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
Table 1‑1. Supported Linux Operating Systems for View Agent (Continued)
Linux Distribution Architecture
RHEL 6.6 and 7.1 x64
CentOS 6.6 and 7.1 x64
NeoKylin 6 Update 1 x64
SLED 11 SP3/SP4 x64
SLED 12 is supported for installation and connections only. x64
NOTE Linux agent has dependency packages on some Linux distribution. See “Install Dependency
Packages for Horizon Agent,” on page 16 for more information.
Required Platform and Horizon 7 Software Versions
To install and use Horizon 7 for Linux, your deployment must meet certain vSphere platform, Horizon 7,
and client requirements.
Table 1‑2. Required platform and Horizon 7 software versions
Platform and Software Supported Versions
vSphere platform version vSphere 5.5 U3, vSphere 6.0 U2 or a later release.
Horizon environment Horizon 6 version 6.2.1 or Horizon 7 version 7.0.0.
Horizon client software
n
Horizon Client 4.0.0 for Windows
n
Horizon Client 4.0.0 for Linux
n
Horizon Client 4.0.0 for Mac OS X
n
HTML Access 4.0.0 on Chrome
n
Zero clients and mobile clients are not supported
NOTE HTML Access does not support Audio Out.
TCP Ports Used by Linux Virtual Machines
View Agent and Horizon Clients use TCP ports for network access between each other and various View
server components.
Table 1‑3. TCP ports used by Linux virtual machines
Source Port Target Port Protocol Description
Horizon Client * Linux Agent 22443 TCP Blast if Blast
Security Gateway
is not used
Security Server,
View Connection
Server, or Access
Point appliance
* Linux Agent 22443 TCP Blast if Blast
Security Gateway
is used
View Agent * View Connection
Server
4001, 4002 TCP JMS SSL traffic.
NOTE For more information on TCP and UDP ports used by clients, see TCP and UDP Ports Used by
Clients and View Agent in the Horizon Client and View Agent Security in View document.
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