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AX working with VMWare 'View'
LynnS
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Posted by LynnS
A customer asked if we can work with their VMWARE 'View' product. I've not had any time yet to research this, but I wanted to ask if anyone has any idea what this product is/does and if the AX is compatible with it in any way. This came up in a conversation about VMWARE VCenter working with our axAPI. Thanks!
A customer asked if we can work with their VMWARE 'View' product. I've not had any time yet to research this, but I wanted to ask if anyone has any idea what this product is/does and if the AX is compatible with it in any way. This came up in a conversation about VMWARE VCenter working with our axAPI. Thanks!
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I haven't personally tested it, but AX has the functionalities required to load balance VMware View.
There are multiple ways to configure VMView.
Case1:
VMView not using PCoIP (use SSL) + AX configured with no SSL Offload (end-to-end SSL)
On VMware Manager servers:
. Keep default "Require SSL for client connections"
. Configure external URL with "https:// vmview.example.com" (with "vmview.example.com" = AX-VIP)
. Uncheck "direct connection to desktop"
On AX:
. VIP x.x.x.x
. port 443 type https
- Service Group with "View_Managers_servers:443"
- Create aFleX for persistence based on the cookie JSESSIONID (see http://www.a10networks.com/vadc/index.php/forums/topic/aflex-for-individual-server-cookie-persist/)
- Client-SSL-Template with your certificate for "https:/vmview.example.com"
- Server-SSL-Template with default
Case2:
VMView not using PCoIP (use SSL) + AX configured with SSL Offload (SSL up to AX only)
On VMware Manager servers:
. Uncheck default "Require SSL for client connections" (under View Manager Administrator tool - View Configuration - Global Settings - Edit"
. Configure external URL with "https:// vmview.example.com" (with "vmview.example.com" = AX-VIP)
. Uncheck "direct connection to desktop"
. Restart the View Connection Server service (as explained in the www.vmware.com/pdf/view-46-administration.pdf)
On AX:
. VIP x.x.x.x
. port 443 type https
- Service Group with "View_Managers_servers:80"
- Create aFleX for persistence based on the cookie JSESSIONID (see http://www.a10networks.com/vadc/index.php/forums/topic/aflex-for-individual-server-cookie-persist/)
- Client-SSL-Template with your certificate for "https:/vmview.example.com"
- No Server-SSL-Template
Case3:
VMView using PCoIP + AX configured with no SSL Offload (end-to-end SSL).
In that case only authentication/authorization/accounting packets are received and load balanced by AX to VMView Managers servers. Then clients access directly their desktops.
On VMware Manager servers:
. Keep default "Require SSL for client connections"
. Configure external URL with "https:// vmview.example.com" (with "vmview.example.com" = AX-VIP)
. Check "direct connection to desktop"
On AX:
. VIP x.x.x.x
. port 443 type https
- Service Group with "View_Managers_servers:443"
- Create aFleX for persistence based on the cookie JSESSIONID (see http://www.a10networks.com/vadc/index.php/forums/topic/aflex-for-individual-server-cookie-persist/)
- Client-SSL-Template with your certificate for "https:/vmview.example.com"
- Server-SSL-Template with default
Case4:
VMView using PCoIP + AX configured with SSL Offload (SSL up to AX only).
In that case only authentication/authorization/accounting packets are received and load balanced by AX to VMView Managers servers. Then clients access directly their desktops.
On VMware Manager servers:
. Uncheck default "Require SSL for client connections" (under View Manager Administrator tool - View Configuration - Global Settings - Edit"
. Configure external URL with "https:// vmview.example.com" (with "vmview.example.com" = AX-VIP)
. Check "direct connection to desktop"
. Restart the View Connection Server service (as explained in the www.vmware.com/pdf/view-46-administration.pdf)
On AX:
. VIP x.x.x.x
. port 443 type https
- Service Group with "View_Managers_servers:80"
- Create aFleX for persistence based on the cookie JSESSIONID (see http://www.a10networks.com/vadc/index.php/forums/topic/aflex-for-individual-server-cookie-persist/)
- Client-SSL-Template with your certificate for "https:/vmview.example.com"
- No Server-SSL-Template
If you plan to test it yourself, come back to us with the results :-)