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
b VM folder location
c Host or cluster
d Resource pool
e Datastores
11 On the Advanced Storage Options page, select the appropriate storage options and click Next.
12 On the Guest Customization page, select your guest customization for Linux and click Next.
13 On the Ready to Complete page, review the details and select Entitle users after this wizard .
14 Click Finish.
15 To entitle users to the machines in the desktop pool, select the desktop pool and click Entitlements >
Add entitlements and add the users and groups.
16 Wait till all the Linux virtual machines in the desktop pool become available.
Broker PowerCLI Commands
The View PowerCLI cmdlets which are to perform various administration tasks on Connection Server and
Windows desktop, can also work for Linux desktop.
Create a Manual Desktop Pool
Add-ManualPool -DefaultProtocol Blast -AllowProtocolOverride $false -threedRender usevc|vgpu -
Pool_id <pool id> [more parameters]
For Linux Desktop the following options and values are mandatory.
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DefaultProtocol Blast
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AllowProtocolOverride $false
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threedRender usevc|vgpu. For vGPU desktop, use -threedRender vgpu and for 2D/vSGA/vDGA
desktop -threedRender usevc .
Examples
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Create a oating Linux Desktop pool named LinuxDesktop with a virtual machine, LinuxVM-01.
Add-ManualPool -DefaultProtocol Blast -AllowProtocolOverride $false -threedRender usevc -
Pool_id LinuxDesktop -Id (Get-DesktopVM -Name LinuxVM-01).id -Persistence NonPersistent -
Vc_name myvc.myorg.org
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Create a dedicated Linux vGPU desktop pool named LinuxDesktop with all VMs that start with VM
name as LinuxVM-.
Get-DesktopVM | Where-Object {$_.Name.StartsWith("LinuxVM-")} | Add-ManualPool -
DefaultProtocol Blast -AllowProtocolOverride $false -Persistence Persistent -threedRender
vgpu -Pool_id LinuxDesktop
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Create oating Linux desktop pool LinuxDesktop with the rst RHEL 6 x64 VM.
Get-DesktopVM | Where-Object {$_.GuestID -eq "rhel6_64Guest"} | Select-Object -Index 0 |
Add-ManualPool -DefaultProtocol Blast -AllowProtocolOverride $false -Persistence
NonPersistent -threedRender usevc -Pool_id LinuxDesktop
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