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
Configure RHEL 6.6 for vDGA
You can set up an RHEL 6.6 guest operating system so that Horizon 7 for Linux desktop can take advantage
of vDGA capabilities on the ESXi host.
CAUTION Before you begin, verify that Horizon Agent is not installed on the Linux virtual machine. If you
install Horizon Agent before you configure the machine to use vDGA, required configuration parameters in
the xorg.conf file are overwritten, and vDGA does not work. You must install Horizon Agent after the
vDGA configuration is completed.
Enable DirectPath I/O for NVIDIA GRID on a Host
Before you configure a Linux virtual machine to use vDGA, you must make the NVIDIA GRID GPU PCI
devices available for DirectPath I/O passthrough on the ESXi host.
Prerequisites
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Verify that vSphere 6.0 or a later release is installed in your environment.
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Verify that the NVIDIA GRID K1 or K2 graphics cards are installed on the ESXi host.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, browse to the ESXi host.
2 Click the Manage tab and click Settings.
3 In the Hardware section, click PCI Devices.
4 To enable DirectPath I/O passthrough for the NVIDIA GRID GPUs, click Edit.
Icon Description
Green icon
The PCI device is active and can be enabled.
Orange icon
The state of the device has changed. You must reboot the host before you
can use the device.
5 Select the NVIDIA GRID GPUs and click OK.
The PCI devices are added to the table, DirectPath I/O PCI Devices Available to VMs.
6 Reboot the host to make the PCI devices available for use by the Linux virtual machines.
Add a vDGA Pass-Through Device to a RHEL 6.6 Virtual Machine
To configure a RHEL 6.6 virtual machine to use vDGA, you must add the PCI device to the virtual machine.
With this step, the physical device on the ESXi host can be passed through for use on the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the Linux virtual machine is prepared for use as a desktop. See “Create a Virtual Machine
and Install Linux,” on page 13 and “Prepare a Linux Machine for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on
page 14.
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Verify that Horizon Agent is not installed on the Linux virtual machine.
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Verify that the NVIDIA GRID GPU PCI device was made available for DirectPath I/O pass-through on
the host. See “Enable DirectPath I/O for NVIDIA GRID on a Host,” on page 33.
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