Configure View Composer Settings

To use View Composer, you must configure settings that allow Horizon 7 to connect to the View Composer service. View Composer can be installed on its own separate host or on the same host as vCenter Server.

There must be a one-to-one mapping between each View Composer service and vCenter Server instance. A View Composer service can operate with only one vCenter Server instance. A vCenter Server instance can be associated with only one View Composer service.

After the initial Horizon 7 deployment, you can migrate the View Composer service to a new host to support an expanding or changing Horizon 7 deployment. You can edit the initial View Composer settings in Horizon Console, but you must perform additional steps to ensure that the migration succeeds.

Prerequisites

Verify that you created a user in Active Directory with permission to add and remove virtual machines from the Active Directory domain that contains your linked clones. See Create a User Account for View Composer AD Operations.
Verify that you configured Horizon 7 to connect to vCenter Server. To do so, you must complete the vCenter Server Information page in the Add vCenter Server wizard. See Add vCenter Server Instances to Horizon 7 in Horizon Console.
Verify that this View Composer service is not already configured to connect to a different vCenter Server instance.

Procedure

In Horizon Console, navigate to Settings > Servers.
On the vCenter Server tab, click Add and complete the vCenter Server information on the vCenter Server Settings page, then click Next.
On the View Composer Settings page, if you are not using Horizon Composer, select Do not use View Composer.
If you select Do not use View Composer, the other View Composer settings become inactive. When you click Next, the Add vCenter Server wizard displays the Storage Settings page.

If you are using View Composer, select the location of the View Composer host.

Option	Description
View Composer is installed on the same host as vCenter Server.	Select View Composer co-installed with the vCenter Server. Make sure that the port number is the same as the port that you specified when you installed the View Composer service on vCenter Server. The default port number is 18443.
View Composer is installed on its own separate host.	Select Standalone View Composer Server. In the View Composer server address text box, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the View Composer host. Type the name of the View Composer user. For example: `domain.com\user` or `[email protected]` Type the password of the View Composer user. Make sure that the port number is the same as the port that you specified when you installed the View Composer service. The default port number is 18443.

Option

Description

View Composer is installed on the same host as vCenter Server.

Select View Composer co-installed with the vCenter Server.
Make sure that the port number is the same as the port that you specified when you installed the View Composer service on vCenter Server. The default port number is 18443.

View Composer is installed on its own separate host.

Select Standalone View Composer Server.
In the View Composer server address text box, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the View Composer host.
Type the name of the View Composer user.
For example: domain.com\user or [email protected]
Type the password of the View Composer user.
Make sure that the port number is the same as the port that you specified when you installed the View Composer service. The default port number is 18443.

Click Next to display the View Composer domains page.

What to do next

Configure View Composer domains.

If the View Composer instance is configured with a signed TLS certificate, and Connection Server trusts the root certificate, the Add vCenter Server wizard displays the View Composer Domains page.
If the View Composer instance is configured with a default certificate, you must first determine whether to accept the thumbprint of the existing certificate.