Welcome to the Host On-Demand Deployment Wizard

The Host On-Demand Deployment Wizard guides you through the steps required for creating an HTML page to which users can connect to launch a Host On-Demand client session. The Deployment Wizard has a quick and easy interface to help you configure the many available features of the Host On-Demand client.

Copying HTML files You can create a new HTML file that is like an existing one by editing the existing file, making changes if you wish, and saving the new HTML file as a different file name. You can specify the new file name on the File Name and Output Format window of the Deployment Wizard. When you follow these steps, the original file does not change. Your new HTML file name will be the value you specify in the File Name field, and the file will be identical to the one you chose to edit, with any added changes you might have made.

Properties button (Help files) If you installed the Deployment Wizard separately, rather than as part of the installation of the Host On-Demand server, then the help files were not installed with the Deployment Wizard. Use the Properties button on the Welcome page of the separately installed Deployment Wizard to specify the location of the Host On-Demand server. Otherwise, the separately installed Deployment Wizard does not display help.

Before asking you for session information, the Deployment Wizard prompts you to select which configuration model you want to use. For example, if you select the HTML-based model, you define all session information using the Deployment Wizard, and this session information is stored in the HTML file itself. If you select the Combined or Configuration Server-based models, you define your session information in the Host On-Demand Configuration Server using the Administration Utility. See Disabling functions for end-user clients.

The following is a list of some of the many features that you can configure using the Deployment Wizard:

• Preloads. Host On-Demand runs as an applet and must download code to the users' machines. By default, the Host On-Demand client downloads all of the components, but you may reduce the download size by removing those components that are not needed. Refer to Preload Options for more information.
• Download or cached client. Download clients download the necessary applet files each time users access the HTML pages; cached clients retain the code the first time users access the HTML page, and will store it on the users' machines. Refer to Selecting which clients to use for more information.
• Web page appearance (custom HTML templates). You can easily set up a template that the Deployment Wizard will use to generate your HTML pages. This feature makes it easy to add your own background, banners, etc.
• Client Java level. Clients running Java 2-enabled browsers will need somewhat different HTML pages than those running Java 1-enabled browsers. In the Deployment Wizard, you can select Java 1, Java 2, or Auto-detect.
• Cached client upgrade options. When running the cached client, the code must be upgraded when newer versions of the client are available. There are a number of Upgrade Options that allow you to control when the upgrades occur.
• Location of the Host On-Demand install (code base). Usually, Deployment Wizard files are placed in the Host On-Demand server's publish directory. However, sometimes it may be useful to put these files in a location that is independent of the Host On-Demand server so that they can be granted different security controls or make Host On-Demand server upgrades easier, for example.
• Locale options. The Host On-Demand applet will automatically display client desktop and session frame messages in the language identified by the locale on users' machines. However, in the Advanced Options window in the Deployment Wizard, you can specify a particular locale to use if you wish to ignore the setting on each user's machine.
• Portlets. You can run Host On-Demand as portlets within the Portal Server component of WebSphere Portal. Administrators can use the Deployment Wizard to create custom Host On-Demand portlets with only the features they desire.
• Windows Domain logon. If your users are logged on to a Windows domain, this option automatically logs users on to Host On-Demand using their Windows user name. This is available with the Configuration Server-based model in the Deployment Wizard. Refer to User ID Security for more information.
• Session Manager APIs. The Host On-Demand Session Manager provides JavaScript APIs for managing host sessions and text-based interactions with host sessions. These APIs are intended to provide support for embedding host sessions into a Web page using JavaScript and can be enabled with the Deployment Wizard. Refer to the Host On-Demand Session Manager Reference for more information.

If you are configuring options (defining sessions) using the HTML-based model, you have an additional set of options:

• Session properties. All of the session properties can be configured, including connection information, security, etc. Each of the fields may be locked to prevent users from updating them.
• Runtime options. When configuring a session, you can start it and define runtime features such as session size and placement, colors, toolbar customization, and macros.
• Disabling functions in the client. You can disable almost any function that a user normally receives as part of the user interface of the Host On-Demand client. Disabling a function removes it from the user interface (see Disable Functions).

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