Installing the Horizon client
To use vSmith you will need to install the VMware Horizon client. You can find the download links for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome, Android and iOS devices here, click the relevant download link for your device and install the program with all the defaults. See below for more details .
Note: If you receive a certificate error during installation, scroll to the bottom of the page for a resolution.
Installing on Windows
Prerequisites
Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See Hardware and Software Requirements for Windows Client Systems.
Procedure
On the Windows client system, download the client installer for Windows from here.
Double-click the installer file to begin the installation.
Click Agree & Install for a Typical installation.
Enter desktop.rhsmith.umd.edu if prompted for a server. If you receive a certificate error, scroll to the bottom of this page for the solution.
When the installation is complete, restart your computer.
Installing on Mac
Prerequisites
Verify that the client system uses a supported operating system. See System Requirements for Mac Clients.
Procedure
On the Mac client system, download the client installer for Mac from here.
Double-click the .dmg file and click Agree.
The contents of the disk image appear in a Horizon Client Finder window.In the Finder window, drag the VMware Horizon Client icon to the Applications folder icon.
If you are not logged in as an administrator user, the Mac client system prompts you for an administrator user name and password.Enter desktop.rhsmith.umd.edu if prompted for a server. If you receive a certificate error, scroll to the bottom of this page for the solution.
Certificate error during installation
During installation of the VMware Horizon client you may be prompted to enter a server name, which should be desktop.rhsmith.umd.edu. However on some instances it may throw a certificate error similar to the one shown here. Even if you click Show Certificate and it displays that everything is good with the certificate and you "trust", your computer may still refuse to accept it.
If this happens, cancel out of adding the server during the installation process and install without one (leave the input box blank). Once the client is installed fully installed, launch it (either from the Start Menu in Windows or from Finder for Mac), and still don't add a server.
Open Settings (from the three dots on the menu bar for Windows) or Preferences (for Mac) and go to the Security tab. Change the setting for Certificate checking mode to Do not verify server identity certificates and then close the settings.
You can now click the Add Server icon and enter desktop.rhsmith.umd.edu and you should be able to proceed without error.
