Setting Up for Linux Desktops

Prerequisites
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Verify that the Linux guest operating system is prepared for desktop use. See “Prepare a Linux Machine
for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on page 14.
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Familiarize yourself with the View Agent installer script for Linux. See “install_viewagent.sh
Command Line Options,” on page 41.
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Verify that the View Connection Server administrator that you provide with the installation command
has the Agent Registration Administrators or Administrators role in View Administrator. Specifically,
the Register Agent privilege is required to register View Agent with View Connection Server. Agent
Registration Administrators is a restricted role that provides this minimum privilege.
Procedure
1 Download the View Agent for Linux installer file from the VMware download site at
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
Under Desktop & End-User Computing, select the VMware Horizon 6 download, which includes the
View Agent for Linux installer.
The installer filename is VMware-viewagent-linux-x86_64-y.y.y-xxxxxxx.tar.gz for 64-bit Linux or
VMware-viewagent-linux-y.y.y-xxxxxxx.tar.gz for 32-bit Linux, where y.y.y is the version number and
xxxxxxx is the build number.
2 Unpack the tarball for your Linux distribution on the guest operating system.
For example:
tar -xzvf <View Agent tar ball>
3 Navigate to the tar ball folder.
4 Run the install_viewagent.sh script as superuser.
See “install_viewagent.sh Command Line Options,” on page 41 for a list of the command line options.
For example:
sudo ./install_viewagent.sh -b mybroker.mydomain.com -d mydomain.com -u administrator -p
password
The -b parameter specifies the View Connection Server instance to which the Linux machine is
registered. You can use an FQDN or IP address with the -b parameter.
The -d, -u, and -p parameters specify the domain, user name, and password of the View administrator.
In the password, be sure to escape special characters such as $. For example: ab\$cdef
If you do not type the -p parameter with the command, you are prompted to provide the password
after you enter the command. When you type the password at the prompt, the text is hidden.
By default, the hostname of the Linux machine is used to register the machine. You can specify a
different machine name with the -n parameter.
5 Type Yes to accept the EULA if you run install_viewagent.sh without specifying the -A option.
The installer does not run unless you accept the EULA.
6 Reboot Linux for the changes to take effect.
After installation, the machine is registered with View Connection Server, and the viewagent service is
started. You can verify that the service is started by running the #service viewagent status command.
If an Agent Registration Failed message appears, see “Troubleshooting View Agent Registration Failure
for a Linux Machine,” on page 97.
Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
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