The VMware View solution separates the personal desktop environment from the physical system by moving desktops to a datacenter, from which the users can access the desktops using a client-server computing model. VMware View incorporates a rich set of features required for any enterprise deployment by providing a robust platform for hosting virtual desktops from VMware vSphere. Additional capabilities such as distributed infrastructure services and virtual desktop failover and recovery make it an ideal solution for desktop virtualization. VMware View consists of various components such as Connection Server, Security Server, View Composer, and vCenter Server. Communication between each of these components is established in a secure manner. The communication channel is secured using a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption mechanism. This paper provides a technical overview of these features, in addition to the specific configurations required in an ideal implementation. Overall, this paper covers:
- A brief discussion of SSL authentication
- X.509 certificate validation flow on Secure Gateway components
- X.509 certificate configuration in different View components and SSL integration with VMware View
- Basic troubleshooting
