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
7 (Optional) If you want to add an NFS mount in the /etc/fstab file of the master Linux VDI instant-
clone agent, use one of the following methods.
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Add a 'soft' flag in /etc/fstab, such as:
10.111.222.333:/share /home/nfsmount nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,soft,intr,tcp
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If you do not want to use the 'soft' flag in /etc/fstab, you cannot configure the /etc/fstab in
the master Linux VM image. You can write a power-off script to configure the /etc/fstab file,
then set this power-off script in the guest customization page of the instant-clone pool in Horizon
Administrator.
8 Shut down the Linux VM and create a master image by creating a snapshot of your powered off Linux
VM using VMware vSphere
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Web Client.
See "Take a Snapshot in the VMware Host Client" in vSphere Single Host Management - VMware
Host Client for information.
9 In Horizon Administrator, select Catalog > Desktop Pools > Add.
10 Define the desktop pool.
a On the Type page, select the Automated Desktop Pool and click Next.
b On the User Assignment page, select Floating and click Next.
c On the vCenter Server page, select Instant clones.
11 Enter the desktop pool ID on the Desktop Pool Identification page and click Next.
12 On the Desktop Pool Settings page, accept the default settings and click Next.
13 On the Provisioning Settings page, set the following Virtual Machine Naming options and click
Next.
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Naming Pattern - For example, specify LinuxVM-{n}
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Max number of machines
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Number of spare (powered on) machines
14 On the Storage Optimization page, select Use VMware Virtual SAN for the storage management
policy and click Next.
15 On the vCenter Settings page, click Browse for each vCenter Server setting, select the appropriate
value for each setting, and click Next.
16 On the Guest Customization page, specify the Domain setting, AD container, and any extra
customization scripts that must be run after the VM is cloned. Click Next.
17 On the Ready to Complete page, select the Entitle users after this wizard finishes and review the
details.
18 Click Finish.
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