Horizon integration

In this recipe, we will look into integrating VMware Horizon View into Orchestrator.

Getting ready

You need the Horizon 7 plugin and you need to load it into Orchestrator. The plugin can be found at https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=577&downloadGroup=HVRO-130-GA .

There is a known issue (plugin version 1.3 at the time of writing). Follow kb.vmware.com/kb/2144316 in order to switch on TLSv1.1 and 1.2 for Orchestrator.

Tip

Always fully read the release notes of any plugin or update. There are five known issues that you need to be aware of: https://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/hvro-plugin/horizon-vro-plugin-13-release-notes.html.

You also need the Horizon infrastructure. The minimum would be a Connection Server with one pool and one VM.

How to do it...

The following shows the basic setup, an example, and access point automation.

Basic setup

We will now connect Orchestrator to Horizon. This basic setup will allow a chosen user to do everything:

1. Start the...