Hey all.
I got an email from VMware Support through my support request that a bug has been identified in Horizon 7.3 and that the download has been temporarily removed from the website. An updated release will be available soon.
The bug is an issue that's rooted in communication problems between vCenter and Connection Server where CA signed root certificates are deployed. VMware self-signed certificates should work fine, although I did not get confirmation on this.
I also got instructions on how to work around the issue. See the following steps:
- On the Connection Server VM/machine, remove the CA signed root certificate from the Trusted Root Certificates Store.
- Restart the Connection Server service
- Login to Horizon Administrator and manually accept the vCenter [and Composer] certificate thumbprint.
Provisioning should start working again as normal.
Note that Connection Servers will appear with Red status in the dashboard, listing the error "Server's certificate is not trusted". This is harmless and will not impact the system.
Note that if your server(s) receive root certificates via GPO, you'd either need to make an exception for your servers to avoid the root cert, or repeat the procedure of deleting and restarting each time a policy update/push takes place.
Note that if you're not comfortable with the work around you'll need to roll back to Horizon 7.2 (or whatever your previous version is)
I hope this helps some of you. It helped me get my environment back on track.
(BTW, Magneet, for next time if you ever encounter problems with the installer again: the installer bug can be worked around also by doing an install via command line. Google for "Connection Server silent install" and utilise the triggers to make the install happen without the GUI and prompts.)
