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VMWare Horizon Workspace Essentials
VMWare Horizon Workspace Essentials

VMWare Horizon Workspace Essentials: Manage and deliver a secure, unified workspace to embrace any time, any place, anywhere access to corporate apps, data, and virtual desktops securely from any device.

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VMWare Horizon Workspace Essentials

Chapter 2. Design, Install, and Configure

In this chapter, we will cover the basic installation and configuration of Horizon Workspace 1.5. After making sure all the prerequisites are in place, we can now deploy the Horizon Workspace vApp.

In this chapter, we will cover the following key subjects:

  • Horizon Workspace Architecture Overview

  • Designing a solution

  • Sizing guidelines

  • vApp deployment

  • Step-by-step configuration

  • Install Certificates

  • Setting up Kerberos Single Sign-On (SSO)

Reading this chapter will provide you with an introduction to the solution, and also provides you with useful reference points throughout the book that will help you install, configure, and manage a Horizon Workspace deployment. A few things are out of scope for this chapter, such as setting up vSphere, configuring HA, and using certificates. We will assume that the core infrastructure is already in place.

We start by looking at the solution architecture and then how to size a deployment, based on best practice, and suitable...

The Horizon Workspace architecture


The following diagram shows a more detailed view of how the architecture fits together:

The Horizon Workspace sizing guide


We have already discussed that Horizon Workspace is made up of five virtual appliances. However, for production environments, you will need to deploy multiple instances to provide for high availability, offer load balancing, and support the number of users that you need in your environment.

For a Proof of Concept (POC) or pilot deployment, this is of less importance.

Sizing the Horizon Workspace virtual appliances

The following diagram shows the maximum number of users that each appliance can accommodate. Using these maximum values, you can calculate the number of appliances that you need to deploy.

For example, if you had 6,000 users in your environment, you would need to deploy a single connector-va appliance, three gateway-va appliances, one service-va appliance, seven data-va appliances, and a single configurator-va appliance. Please note that data-va should be sized using N+1. The first data-va appliance should never contain any user data. For high availability...

Deploying and configuring the vApp


After the last chapter, you should be familiar with the vApp concept, the virtual appliances within it, and how it is delivered.

The installation is a three-stage process:

  • vApp deployment in vCenter

  • Command-line configuration and setup of virtual appliances

  • Browser-based setup wizard for directory integration and users

To start the process, we need to launch the vCenter Client and choose to deploy the Horizon Workspace vApp. In this example, we will use the Windows-based vCenter Client, but you could also use the vSphere Web Client.

Configuring an IP pool

Before we actually deploy the vApp, we first need to configure an IP pool for the Horizon Workspace vApp. To do this, follow the steps as described in the following screenshot:

From the vSphere Client, click on the Datacenter to deploy the vApp to (1), click on the IP Pools tab (2), and then click on Add… (3), as shown in the previous screenshot.

Enter the information for the IP pool as shown in the following screenshot...

The command-line configuration process


The first thing that we need to do is open a console onto the configurator-va virtual appliance. From the vSphere Client, browse to the Horizon Workspace vApp and locate the configurator-va appliance. Right-click on it and select Open Console. You will see the following screenshot. Verify that you have the information needed to complete the configuration.

Press Enter to start the installation process.

There will first be an automated verification of the IP addresses configured in the vApp setup. If this process fails and hostnames cannot be resolved, then the installation process will stop and return an error. If that happens, go back and verify that the DNS is set up correctly and the IP pool is associated with the right network.

In the following screenshot, you can see an example of a successful verification. The IP addresses should have been resolved and the installation can continue.

If the information is correct, then press Enter. If not, then as we...

Web-based configuration


Once you have completed the CLI-based configuration, we can move on to the Web-based part. Start by opening a browser and enter the URL to the configurator-va appliance.

You should see Welcome to Horizon Workspace! as shown in the following screenshot:

Click on the green Begin Setup Wizard > button to start.

You will now see the Step 1: Setup screen as shown in the following screenshot:

Enter the following information:

  • License Key (1): If you are using evaluation licenses, the expiry date will be displayed. It's a good idea to take note of this date so that this does not come up as a surprise later!

  • Password (2): This is the password for the Horizon Workspace admin account, which is not the AD service account. This is the account used for administering the configurator-va appliance.

  • Confirm Password (3): Confirm the password for the admin account.

Click on Next > to continue to the Step 2: Configure screen.

The dialog box displayed in the previous screenshot reminds...

Summary


In this chapter, we have covered the deployment of Horizon Workspace, starting with the vApp, the initial configuration steps using the command line and console, and then finally the browser-based Setup Wizard to set up and synchronize information about the users and the groups from the Active Directory.

In the following chapters, we will look at the Horizon Workspace modules in more detail, starting with Horizon Files in the next chapter.

