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
- Setting Up Graphics for Linux Desktops
- Installing Horizon Agent
- Configuration Options for Linux Desktops
- Create and Manage Linux Desktop Pools
- Bulk Deployment of Horizon 7 for Manual Desktop Pools
- Overview of Bulk Deployment of Linux Desktops
- Overview of Bulk Upgrade 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 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
- Troubleshooting Linux Desktops
- Collect Diagnostic Information for Horizon 7 for Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting Copy and Paste between Remote Desktop and Client Host
- Configuring the Linux Firewall to Allow Incoming TCP Connections
- View Agent Fails to Disconnect on an iPad Pro Horizon Client
- SLES 12 SP1 Desktop does not Auto Refresh after Drag and Drop
- SSO Fails to Connect to a PowerOff Agent
- Unreachable VM After Creating a Manual Desktop Pool for Linux
- Index
Configuration Options for Linux
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You can congure various options to customize the user experience using conguration les.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Seing Options in Conguration Files on a Linux Desktop,” on page 47
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“Example Blast Seings for Linux Desktops,” on page 54
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“Examples of Client Drive Redirection Options for Linux Desktops,” on page 55
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“Suppress the vSphere Console Display of a Linux Desktop,” on page 55
Setting Options in Configuration Files on a Linux Desktop
You can congure certain options by adding entries to the les /etc/vmware/config
or /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf.
During the installation of View Agent or Horizon Agent, the installer copies two conguration template
les, config.template and viewagent-custom.conf.template, to /etc/vmware. In addition, if the
les /etc/vmware/config and /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf do not exist, the installer copies
config.template to config and viewagent-custom.conf.template to viewagent-custom.conf. In the template
les, all the conguration 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 conguration changes, reboot Linux for the changes to take eect.
Configuration Options in /etc/vmware/config
VMwareBlastServer and its related plug-ins use the conguration le /etc/vmware/config.
N The following table includes description for each agent-enforced policy seing for USB in the
Horizon Agent conguration le. Horizon Agent uses the seings to decide if a USB can be forwarded to the
host machine. Horizon Agent also passes the seings to Horizon Client for interpretation and enforcement
according to whether you specify the merge(m) modier to apply the Horizon Agent lter policy seing in
addition to the Horizon Client lter policy seing, or override(o) modier to use the Horizon Agent lter
policy seing instead of the Horizon Client lter policy seing.
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