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
Table 6‑2. Configuration Options in /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf (Continued)
Option Value Default Description
SSOUserFormat A text
string
[username] Use this option to specify the format of the login name for
single sign-on. The default is the user name only. Set this
option if the domain name is also required. Typically, the login
name is the domain name plus a special character followed
by the user name. If the special character is the backslash,
you must escape it with another backslash. Examples of login
name formats are as follows:
n
SSOUserFormat=[domain]\\[username]
n
SSOUserFormat=[domain]+[username]
n
SSOUserFormat=[username]@[domain]
CDREnable true or
false
true
Set this option to enable or disable the Client Drive
Redirection (CDR) feature.
USBEnable true or
false
true
Set this option to enable or disable the USB Redirection
feature.
KeyboardLayoutSync true or
false
true
Use this option to specify whether to synchronize a client's
system locale list and current keyboard layout with
Horizon Agent for Linux 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.
StartBlastServerTime
out
An
integer
20 This option determines the amount of time, in seconds, that
the VMwareBlastServer process has for initialization. If the
process is not ready within this timeout value, the user's login
will fail.
SSLCiphers A text
string
!aNULL:kECDH
+AESGCM:ECDH
+AESGCM:RSA
+AESGCM:kECDH
+AES:ECDH+AES:RSA
+AES
Use this option to specify the list of ciphers. You must use the
format that is defined in
https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/ciphers.html.
SSLProtocols A text
string
TLSv1_1:TLSv1_2 Use this option to specify the security protocols. The
supported protocols are TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1, and TLSv1.2.
SSLCipherServerPref
erence
true or
false
true
Use this option to enable or disable the option
SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE. For more
information, see
https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_o
ptions.html.
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