Starting from Horizon 8 version 2106, recording feature is productized. It was firstly released through Fling with name "Session Recording".
Now it is officially named as "Desktop Recording". And you can obtain the installation execute from your Horizon download page.
Today I am going to show you how to deploy and configure the Desktop Recording feature.
1. Deployment of Desktop Recording Server
The first thing you need to is installing the Recording Server. It is a service running on top a Windows Server. I have prepared a fresh Windows 2019 server for the purpose.
You can download 2 related installation packages; Horizon Recording Server and Horizon Recording Agent; from the VMware download web site.
Please upload the Horizon Recording Server installation package to the Windows Server.
Login to the Windows Server.
Locate the Horizon Recording Server installation package.
Right click and select "Run as administrator".
An installation wizard will appear. Click "Next".
Check "I accept the terms in the License Agreement". Click "Next".
Select the destination folder for installation. Please be reminded that the recording video will be placed within this folder. If you would like to place the recording video on other location, you could change the installation path now. Click "Next".
Click "Install".
Wait for the installation process to complete.
Click "finish" to complete the installation.
You can now access the admin UI of the Recording Server with browser. The URL is similar as follow.
https://[Recording Server URL]:9443
The default username and password is administrator / Recording123.
2. Configuration of Desktop Recording Server
Once completed the installation, you will need to do some basic configuration of the Server.
Login to the admin UI.
Click the "Administrator" on the upper right corner of the page.
Click "Service Setting".
Click "Authentication Settings". Select "General" tab. Select "Administrator". Click "Change Password" button.
Input new password and click "Change Password".
If you're planning to integrate the Recording Server with Active Directory, you can do this by following. In this sharing I am integrating to AD with a service account "ADQuery".
Click "Authentication Settings". Select "LDAP Integration" tab.
Select and enable "Enable LDAP integration".
Providing the corresponding AD LDAP information.
Click "Test Configuration".
Make sure the test result is successful. Click "Close".
Click "Client Settings". You may edit your own Notification Message here.
Click "Recording Criteria". You can select recording for VDI from internal or from external connection. You can also add which AD group or user you would like to enable the recording.
Click "Recording Criteria". You can adjust how long you would like to store the recording video and server log.
Once completed all above modification, click "Save".
3. Deployment of Desktop Recording Agent
The last thing to do is installing the Recording Agent. Since I am going to integrate the feature into my Instant Clone Pool. I will install the Recording Agent on my Windows 10 Master Image.
Login the Windows 10 master image.
Locate the Recording Agent installation package.
Right click and select "Run as administrator".
Click "Next".
Check "I accept the terms in the License Agreement". Click "Next".
Select the destination folder for installation. Click "Next".
Input the name of the Recording Server in following format.
https://[Recording Server name]:9443
Provide the admin credential of the Recording Serve.
Since this is a master image for future cloning, I have checked "This machine is a template".
Click "Register".
Wait for the installation process to complete.
Click "finish" to complete the installation.
Next time user logon to the VDI will have a notification message of recording and the session will be recorded.
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