Installation and Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware Horizon Client for Linux Installation and Setup Guide
- Contents
- VMware Horizon Client for Linux Installation and Setup Guide
- System Requirements and Installation
- System Requirements for Linux Client Systems
- System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
- System Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
- Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
- Requirements for Using Skype for Business with Horizon Client
- Requirements for the Session Collaboration Feature
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Preparing Connection Server for Horizon Client
- Installation Options
- Install or Upgrade Horizon Client for Linux from VMware Product Downloads
- Configure VMware Blast Options
- Horizon Client Data Collected by VMware
- Configuring Horizon Client for End Users
- Common Configuration Settings
- Using the Horizon Client Command-Line Interface and Configuration Files
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon Client
- Configuring Certificate Checking for End Users
- Configuring Advanced TLS/SSL Options
- Configuring Specific Keys and Key Combinations to Send to the Local System
- Using FreeRDP for RDP Connections
- Enabling FIPS Compatible Mode
- Configuring the PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Managing Remote Desktop and Published Application Connections
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop or Application on a Linux System
- Feature Support Matrix for Linux
- Internationalization
- Keyboards and Monitors
- Connect USB Devices
- Using the Real-Time Audio-Video Feature for Webcams and Microphones
- Using the Session Collaboration Feature
- Using the Seamless Window Feature
- Saving Documents in a Published Application
- Set Printing Preferences for a Virtual Printer Feature on a Remote Desktop
- Copying and Pasting Text
- Troubleshooting Horizon Client
- Configuring USB Redirection on the Client
Supported media
formats
Media formats that are supported on Windows Media Player are supported.
For example: M4V; MOV; MP4; WMP; MPEG-4 Part 2; WMV 7, 8, and 9;
WMA; AVI; ACE; MP3; WAV.
Note DRM-protected content is not redirected through Windows Media
MMR.
GStreamer Framework
Set up the GStreamer environment such that the framework is composed of
the graphics card, hardware acceleration API, and GStreamer plug-in that
allow GStreamer to function properly. Table 1‑1 lists the different possible
setup combinations. To ensure the best possible environment, set up your
GStreamer environment using the information in Table 1‑1 for the NVIDIA
and Intel graphic cards.
Table 1‑1. GStreamer Framework Setup
Graphics Card (including
Driver) Hardware Accelerator API GStreamer Plug-in
NVIDIA VDPAU (libvdpau.so)
vdpau
Intel VAAPI (libvaapi.so)
gstreamer-vaapi
--
OpenMax gst-omx
--
DCE gstreamer-ducati
AMD
OVD/UVD
Unavailable
To get more detailed information, see
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/playback/hardwar
e-accelerated-video-decoding.html.
MMR is not enabled by default. To enable it, you must set the configuration option view.enableMMR. For
more information, see Horizon Client Configuration Settings and Command-Line Options.
Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
Streaming Flash content directly from Adobe Media Server to client endpoints lowers the load on the
datacenter ESXi host, removes the extra routing through the datacenter, and reduces the bandwidth
required to simultaneously stream live video events to multiple client endpoints.
The Flash URL redirection feature uses a JavaScript that is embedded inside a Web page by the Web
page administrator. Whenever a virtual desktop user clicks on the designated URL link from within a Web
page, the JavaScript intercepts and redirects the ShockWave File (SWF) from the virtual desktop session
to the client endpoint. The endpoint then opens a local VMware Flash Projector outside of the virtual
desktop session and plays the media stream locally. Both multicast and unicast are supported.
This feature is available when used with the correct version of the agent software. For View 6.0 and later
releases, this feature is included in View Agent or Horizon Agent.
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