfig.propertiesinaconvenientlocationandthencopyitto
thefollowinglocationon
thesecurityserver:
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Server\sslgateway\conf
Creating SSL Server Certificates
ASecureSocketsLayer(SSL)certificateisacryptographicallysealeddataobjectthat
containstheidentityofaserver,theserver’spublicencryptionkey,andthedigital
signatureofthecertificateissuer.Certificatesservetwomajorpurposes:
Theycanprovideauthenticatedprooftoaclientthatthewebsitetheyvisitis
ownedbythecompanyorindividualwhohasinstalledthecertificate.
Theycontainthepublickeythattheclientusestoestablishanencrypted
connectiontoaserver.
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OTEOnthesecurityserver,youmustrestarttheVMwareViewSecurityServer
serviceforthesechangestotakeeffect.