Setting Up for Linux Desktops
Table Of Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops
- Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 7 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 Horizon Agent and Managing Linux Desktops
- Install Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Enable Reversible Password Encryption
- Configure the Certificate for Linux Agent
- Create a Desktop Pool That Contains Linux Virtual Machines
- Upgrade Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Uninstalling and Reinstalling Horizon 7 for Linux Machines
- How to Perform Power Operations on Linux Desktops from vSphere
- Gather Information About Horizon 7 for Linux Software
- Bulk Deployment of Horizon 7 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 Horizon Agent on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Install Horizon 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 Horizon Agent on Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample Script to Upgrade Horizon 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 Horizon 7 for Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting Horizon Agent Registration Failure for a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting an Unreachable Horizon Agent on a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting Horizon Agent on a Linux Machine That Is Not Responding
- Troubleshooting Copy and Paste between Remote Desktop and Client Host
- Configuring the Linux Firewall to Allow Incoming TCP Connections
- Index
4 Uncompress the VMware Tools tar installer file.
For example:
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-x.x.x-yyyy.tar.gz
5 Run the installer and configure VMware Tools.
The command might vary slightly in different Linux distributions. For example:
cd vmware-tools-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d
Usually, the vmware-config-tools.pl configuration file runs after the installer file finishes running.
6 For RHEL and CentOS, map the machine's host name to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts.
This step is not necessary for Ubuntu because the mapping is there by default. This step is also not
necessary when you bulk deploy desktops because the cloning process adds this mapping.
7 For RHEL 7 and CentOS 7, verify that virbr0 is disabled.
virsh net-destroy default
virsh net-undefine default
service libvirtd restart
8 Ensure that the View Connection Server instances in the pod can be resolved through DNS.
9 Configure the Linux machine so that the default runlevel is 5.
The runlevel must be 5 for the Linux desktop to work.
10 On an Ubuntu machine that was configured to authenticate with an OpenLDAP server, set the fully
qualified domain name on the machine.
This step ensures that the information can be displayed correctly in the User field on the Sessions page
in View Administrator. Edit the /etc/hosts file as follows:
a # nano /etc/hosts
b Add the fully qualified domain name. For example: 127.0.0.1 hostname.domainname hostname.
c Exit and save the file.
11 Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and modify the hosts entry as follows:
hosts: cache db files dns
The default setting is hosts: files dns and might cause the Linux desktop to fail to recover from a
temporary network outage. The desktop might lose communication with View Connection Server
permanently and require a reboot to resolve the issue.
12 For SUSE, disable Change Hostname via DHCP. Set the hostname or domain name.
a In Yast, click Network Settings.
b Click the Hostname/DNS tab.
c Deselect Change Hostname via DHCP.
d Enter the hostname and the domain name.
e Click OK.
After installing VMware Tools, if you upgrade the Linux kernel, VMware Tools might stop running. To
resolve the problem, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2050592.
Chapter 2 Preparing a Linux Virtual Machine for Desktop Deployment
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