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Getting Started with VMware Horizon Workspace Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Design, Install, and Configure Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Horizon Files Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Integrating SaaS Applications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Brad Christian Apr 30, 2014
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If your boss pops his head in your cube and asks if you can get a Horizon Workspace PoC stood up, you can confidently answer yes if you’ve read this book. I imagine as more and more VMware customers have opted for the Horizon Suite, the need to get Workspace stood up fast will increase.This book lays out the exact steps needed for a PoC, and the authors are very good at pointing out where scale-out will need to occur as the deployment moves towards production. If you are not familiar with using a vApp, they lay out the steps for creating IP Pools and other tasks that VMware Administrators may not have had a chance to do before.One thing I did not like was the NFS-only storage for Horizon Data, formally known as Octopus. That is not the fault of the authors, however- Horizon Data does not support CIFS, which drives me nuts.The part that got me fired up was pulling SaaS applications and Thinapps into Workspace. The authors showed exactly how to set up SalesForce- if it works with SalesForce, it will work with anything.To sum up, go and get this book! This is an important part of a VDI admins toolkit. I’m really glad we have something more than the standard documentation.
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Mr. Wizard Apr 25, 2014
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The "Essentials" is just that - what you need to know to get Workspace up & running. They don't waste your time with a lot of product description & features info that you can find on VMware's website, but get right into the step-by-step setup of Horizon Workspace installation & configuration. This is directed at getting a working POC or lab environment installed, but they point out items you would do differently if building a production environment. I already had a basic Workspace installation done before reading this and I could have saved hours (and a couple trees) by just following their simple step-by-step instructions. Implementation of other Workspace features (which I have not done), are covered with the essential information needed to setup as well, so those will be a breeze. More than worth the price in time savings alone!
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Matthew Kurowski Apr 26, 2014
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Short SummaryWhat does this book cover?The book covers VMware's Horizon Workspace technologies from overview through installation and configuration including advanced integration topics and troubleshooting.Is this book worth it? Absolutely. I think any VMware customer or partner interested in improving end-user computing for their organization or their clients should read this book. If you are about to undertake a Horizon Workspace (or even Horizon View) evaluation or POC, this is a great primer covering all the essentials with clear instructions, pictures and diagrams. It's a good read too to investigate Horizon Workspace and communicate your findings to others like your peers and complementary business and technology members.DetailsThe book presents a brief historical overview of VMware and its end-user computing offerings to help set context. After making recommendations for establishing a practical lab for one's maximum learning experience or POC, the journey starts with the basic requirements - not just a dump such as would be on a vendor website but one applicable to sizing and design planning. The core configuration pertinent to installation helps ease your starting Horizon Workspace deployment.Now with an environment with which to follow the remainder of the book's material, the author dives into the underlying architecture and features with direction on configuring Horizon Files, SaaS applications entitlement and brokering (including authentication services using SAML), and mobile device and application management.After this point is where the interoperability fun starts. The author addresses the integration of VMware's ThinApp packages. ThinApp greatly simplifies the end-user experience - as well as IT's. I was pleasantly surprised at this chapter's coverage in part because ThinApp is not often included in discussions as much as it should be. (If you are unfamiliar with ThinApp, don't skip the ThinApp integration: Read VMware's introduction to the technology then read the author's material. ThinApp can be a lifesaver and may change some of your core processes and assumptions on software compatibility, lifecycle management, migration etc.)The chapter on integrating Horizon Workspace with Horizon View is key and covers user virtual desktop integration. This integration completes the personal Workspace experience allowing the direct access for a user to his own desktop within his personal Workspace.The last chapter entitled "Troubleshooting" is aptly named. It does an admirable job addressing common issues that one may encounter during the installation and initial or later configuration and support. The material is quite inclusive for an book covering the essentials of a technology and should be the first place to look should you encounter an issue prior to Internet or KB searches. There is great supporting material in this chapter explaining the issues. For instance, since SAML authentication is dependent upon a solid time service architecture, the author review how to verify such synchronization and if it may be a cause to an obtuse error as well as include recommendations and references to address and ensure the systems' drift are minimal and within the protocols spec.In summary, I'd highly recommend the book be added to your library. Even if your focus is not on Horizon Workspace, the book well accomplishes what it set out to achieve - in proper context, provide an admin or architect the real essentials of VMware's Horizon Workspace.
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Easy to understand technical implementation/steps for a Vmware view proof of concept or pilot. Very detailed explanation of virtualization concepts. With these step-by-step instructions you should be able to spin up your own environment whether in a lab or in production...The authors even explain the differences in design concepts you should consider between both PoC and actual production.
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Noe Reyes Jr. Jul 19, 2014
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excellent book to lean the basics of Horizon.
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