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VMware Horizon Workspace Essentials

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VMware Horizon Workspace Essentials

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
VMware Horizon Workspace Essentials
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

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...