Workspace Deployment Guide

Overview

This guide walks through the process of deploying Workspace into an existing Atria deployment.

Setup the Workspace Service

PowerShell Deployment

The method at this stage varies depending on which Atria version you are using. If you don't know which version you are running, you can view this at the bottom of the Home page on the Atria Web UI.

v15.23 or before

1. On the provisioning server, run the following command in an elevated PowerShell session:

Install-AtriaWorkSpace

This will install the Workspace Web Service:

2. Import the Workspace Service into Atria:

Import-AtriaServiceSchema -Service WorkSpace

3. Query the Workspace Web Service Credentials from IIS:

C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list apppool /name:"$=Atria WorkSpaceWS AppPool" /text:* | findstr "name: userName: password: password"

Make note of these credentials as they will be required at a later stage.

v15.24 onwards

1. On the provisioning server, run the following command in an elevated PowerShell session:

Install-AtriaWorkSpace

This will install the Workspace Web Service:

2. Import the Workspace Service into Atria:

Import-AtriaServiceSchema -Service WorkSpace

3. Setup the WebServiceConnect Credentials within IIS:

• Verify whether the WebServiceCredentials exist:

Get-AtriaInstallerCredential -Component WebServiceConnect -Server (Provisioning Server Name)

The outcome of this will vary based on whether you have recently installed Atria or not.

If the command retuns a credential:

• Run the following commands to determine the password:

$cred = Get-AtriaInstallerCredential -Component WebServiceConnect -Server (Provisioning Server Name)
$cred.GetNetworkCredential().Password

• Run Update-AtriaWorkspace in your PowerShell window to implement the credentials in IIS:

Make note of the credentials as they will be required at a later stage.

If the command retuns nothing:

• Create the WebServiceConnect Credentials:

Set-AtriaInstallerCredential -Component 'WebServiceConnect' -Server (Provisioning Server Name) -Credential (Get-Credential)

• When prompeted for credentials, set the username in the following format:

• Domain\Atria_Connect_####

• Where Domain is the Name of your domain, and #### is 4 random characters (e.g. HjkL).

• Create a password

• Run Update-AtriaWorkspace in your PowerShell window to implement the credentials in IIS:

Make note of the credentials as they will be required at a later stage.

Customer and User Plans

At this stage in the process, it is important to understand what Customer and User Plans are in the context of Workspace.

• User Plans are a user level configuration option that can be used for tracking billing.

• Customer Plans are a customer level configuration option that can be used for configuring Terminal Services and Profile Settings.

Both User Plans and Customer Plans can be fully customised to allow for any configuration options. Further info on the way that user and customer plans can be used can be found here: Service Plans

Further info on Workspace specific Customer plan configuration can be found here: Workspace Customer Plans.

Atria Deployment

1. Enable the Workspace service in Configuration > System Manager > Service Deployment.

   1. At the Top Level:

   • Select Top Environment Services in the Service Filter.

   • Open Workspace with the green arrow.

   • To enable the service at this level, you must select at least 1 user and customer plan. If you have already setup any User or Customer Plans, they can be selected here. If not, then open both sections and select the plans named Default. These plans contain the default configuration for Workspace.

   • Click Save

   2. At the Location Level:

   • Select Active Directory Location Services in the Service Filter.

   • Open Workspace with the green arrow:

• Open User and Customer Plans and enable any extra plans you have created. Default ones will already be enabled.

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The Publish tick box will enable the plans at reseller level for all resellers throughout the hierarchy.

• Click Save

2. Select Server Roles on the left, or from within the System Manager, expand your Provisioning Server, and enable the Workspace Role:

• Click Save

v15.23 or before

3. Select Credentials on the left, or from within the System Manager, and Add a new record within the credentials generated in the PowerShell Deployment and the Domian:

v15.24 onwards

3. Select Credentials on the left, or from within the System Manager.

• If the Atria_Connect_#### credential is already there, you can move onto the next step:

• If not, then Add a new record within the credentials generated in the PowerShell Deployment and the Domian.

4. Select Server Connections on the left, or from within the System Manager, click New Connection and enter the details below:
   • Server Role: Workspace
   • Server: Choose your provisioning server.
   • Credentials: Choose the credentials setup in the previous step.
   • URL Base: /WorkSpace/Api
   • Protocol: http
   • Port: 8095
   • Timeout: 200000

• Click Save

We have also created a Scribe for this process: Workspace - Configuring Server Properties.

Summary

You have now completed the installation of Workspace. To continue, follow the rest of this guide to learn more about the service and configure it for your environment. The next section will cover the first step in this process: Creating Workspace Item Types.

If you need any help or assistance, please contact us at support@getatria.com.