From View 5.1 onwards, VMware introduced the use of certificates for the Horizon View components, which means that the connection server, security server, and so on need to have a certificate installed.

For this book, we are going to assume that for a production environment, you already have either a certificate of authority installed or are using a third-party certificate. However, if you are running a proof of concept or pilot in isolation from your production infrastructure, then in the next few sections, we will briefly cover how to set up certificates.