The Unified Access Gateway appliance is an optional component. If you do not deploy this while creating a domain, you can add it later by expanding the domain.

Unified Access Gateway appliances provide a secure means to allow WAN based user traffic to connect to Horizon desktops running in a VMware Cloud Foundation datacenter. Unified Access Gateway appliances are also used for HTML access on Horizon desktops (browser based connectivity to desktops and applications).

Maximum active connections recommended per Unified Access Gateway appliance is 2000.

Procedure

  1. Slide the Deploy Unified Access Gateway toggle option to green.
  2. On the Horizon Unified Access Gateway page, provide general information about the appliance.
    Table 1. Unified Access Gateway General
    Field Name Information to be Entered
    VM Name Prefix Enter a prefix for the Unified Access Gateway appliance VM names.
    Load Balancer Alias Select the load balancer to use with the Unified Access Gateway appliance. This must be a different load balancer than the one used for Connection Servers or App Volumes.
    External (DMZ) Port Group Select the DMZ port group.
    Internal Port Group Select the internal port group.
    Management Port Group The management port group you selected on the General tab of the wizard is displayed here. You cannot change this here.
  3. In the Add Unified Access Gateway Appliances section, select Add manually to add Unified Access Gateway appliances manually or Import from JSON template to import Unified Access Gateway appliances from a JSON file.
    • To add Unified Access Gateway appliances manually, follow the steps below
      1. Provide the following information.
        Field Name Information to be Entered
        VM Name Enter a name for the Unified Access Gateway appliance VM.
        Default Gateway Enter the default gateway for the Unified Access Gateway appliance.
        Admin Password Enter a password for the Unified Access Gateway appliance.
        External IP Address Enter the external facing IP address for the Unified Access Gateway appliance.
        External Subnet Mask Enter the external subnet mask for the Unified Access Gateway appliance.
        Internal IP Address Enter the infernal IP address for the Unified Access Gateway appliance.
        Internal Subnet Mask Enter the internal subnet mask for the Unified Access Gateway appliance.
        Management IP Address Enter the management IP address for the Unified Access Gateway appliance.
        External Subnet Mask Enter the management subnet mask for the Unified Access Gateway appliance.
      2. Click Add.

        The Unified Access Gateway appliance is added to the Unified Access Gateway appliance table.

      3. Repeat steps a and b for additional Unified Access Gateway appliances as required.
    • To import Unified Access Gateway appliances from a JSON file, click Browse, select the file, and click Upload.

      Unified Access Gateway appliances from the JSON file are added to the Connection Servers table.

  4. Click Next.