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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,user@domain.com.
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.