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
Remote Desktop and Application Software Requirements
A Horizon administrator must install product-specific application drivers on the remote desktops or RDS
host.
Enabling the Username Hint Field in Horizon Client
In some environments, smart card users can use a single smart card certificate to authenticate to multiple
user accounts. Users enter their user name in the Username hint field during smart card sign-in.
To make the Username hint field appear on the Horizon Client login dialog box, you must enable the
smart card user name hints feature for the Connection Server instance in Horizon Administrator. The
smart card user name hints feature is supported only with Horizon 7 version 7.0.2 and later servers and
agents. For information about enabling the smart card user name hints feature, see the View
Administration document.
If your environment uses an Unified Access Gateway appliance rather than a security server for secure
external access, you must configure the Unified Access Gateway appliance to support the smart card
user name hints feature. The smart card user name hints feature is supported only with
Unified Access Gateway 2.7.2 and later. For information about enabling the smart card user name hints
feature in Unified Access Gateway, see the Deploying and Configuring Unified Access Gateway
document.
Note Horizon Client still supports single-account smart card certificates when the smart card user name
hints feature is enabled.
Additional Smart Card Authentication Requirements
In addition to meeting the smart card requirements for Horizon Client systems, other Horizon components
must meet certain configuration requirements to support smart cards.
Connection Server and
security server hosts
An administrator must add all applicable Certificate Authority (CA)
certificates for all trusted user certificates to a server truststore file on the
Connection Server host or security server host. These certificates include
root certificates and must include intermediate certificates if the user's
smart card certificate was issued by an intermediate certificate authority.
For information about configuring Connection Server to support smart card
use, see the View Administration document.
Active Directory For information about tasks that an administrator might need to perform in
Active Directory to implement smart card authentication, see the View
Administration document.
Configure Horizon Client for Smart Card Authentication
You must perform certain configuration steps to use a smart card in Horizon Client.
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