Configure and Manage Horizon View Components

Some of the steps are copied from official VMware documentation I just added screenshot.

Objective 1.1 – Configure and Manage Horizon View Components

Set External URLs for a View Connection Server instance
Configure restricted entitlement
Configure and manage global settings
Create and manage custom roles and permissions

Set External URLs for a View Connection Server instance

Both the secure tunnel external URL and PCoIP external URL must be the addresses that client systems use to reach this View Connection Server instance. For example, do not specify the secure tunnel external URL for this instance and the PCoIP external URL for a paired security server.

In View Administrator, click View Configuration > Servers.
In the View Connection Servers panel, select a View Connection Server instance and click Edit.
Type the secure tunnel external URL in the External URL text box.
The URL must contain the protocol, client-resolvable host name and port number.
For example: https://view.example.com:443
Type the PCoIP Secure Gateway external URL in the PCoIP External URL text box. Specify the PCoIP external URL as an IP address with the port number 4172. Do not include a protocol name. For example: 10.20.30.40:4172 The URL must contain the IP address and port number that a client system can use to reach this View Connection Server host. You can type into the text box only if a PCoIP Secure Gateway is installed on the View Connection Server instance.
Connection Server Settings

Configure restricted entitlement

Steps on Connection server:

In View Admin page go to View Configuration and Servers
On the tab Connection Server select Connection Server to which you want to assign tag and press Edit
On General tab assign tags which you want associate with this Connection server. Separate tags with ; or , for multiple tags
Click OK to save setting and close Edit page

Connection Server Settings

Steps:

In View Administrator webpage navigate to Catalog – Desktop Pools
Select Pool for which one you want to set restriction and click Edit button
At the Edit setting page click Desktop Pool Setting tab
Under General – Connection Server restriction click Browse
Select Restricted to this tags and select tags which you want to assign
Click OK and OK to save and exit the setting page

Configure and manage global settings

From View Admin Website go to View Configuration / Global Setting

Here you can modify setting like:

View Administrator session timeout – default 30 minute

Forcibly disconnect users: 600 minute

Single Sign-on (SSO): Enable or Disable

Client-dependent setting:

For client that support application – If the user stops using keyboard and mouse disconnect their application and discard SSO credentials: Never or After…

Other clients – Discard SSO credentials: Never or After …

Auto update: Enable automatic update upper left corner area in View Admin page

Pre-login message: Message for user when they login to View Desktop

Display warring before forced log off and specify time after which user will forcibly logoff from their desktop

Enable Window Server Desktops

Mirage Server setting – Specify URL for Mirage server

For Global Security settings:

Re-authenticate secure tunnel connections after network interruption

Message Security mode

Enhanced security status

Enable IPSec for Security Server pairing

Change data recovery password: This password protects data backups of your Connection Server. This password will be required to recover a backup.

Global Settings

Create and manage custom roles and permissions

To create custom roles and permissions go to View Configuration / Administrators in View Admin Page

Administrators and Groups tab allows to add Users to existing 9 pre create Roles . There is two sets of Roles one with full access and one with read-only access.

Roles tab – allows to create custom Roles with necessary privileges. There is 14 different privileges to choose from.

Access Group tab – allows to create custom access group to organize the desktop pools in your organization. They can also be used for delegated administration.