Deploying Horizon Composer

The deployment of Horizon Composer is broken down into two stages: the installation of the Horizon Composer software, and the final setup using the Horizon Administrator console.

Installing Horizon Composer

The Horizon Composer software is delivered as a single executable (EXE) file, named in a format similar to VMware-viewcomposer-x.x.x-yyyyyy.exe. The following steps outline the installation process:

If you plan to use a custom SSL certificate for Horizon Composer, install that certificate prior to installing Composer. If you install the certificate now, you can select it during the installation process. Refer to Chapter 16, Managing Horizon SSL Certificates, for instructions on how to obtain...