Setting Up for Linux Desktops

Setting Up Active Directory
Integration for Linux Desktops 3
View uses the existing Microsoft Active Directory (AD) infrastructure for user authentication and
management. You can integrate the Linux desktops with Active Directory so that users can log in to a
Linux desktop using their Active Directory user account.
This chapter includes the following topics:
n
Integrating Linux with Active Directory
n
Setting Up Single Sign-on and Smart Card Redirection
Integrating Linux with Active Directory
Multiple solutions exist to integrate Linux with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Horizon 7 for Linux
Desktop has no dependency on which solution is used.
The following solutions are known to work in a Horizon 7 for Linux desktop environment.
n
OpenLDAP Server Pass-through Authentication
n
System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) LDAP Authentication against the Microsoft Active
Directory
n
Winbind Domain Join
n
PowerBroker Identity Services Open (PBISO) Authentication
If you use the LDAP-based solutions, you must perform the configuration in a template virtual machine
and no additional steps are required in the cloned virtual machines.
Note For ease of deployment, use the SSSD LDAP authentication against the Microsoft Active Directory
solution.
OpenLDAP Server Pass-Through Authentication
At a high level, the OpenLDAP Pass-through authentication solution involves the following steps:
1 To enable LDAPS (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over SSL), install Certificate Services on
the Active Directory.
2 Set up an OpenLDAP server.
VMware, Inc.
30