If you want to deliver published applications on demand with Horizon 8, add the App Volumes Manager from where you want to access the applications to Horizon Console. After you associate a farm with the App Volumes Manager, any host in the farm can access the applications on the App Volumes Manager. The App Volumes agent installed on the RDS hosts in the farm must be configured to reference this App Volumes Manager instance.

A default self-signed certificate is installed when you install App Volumes Manager. VMware Horizon Connection Server uses SSL to communicate with the App Volumes Manager and validate the certificate. Administrators have the option to accept the SSL Certificate Thumbprint when adding or editing an App Volumes Manager. For more information, see Managing SSL Between App Volumes Manager and Agent in the VMware App Volumes Administration Guide.

Depending on your environment and setup, add all App Volumes Managers that you want to be associated with Connection Server and used with published apps on demand. You can add individual App Volumes Managers, which would be multiple records if you have different App Volumes Managers that you want to use for published apps on demand, or add a load balancer which would only have one record.

Procedure

  1. In Horizon Console, select Settings > Servers.
  2. Click the App Volumes Managers tab.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Add the App Volumes Manager FQDN or IP address, port, and user name and password.
    You can specify a load balancer IP address.
  5. Click OK.
    The App Volumes Manager certificate validation occurs.
  6. If you see a message indicating an invalid certificate, click View Certificate.
    The certificate information is displayed.
  7. Click Accept to trust the SSL Certificate based on the Thumbprint.
    The App Volumes Manager is added in Connection Server.
  8. To verify the validation, select Settings > Servers.
  9. Click the App Volumes Managers tab.
  10. Click Certificate and select Re-Validate Certificate.

Results

The App Volumes Manager is added to Horizon Console and the SSL certificate is pushed to Horizon Connection Server.