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
Audio-out Audio output redirection is supported. This feature is enabled by default. To
disable this feature, you must set the RemoteDisplay.allowAudio option
to false. Beginning with Horizon 7 version 7.2 release, VMWare Horizon
HTML Access accessed using Chrome and Firefox browsers provides
audio-out support for Linux desktops.
Client Drive Redirection The Client Drive Redirection (CDR) feature is available beginning with the
Horizon 7 version 7.2 release. When you enable the CDR feature, your
local system's shared folders and drives become available for you to
access. You use the tsclient folder that is located in your home directory
in the remote Linux desktop. To use this feature, you must install the CDR
components.
USB Redirection The USB Redirection feature is available beginning with the Horizon 7
version 7.2 release. The feature gives you access to locally attached USB
devices from remote Linux desktops. You must install the USB Redirection
components and USB VHCI driver kernel module to use the USB feature.
Ensure that you have been granted sufficient privileges to use the USB
device that you want to redirect.
Note USB 3.0 protocol is supported in Horizon 7 version 7.2 release.
Keyboard Layout and
Locale Synchronization
This feature specifies whether to synchronize a client's system locale and
current keyboard layout with the Horizon Linux Agent desktops. When this
setting is enabled or not configured, synchronization is allowed. When this
setting is disabled, synchronization is not allowed.
This feature is supported only for Horizon Client for Windows, and only for
the English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified
Chinese and Traditional Chinese locales.
K Desktop Environment Beginning with Horizon 7 version 7.2 release, the K Desktop Environment
(KDE) is supported. The following are the currently supported Linux
distributions.
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CentOS 6 and 7
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RHEL 6 and 7
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Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04
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SLED 11 SP4
MATE Desktop
Environment
As of Horizon 7 version 7.3 release, the MATE Desktop Environment is
supported on the following Linux distributions.
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Ubuntu 14.04
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Ubuntu 16.04
Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops
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