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Chapter 2 Capturing Applications
[Settings]
contains
parameters
that
provide
global
control
of
the
capture
process.
[AppSettings:
AppName
]
contains
optional
application
‐
specific
parameters.
HostEnvironment
The
HostEnvironment
section
of
the
configuration
file
contains
the
connection
parameters
for
connecting
to
VMware
ESX
Server,
VMware
vCenter
Server,
or
VMware
Workstation
on
a
local
machine.
[HostEnvironment]
parameters
are
mandatory.
You
can
only
specify
a
single
endpoint
at
a
time
in
the
configuration
file.
For
example,
if
you
plan
to
use
a
single
VMware
ESX
Server,
you
can
have
ThinAppConverter.exe
directly
connect
to
that
server.
You
cannot
specify
more
than
one
ESX
server.
To
use
more
than
one
ESX
server,
configure
ThinAppConverter.exe
to
connect
to
VMware
vCenter
Server,
which
manages
multiple
ESX
servers.
You
can
use
a
locally
installed
VMware
Workstation.
VirtualMachineHost
The
name
of
the
virtual
machine
to
which
ThinApp
Converter
is
to
connect.
To
connect
a
single
VMware
ESX
Server,
use
the
IP
address
or
host
name
of
the
ESX
server.
To
connect
to
VMWare
vCenter
Server,
use
the
IP
address
or
name
of
the
vCenter
server.
To
connect
to
a
local
VMware
Workstation
instance,
use
localhost
.
For
VMware
ESX
Server
or
VMware
vCenter
Server,
if
you
are
not
using
standard
HTTPS
with
port
443,
you
can
specify
the
entire
URL.
Examples
The
following
example
shows
a
virtual
machine
specified
by
ESX
server
hostname.
[HostEnvironment]
VirtualMachineHost=MyEsx.vmware.com
The
following
example
shows
a
virtual
machine
specified
by
IP
address.
[HostEnvironment]
VirtualMachineHost=10.13.11.23
The
following
example
shows
a
local
machine
specified
as
localhost
.
[HostEnvironment]
VirtualMachineHost=localhost
HostLoginUserName
The
login
user
name
for
the
host
machine.
Use
the
same
login
user
name
for
connecting
to
the
server
as
you
use
for
logging
in
to
the
VMware
vSphere
Client.
You
must
have
sufficient
privileges
to
turn
on
and
off
virtual
machines,
take
virtual
machine
snapshots,
and
so
on.
You
can
use
UPN
format
when
you
specify
a
user
name
for
vCenter.
For
example,
HostLoginUserName
is
ignored
when
logging
into
VMware
Workstation.
HostLoginPassword
or
HostLoginPasswordBase64
The
login
password
for
the
host
machine.
You
have
the
following
options
when
you
specify
passwords:
You
can
enter
clear
text.
You
can
specify
a
base64
encoded
password
for
the
HostLoginPasswordBase64
parameter.
Specifying
an
encoded
password
does
not
increase
security.
You
need
to
protect
the
actual
INI
file.
All
passwords
are
handled
in
the
same
way.
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