Configuration guide: AWS WorkSpaces and AppStream essentials

The configuration opions on this page are only accessible to administrators.

Refer to the Usage guide: AWS WorkSpaces and AppStream essentials to use library content as a standard user.

Prerequisites

This library pack contains content from the following required expansion products:

• Nexthink VDI Experience.

Some of these products offer default access to their respective content and can still be used without expansion products.

Refer to the Nexthink Infinity thresholds and limits overview documentation for more information about default thresholds for expansion products.

Included content and dependencies

This library pack contains the following content and dependencies:

Content type	Name	Description
Dashboards	AWS Workspaces and AppStream virtual machines	Monitor the health and availability of AWS Workspaces and AppStream virtual machines by identifying performance issues that impact user experience.
Custom fields	AWS reboot health	Indicates the reboot health of a device based on the 'Days since last reboot'

Configuring AWS Workspaces and AppStream essentials

Adapt these suggested configuration steps to edit and customize content according to your organizational needs.

Follow these steps to install and configure content:

• Before configuration - Install library pack content from Nexthink Library
• Step 1 - Configure custom fields

Step 1 - Configure custom field

1. From the main menu, navigate to the Administration > Custom fields page.
2. Check and customize the rule criteria for each custom field.
3. Edit the NQL queries if necessary to suit your environment and reboot policies.
4. Nexthink recommends the following settings:

Name	NQL ID	Rule name	Object	NQL query
AWS reboot health	aws_reboot_health	Good Average Poor	device	devices | where virtualization.desktop_broker in [aws_workspaces , aws_appstream ] and ((virtualization.type in [shared, pooled] and boot.days_since_last_full_boot <= 1) or (virtualization.type in [personal] and boot.days_since_last_full_boot <= 5))

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