Install an SSL Certificate on VMWare Horizon View

 

Install an SSL Certificate on VMWare Horizon View

After the CA signs your SSL Certificate, it will send all the necessary installation files to your email inbox. You need to download the ZIP folder and extract the SSL files.

To import your certificates into the Windows Certificate store, please follow the instructions below:

1. Log into your Connection/Security server and launch mmc.exe
2. Navigate to File > Add/Remove Snap-in and select Certificates then hit Add
3. In the Certificates snap-in window select Computer Account, then Next
4. Scroll down to Certificates/Personal/Certificates and under Friendly Name column, look for vdm
5. Right-click the vdm certificate and go to Properties
6. In the General Tab, rename the Friendly Name from vdm into vdm-original, then click Apply and OK
7. After you’ve changed the Friendly Name, right-click anywhere in the Console1 main section and select All Tasks > Import…
8. In the Certificate Import Wizard browse the certificate file you want to import and hit Next
9. In the next window, enter the password for your Private Key, and check Mark this key as exportable and Include all extended properties boxes. Click Next
10. In the next Window, click Next, then Finish
11. Locate the newly imported certificate and right-click it. Select Properties, change the Friendly Name into vdm, then hit Apply > OK
12. Restart your server to complete the SSL installation.

Congratulations, you’ve successfully added a new SSL Certificate to VMware Horizon View.

Test your SSL Installation

After you install an SSL Certificate on VMWare Horizon View, grab one of these highly rated SSL tools and run a diagnostic scan on your SSL configuration. In just a few seconds, the SSL tool will pinpoint all the existing vulnerabilities and potential errors.

VMWare Horizon View history and versions

VMware Horizon View is a commercial desktop virtualization product developed by VMware, Inc. Initially, it was sold under the name VMware VDM, then changed to VMware View, and, finally Horizon View with the release of version 6 in April 2014.

Listed below are the latest VMWare Horizon releases:

• VMware Horizon 7.6 (Sep 6, 2018)
• VMware Horizon 7.5.1 (July 19, 2018)
• VMware Horizon 7.5 (May 29, 2018)
• VMware Horizon 7.4 (Jan 04, 2018)
• VMware Horizon 7.3.2 (November 20, 2017)
• VMware Horizon 7.2 (Jun 20, 2017)
• VMware Horizon 7.1 (March 16, 2017)
• VMware Horizon 7.0.3 (December 8, 2016)
• VMware Horizon 7.0.2 (September 15, 2016)
• VMware Horizon 7.0.1 (June 16, 2016)