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
Install Dependency Packages for Horizon Agent
Horizon Agent for Linux has some dependency packages unique to a Linux distribution. You must install
these packages before installing Horizon Agent for Linux.
Prerequisites
Verify that a new virtual machine (VM) is created in vCenter Server and your Linux distribution is installed
on the machine.
Procedure
1 Install the mandatory packages that are not installed or upgraded by default. The installer breaks the
installation if any package does not meet the requirement.
Table 2‑1. Mandatory Dependency Packages
Linux Distribution Packages
RHEL or CentOS 7
Upgrade VMware Graphic
driver for 2D desktop and
vSGA desktop.
NOTE This option is not
application for vDGA and
vGPU as they use NVIDIA
Graphic driver in the VM.
yum install mesa-libxatracker xorg-x11-drv-vmware mesa-private-
llvm mesa-dri-drivers
After updating, packages should be below version or newer:
n
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-13.0.2-7.20150211git8f0cf7c.el7.x86_64
n
mesa-libxatracker-10.6.5-3.20150824.el7.x86_64
n
mesa-private-llvm-3.6.2-2.el7.x86_64
n
mesa-dri-drivers-10.6.5-3.20150824.el7.x86_64
NOTE The update is not available for CentOS default online repository. You must
enable the CentOS continuous release (CR) repository.
yum-config-manager --enable "CentOS-7 - cr"
After upgrading VMware Graphic driver, you can disable the repository again.
yum-config-manager --disable "CentOS-7 - cr"
SLED 11 SP3/SP4
Upgrade xorg-x11-server to a
version later than 7.4.27.111.1
zypper install xorg-x11-server
SLED 12 SP0
Upgrade VMware Graphic
driver to a version later than
13.1.0-5.2
zypper install xf86-video-vmware
if xf86-video-vmware-13.1.0-5.2.x86_64 or newer is not available in SLED online
repository, you must enable the OpenSUSE online repository to install it.
1 zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/42.1/repo/oss/
oss-42.1
2 zypper ref
3 zypper install xf86-video-vmware
4 zypper removerepo oss-42.1
Ubuntu 1404
Upgrade indicator-session to
12.10.5+15.04.20150327,
available in
https://launchpad.net/ubunt
u/wily/amd64/indicator-
session/12.10.5+15.04.2015032
7-0ubuntu1
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/201393830/indicator-
session_12.10.5+15.04.20150327-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./indicator-
session_12.10.5+15.04.20150327-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
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