Setting Up for Linux Desktops
Table Of Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Features and System Requirements
- Preparing a Linux Virtual Machine for Desktop Deployment
- Setting Up Active Directory Integration for Linux Desktops
- Configuration Options for Linux Desktops
- Setting Up Graphics for Linux Desktops
- Installing View Agent and Managing Linux Desktops
- Install View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Enable Reversible Password Encryption
- Create a Desktop Pool That Contains Linux Virtual Machines
- Upgrade View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Uninstalling and Reinstalling Horizon 6 for Linux Machines
- How to Perform Power Operations on Linux Desktops from vSphere
- Gather Information About Horizon 6 for Linux Software
- Bulk Deployment of Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Overview of Bulk Deployment of Linux Desktops
- Create a Virtual Machine Template for Cloning Linux Desktop Machines
- Input File for the Sample PowerCLI Scripts to Deploy Linux Desktops
- Sample Script to Clone Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Join Cloned Virtual Machines to AD Domain
- Sample Script to Join Cloned Virtual Machines to AD Domain Using SSH
- Sample Script to Install View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Install View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Upload Configuration Files to Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Upload Configuration Files to Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Upgrade View Agent on Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample Script to Upgrade View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Perform Operations on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Delete Machines from the Connection Server LDAP Database
- Troubleshooting Linux Desktops
- Collect Diagnostic Information for a Horizon 6 for Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting View Agent Registration Failure for a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting an Unreachable View Agent on a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting View Agent on a Linux Machine That Is Not Responding
- Configuring the Linux Firewall to Allow Incoming TCP Connections
- Index
4 Copy or download the NVIDIA display driver to the virtual machine.
a For an NVIDIA GRID vGPU configuration, copy the NVIDIA Linux Display Driver to the virtual
machine.
b For a vDGA configuration, download the NVIDIA driver from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads site.
Select the appropriate driver version from the NVIDIA drop-down menus:
Option Description
Product Type
GRID
Product Series
GRID Series
Product
Select the version (such as GRID K2) that is installed on the ESXi host.
Operating System
Linux 64-bit or Linux 32-bit
5 Open a remote terminal to the virtual machine, or switch to a text console by typing Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in
as root, and run the init 3 command to disable X Windows.
6 Install additional components that are required for the NVIDIA driver.
sudo yum install gcc-c++
sudo yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
sudo yum install kernel-headers-$(uname -r)
7 Add an executable flag to the NVIDIA driver package.
The following example uses a driver package for NVIDIA GRID vGPU:
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-version-grid.run
The following example uses a driver package for vDGA:
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-version.run
8 Start the NVIDIA installer.
For NVIDIA GRID vGPU:
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-version-grid.run
For vDGA:
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-version.run
9 Accept the NVIDIA software license agreement and select Yes to automatically update the X
configuration settings.
What to do next
Install View Agent on the Linux virtual machine. See “Install View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine,” on
page 39.
Create a desktop pool that contains the configured Linux virtual machines. See “Create a Desktop Pool That
Contains Linux Virtual Machines,” on page 42.
Verify That the NVIDIA Display Driver Is Installed
You can verify that the NVIDIA display driver is installed on a RHEL 6.6. virtual machine by displaying the
NVIDIA driver output in a View desktop session.
Prerequisites
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Check that you installed the NVIDIA display driver.
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