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 Queries
This topic lists the queries that are supported for this type of Horizon Client. If you are creating URIs for
multiple types of clients, such as desktop clients and mobile clients, see the Using VMware Horizon Client
guide for each type of client system.
action
Table 2‑3. Values That Can Be Used With the action Query
Value Description
browse
Displays a list of available desktops and applications hosted on the
specified server. You are not required to specify a desktop or application
when using this action.
start-session
Opens the specified desktop or application. If no action query is provided
and the desktop or application name is provided, start-session is the
default action.
reset
Shuts down and restarts the specified desktop or published application.
Unsaved data is lost. Resetting a remote desktop is the equivalent of
pressing the Reset button on a physical PC.
restart
Shuts down and restarts the specified desktop. Restarting a remote
desktop is the equivalent of the Windows operating system restart
command. The operating system usually prompts the user to save any
unsaved data before it restarts.
logoff
Logs the user out of the guest operating system in the remote desktop. If
you specify an application, the action is ignored or the end user sees the
warning message "Invalid URI action."
args Specifies command-line arguments to add to published application launch.
Use the syntax args=value, where value is a string. Use percent encoding
for the following characters:
n
For a colon (:), use %3A
n
For a back slash (\), use %5C
n
For a space ( ), use %20
n
For a double quotation mark ("), use %22
For example, to specify the filename "My new file.txt" for the Notepad
++ application, use %22My%20new%20file.txt%22.
appProtocol For published applications, valid values are PCOIP and BLAST. For
example, to specify PCoIP, use the syntax appProtocol=PCOIP.
desktopLayout Sets the size of the window that displays a remote desktop. To use this
query, you must set the action query to start-session or else not have
an action query.
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