Creating Host On-Demand HTML files

The best way to create and set up your HTML files for Host On-Demand is to use the Deployment Wizard. The Deployment Wizard allows you to easily create custom HTML files that contain all of the Host On-Demand features tailored for your environment. The following is a list of some of the many features that can be configured using the Deployment Wizard:

• Configuration models. Configuration models define the high-level approach you wish to follow with regard to where you define your sessions and where any user preferences are kept. For more information about configuration models, refer to Planning for deployment.
• Preloads. Host On-Demand runs as an applet or application 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.
• Cached client, Web Start client, or Download client. Cached clients retain the code the first time users access the HTML file, and store it on the users' machines. The Web Start client caches the client code like the Cached client but additionally allows you to run Host On-Demand without a browser. Download clients download the necessary applet files each time users access the HTML files.
• Web page appearance (custom HTML templates). You can easily set up a template that the Deployment Wizard will use to generate your HTML files. This feature makes it easy to add your own background, banners, etc.
• Cached Client/Web Start options. When running the cached client or Web Start client, the code must be upgraded when newer versions of the client are available. You can use a number of Deployment Wizard options to control the upgrades.
• 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.
• WebSphere Portal. WebSphere Portal provides a framework for plugging content extensions known as portlets into a Web site. Portlets are applications that organize content from various sources and display it on a single HTML file in a browser window. The HTML files that are used to launch Host On-Demand sessions can be deployed as portlets, allowing users to access Host On-Demand through a portal interface.
• 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 option is available only when using the configuration server-based model in the Deployment Wizard.
• 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.

To use the Web Start client, you need to use the Deployment Wizard. Predefined files for this client type are not provided.