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Introduction
Licensing Site
The site that manages Parallels RAS licenses in a
Parallels RAS farm. By default, the server on which
you install Parallels RAS becomes the Licensing Site.
If you create additional sites later, you can designate
any one of them as the Licensing Site.
There can be only one Licensing Site in a given farm.
All other sites are called secondary sites.
Note: Parallels RAS updates or upgrades must be
applied to the Licensing Site first.
RAS Secure Client Gateway
RAS Secure Client Gateway tunnels all traffic needed
by applications on a single port and provides secure
connections.
HTML5 Client
HTML5 client allows users to view and launch remote
applications and desktops in a web browser. The
HTML5 client functionality is a part of RAS Secure
Client Gateway.
Publishing
The act of making items installed on a Remote
Desktop Server, VDI host or Remote PC available to
the users via Parallels RAS.
RAS Publishing Agent
RAS Publishing Agent provides load balancing of
published applications and desktops.
RAS RD Session Host Agent
RAS RD Session Host Agent collects information from
the MS RDS hosts required by the Publishing Agent
and transmits to it when required.
Remote PC Agent
Remote PC Agent collects information from Remote
PC hosts required by the Publishing Agent and
transmits to it when required.
RAS Guest Agent
RAS Guest Agent collects information from the VDI
desktop required by RAS Publishing Agent and
transmits to it when required.
RAS VDI Agent
RAS VDI Agent collects information from the Parallels
RAS Infrastructure and is responsible for controlling
VDI through its native API. It also acts as a gateway
between a RAS Secure Client Gateway, or the client
in direct mode, and an RDP server from the guest VM
or VDI depending on a VDI implementation.
RAS VDI Agent is a part of RAS Publishing Agent, so
it is installed when you install the Publishing Agent.
This built-in RAS VDI Agent can be used to control
multiple VDI hosts in a Parallels RAS farm.
You can also install a dedicated RAS VDI Agent on a
particular VDI host and use it to control that host only.
See RAS VDI Agent dedicated below.
RAS VDI Agent dedicated
This RAS VDI Agent appears as an installation option
in the Parallels RAS installer. It serves the same
purpose as the built-in RAS VDI Agent described
above. The difference is, you can only use a
dedicated agent to control the VDI host on which it is
installed.