Preparation

To integrate ProfileUnity FlexApp with Amazon AppStream, complete the following steps:

1. Acquire access and credentials to your Amazon S3 storage, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Amazon AppStream account credentials. Amazon S3 storage will be utilized for the ProfileUnity configuration files and FlexApp packages.
2. Acquire AD Domain Admin access and access to the NETLOGON folder of your domain controllers. Verify you have permission to create AD Group Policy Objects.
3. Make sure the AppStream fleet is domain joined and the user is authenticating to AppStream with a domain account via a company-managed SAML gateway.
   • Download ProfileUnity with FlexApp from https://www.liquidware.com/download.
   • Refer to the following online resources:
     • Using Cloud Storage with ProfileUnity Guide
     • Installation and Configuration Guide
     • FlexApp Packaging Console Guide
     • FlexApp Packaging Console Guidance and Best Practices
     • Base Image Creation Best Practices
4. Make sure the following are true for the FlexApp Packaging Console:
   • The FlexApp Packaging Console should not be installed on the same machine as the ProfileUnity Management Console.
   • The FlexApp Packaging Console should be installed on a well-managed machine that has all the necessary runtimes installed and has been optimized.
   • The ProfileUnity Client Tools should not be installed on the FlexApp Packaging Console.
   • Each FlexApp Package or Layer will be created on a machine running the same operating system as the user machines on which it will be deployed.
   • Leverage the standard on-premises application packaging infrastructure that can connect to the ProfileUnity Management Console and to your S3 bucket (PRIMARY)
5. Install the FlexApp Packaging Console on a standalone AppStream Image builder instance. This can be used to create FlexApp Packages if you don’t have an on-prem virtualization environment where you can install the FlexApp Packaging Console.