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
Configuration Options for Linux
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You can configure various options to customize the user experience using configuration files.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Setting Options in Configuration Files on a Linux Desktop,” on page 23
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“Suppress the vSphere Console Display of a Linux Desktop,” on page 25
Setting Options in Configuration Files on a Linux Desktop
You can configure certain options by adding entries to the files /etc/vmware/config
or /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf.
During the installation of View Agent or Horizon Agent, the installer copies two configuration template
files, template_config and template_viewagent-custom.conf, to /etc/vmware. In addition, if the
files /etc/vmware/config and /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf do not exist, the installer copies
template-config to config and template_viewagent-custom.conf to viewagent-custom.conf. In the template
files, all the configuration options are listed and documented. To set an option, simply remove the comment
and change the value as appropriate.
For example, the following line in /etc/vmware/config enables the lossless PNG mode.
RemoteDisplay.alwaysLossless=TRUE
After you make configuration changes, reboot Linux for the changes to take effect.
Configuration Options in /etc/vmware/config
VMwareBlastServer and its related plug-ins use the configuration file /etc/vmware/config.
Table 4‑1. Configuration Options in /etc/vmware/config
Option Value Default Description
RemoteDisplay.alwaysLossless TRUE or
FALSE
FALSE Graphic applications, especially graphic design applications,
require pixel-exact rendering of images in the client display of a
Linux desktop. You can configure a lossless PNG mode for
images and video playback that are generated on a Linux
desktop and rendered on the client device. This feature uses
additional bandwidth between the client and the ESXi host.
mksVNCServer.useUInputButt
onMapping
TRUE or
FALSE
FALSE Set this option to enable the support of a left-handed mouse on
Ubuntu or RHEL 7. CentOS and RHEL 6.6 support a left-
handed mouse and you do not need to set this option.
RemoteDisplay.allowAudio TRUE or
FALSE
TRUE Set this option to disable audio out
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