End User Computing

9. Horizon Linux Desktop Pool deployment (Easy Setup Tool)

This lab is independent and has no dependencies, but completing Lab 2 is required which sets up the Connection Server. Skipping this lab may result in mismatched screenshots shown in the guide in the up coming labs , as Linux entitlements will not be available.

Up until recently, the process for Deploying Linux Desktop Pools has been fairly challenging

We will be using the new Easy Install Setup tool for Horizon Linux Desktops

At present this Tool is best suited for Instant Clone Pools

Part 1. Preparing an Ubuntu base for Horizon Desktops for Site 1

We will complete the following tasks

Using the Easy Install tool
- Domain join the Linux Master
- Install and Configure the Horizon Agent
Create an Instant Clone Pool
Test a Desktop Pool session

Section 1. Pre - Install Linux network config

On your Control Center server
- open your Site 1 Chrome browser
  - on the Favourites Bar
    - select the vcenter-01a shortcut

In the vSphere client area
- in the User Name area
  - enter [email protected]
- in the Password area
  - enter Pa$$w0rd
- at the bottom of the screen
  - select LOGIN

Note ensure the LinuxMaster-01a is powered ON

In the vSphere client
- select and right-click LinuxMaster-01a
  - from the dropdown
    - select Edit Settings..

In the Edit Settings | LinuxMaster-01a window
- in line with Network adapter 1
  - to the right
    - select the 3 buttoned Icon
  - in the pop-out
    - select Remove device
  - in the bottom corner
    - select OK

In the vSphere client
- select and right-click LinuxMaster-01a
  - from the dropdown
    - select Edit Settings..

In the Edit Settings | LinuxMaster-01a window
- in the top right corner
  - select ADD NEW DEVICE

In the Edit Settings | LinuxMaster-01a window
- in the top right corner
  - select ADD NEW DEVICE

In the Edit Settings | LinuxMaster-01a window
- in the dropdown ,
  - right at the bottom
- select Network Adapter

The Edit Settings | LinuxMaster-01a window

NEXT to New Network
- from the dropdown
  - select BROWSE ...

The Select Network window

NEXT to CorpInternal01
- select the radio button
- select OK

The Edit Settings | LinuxMaster-01a window
- to close the window
  - select OK

In the vSphere client
- In the Hosts & Clusters Inventory
  - select the LinuxMaster-01a virtual machine
- In the Virtual Machine Details area

NEXT to IP Addresses (2)
- make a note of YOUR specified assigned DHCP IP address
  - Note: In the example its 172.16.10.151
- Minimize your Site 1 Chrome browser

On the ControlCenter server desktop
- select and launch the PuTTy shortcut

In the PuTTyConfiguration window
- under Host Name (or IP address)
  - enter Your DHCP IP address for LinuxMaster-01a
- under Saved Sessions
  - enter LinuxMaster-01a
- in the Saved Sessions area under Load
  - select Save
- select Open
- In the PuTTySecurity Alert window
  - select Accept

In the PuTTyWindow

NEXT to login as:
- enter omni
NEXT to password:
- enter Omnissa1!
- with your keyboard
  - select ENTER

Section 2. Deploy the Horizon Agent

On your ControlCenter server Taskbar
- in the search area
  - enter WinSCP
- launch your WinSCP client

In the WinSCP client
- below Host name:
  - enter your Linux Master IP address
- below User name:
  - enter omni
- below Password
  - enter Omnissa1!
- select Login
- In the Warning window
  - select Yes

In the WinSCP window
- In the right pane navigate to

NEXT to tmp
- navigate Up one level
  - select home
  - in the folder hierarchy of home
    - open omni
  - in the folder hierarchy of omni
    - select Downloads

On the ControlCenter server desktop
- open the software shortcut
  - open the Horizon > 2412 folder
    - select Omnissa-horizonagent-linux-x86_64-2412-8.14.0-xx.tar.gz
    - right-click
      - select Copy
    - switch back to WinSCP

In the WinSCP window
- In the right pane
  - select and right-click to launch the menu
    - select Paste
  - In the Upload window
    - select OK
- switch to your PuTTysession

In your PuTTyUbuntu desktop session,
- with your keyboard
  - type

cd /home/omni/Downloads/

In the /Downloads$ path
with your keyboard
- type

 ls -l

Press ENTER
type

tar -zxvf Omnissa-horizonagent-linux-x86_64-2412-8.14.0-12996613892.tar.gz

Note: The above command will extract the files from the compressed agent bundle

In your PuTTyUbuntu desktop session,
- /Downloads$
  - with your keyboard
  - to list the files
    - type

ls

type

 cd Omnissa-horizonagent-linux-x86_64-2412-8.14.0-12996613892/

press ENTER

Part 2. Deploying the Linux Horizon Agent using the Easy Setup Tool in Expert mode

In the PuTTy session
- enter

touch config.txt

In the PuTTy session
- enter the following

sudo ./easyinstall_viewagent.sh -l expert -f config.txt

with your keyboard
- press ENTER
NEXT to
- [sudo] password for omni:
  - type
    - Omnissa1!

