Installing an SSL/TLS certificate on the Omnissa Horizon Connection Server (formerly the VMware Horizon Connection Server) is a common task. The whole process may feel daunting if you’ve never installed a certificate on the Horizon Connection Server.
Omnissa Horizon has had a few names, and some of those old names are still present at its core. Most recently it was called VMware Horizon. The original name of Horizon was VMware VDM (Virtual Desktop Manager), later renamed VMware Horizon View, and today, it is called Horizon or Omnissa Horizon.
In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to install a certificate on the Horizon Connection Server and update the VMware Unified Access Gateway appliance to reflect the changes.
Prerequisites
- Install the PFX certificate on the VMware Horizon Connection Server if you need to learn how my post Install PFX Certificate in Windows details all the steps.
The Process
The process is broken up into two sections. The first section details the steps needed on the Omnissa Horizon Connection Server, and the second section details the steps needed on the Omnissa Unified Access Gateway appliance.
Omnissa Horizon Connection Server
- Connect to your Horizon Connection Server
- Open MMC.
- Add the Certificates Snap-in.
- Select Computer account and click Next.
- Select Local computer and click Finish.
- Click OK to close the Add or Remove Snap-ins window.
- Expand out Certificates (Local Computer) > Personal > Certificates.
- You will see that one of the certificates has the friendly name vdm.