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
Verify That the NVIDIA Display Driver Is Installed
You can verify that the NVIDIA display driver is installed on a RHEL 6.6. virtual machine by displaying the
NVIDIA driver output in a View desktop session.
Prerequisites
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Check that you installed the NVIDIA display driver.
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Verify that Horizon Agent is installed on the Linux virtual machine. See “Install Horizon Agent on a
Linux Virtual Machine,” on page 41.
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Verify that the Linux virtual machine is deployed in a desktop pool. See “Create a Desktop Pool That
Contains Linux Virtual Machines,” on page 46.
Procedure
1 Restart the Linux virtual machine.
The Horizon Agent startup script initializes the X server and display topology.
You can no longer view the virtual machine display in the vSphere console.
2 From Horizon Client, connect to the Linux desktop.
3 In the Linux desktop session, verify that the NVIDIA display driver is installed.
Open a terminal window and run the glxinfo | grep NVIDIA command.
The NVIDIA driver output is displayed. For example:
[root]# glxinfo | grep NVIDIA
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.47
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
The user can access the NVIDIA graphics capabilities on the remote desktop.
After verifying the installation of NVIDIA display driver, perform the following tasks for installation to
work correctly.
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If you upgrade the Linux kernel, Horizon Agent might not be able to communicate with View
Connection Server. To resolve the problem, reinstall the NVIDIA driver.
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Set the NVIDIA GRID licensing in the Linux VM. See NVIDIA documentation for more information.
Linux desktop will not work correctly if licensing is not set. For example, auto-fit will not work.
Configure RHEL 7.1 for vSGA
You can set up an RHEL 7.1 guest operating system so that a Horizon 7 for Linux desktop can take
advantage of vSGA capabilities.
Install the VIB for the NVIDIA Graphics Card on the ESXi Host
You must download and install the VIB for your NVIDIA GRID graphics card on the ESXi 6.0 U1 or later
host. NVIDIA drivers 346.69 and 346.42 are now supported for vSGA.
For an NVIDIA GRID vGPU configuration, NVIDIA provides a vGPU software package that includes a
vGPU Manager, which you install on the ESXi host in this procedure, and a Linux Display Driver, which
you will install on the Linux virtual machine in a later procedure.
Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops
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