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Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

By : Craig Thomas Ellrod
Book Image

Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

By: Craig Thomas Ellrod

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (27 chapters)
Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x
Credits
Notice
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Creating a Domain Certificate Authority
Index

Step 2 – installing StoreFront (XD2)


The second server that we will install is StoreFront. If you refer back to the network diagram in Chapter 1, Designing a XenDesktop® Site, this is the server labeled as xd2.xenpipe.com, or XD2.

Installing the components on XD2

We will need a server certificate signed by the domain certificate authority to install StoreFront.

If you don't have a domain certificate authority, see Appendix A, Creating a Domain Certificate Authority, for tips on creating one for your domain.

Note

Make sure that the Internet Information Services (IIS) role is installed on the StoreFront server XD2.

Creating a server certificate and adding a Site binding

The first step for creating the StoreFront server is to create a server certificate and add a Site. The steps can be summarized as follows:

  1. Log in to the second XenDesktop server, or XD2 in our example, using a domain administrator account.

  2. Navigate to Start | Administrative Tools | Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

  3. In the...