In the PuTTy session
- (1): type the following
  - 192.168.110.10
  - with your keyboard
    - press Enter

In the PuTTy session
- (2): type the following
  - linuxmaster-1a
- with your keyboard
  - press Enter

In the PuTTy session
- (3): leave blank
  - leave blank
- with your keyboard
  - press Enter

In the PuTTy session
- (4): with your keyboard
  - press Enter

Note when the option is in CAPS, this is the default, it is therefore not necessary to enter Y.

In the PuTTy session
- (5): type the following
  - techseals.co
- with your keyboard
  - press Enter

Best Practice from our Engineering team to enter this in Lower Case

In the PuTTy session
- (6) Input the user name used to join domain
  - enter
    - administrator
- with your keyboard
  - press Enter

In the PuTTy session
- (7) Input the user name used to join domain
  - enter
    - Pa$$w0rd
- with your keyboard
  - press Enter

Note you will not see you password being typed, so be careful regarding Syntax errors

In the PuTTy session
- (8) Input the computer OU DN to join
  - enter

OU=Computers,OU=Corp,DC=techseals,DC=co

with your Keyboard
- press Enter

Note: This Canonical name is path is case sensitive

In the PuTTy session

NEXT to * Do you agree with the inputs above? [Y/n]
- with your keyboard
  - press Enter

Note Y is in CAPS therefore Yes is the default

In the PuTTy session
- All required dependancies will now be installed and configured
  - Sections 2 , 3 and 4 of Phase 1 deploy the dependancies, do the hostname configuration and Domain Join

In the PuTTy session
- OMNISSA GENERAL TERMS page
  - to Accept
    - with your Keyboard
      - press TAB
    - with your Keyboard
      - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (1)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (2)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (3)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (4)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (5)
  - with your Keyboard
    - enter y
    - press ENTER

Note y is not the default

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (6)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (7)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (8)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (9)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (10)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (11)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (12)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (13)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (14)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (15)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (16)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (17)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Phase 2: (18)
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- Summary of inputs
  - with your Keyboard
    - press ENTER

In the PuTTy session
- type
  - sudo reboot
    - with your Keyboard
      - press Enter

NEXT to
- [sudo] password for omni:
  - type
    - Omnissa1!

Part 3: Taking a vSphere Snapshot

In your vSphere client
- select and right-click LinuxMaster-01a
  - select Power > Shut Down Guest OS
- In the Confirm Guest Shut Down window
  - select YES

In your vSphere client
- select and right-click LinuxMaster-01a
  - select Snapshots > Take Snapshot...
- In the Confirm Guest Shut Down window
  - select YES

In the Take snapshot window

NEXT to Name
- enter Agent Installed
- select CREATE

Part 4. Deploying a Linux based Instant Clone Pool for Site 1

In the Horizon Admin Console
- In the left pane
  - under Inventory,
    - select Desktops

In the Desktop Pools area
- select ADD

In the Add Pool wizard
- step 1. Type
  - leave default
    - select NEXT

In the Add Pool wizard
- step 2. vCenter Server
  - leave all default
    - select NEXT

In the Add Pool wizard
- step 3. User Assignment
  - NEXT to Floating
    - select the radio button
  - select NEXT

In the Add Pool wizard
- step 4. Storage Optimization
  - select NEXT

In the Add Pool wizard
- step 5 Desktop Pool Identification,
  - update the following areas:-
    - under ID
      - enter Linux-BLR-INST
    - under Display Name
      - enter LinuxINST
    - select NEXT

In the Add Pool - Linux-BLR-INST wizard
- Provisioning Settings
  - under Use a Naming Pattern
    - enter LinuxINST-
  - under Desktop Pool sizing > Maximum Machines
    - enter 2
- select NEXT

In the Add Pool - Linux-BLR-INST wizard
- step 7 vCenter Settings
  - configure the following:-
    - in line with * Golden Image in vCenter:

BROWSE to and select LinuxMaster-01a
- then select SUBMIT
  - under * Snapshot
BROWSE to and select Agent Installed
- then select SUBMIT
  - under * VM Folder Location
BROWSE to and select RegionA01
- then select SUBMIT
  - under Resource Settings > *Cluster
BROWSE to and select Bangalore
- then select SUBMIT
  - under Resource Settings > * Resource Pool
BROWSE to and select Bangalore
then select SUBMIT
- under Resource Settings > * Datastores
BROWSE to CorpLUN-01b
- then select SUBMIT
  - In the Warning window
    - select OK
  - select NEXT

In the Add Pool - Linux-BLR-INST wizard
- step 8 Desktop Pool Settings
  - under Log off After Disconnect:
    - from the dropdown
      - select Immediately
- select NEXT

In the Add Pool - Linux-BLR-INST wizard
- step 9 Remote Display Settings
  - accept the defaults
- select NEXT

In the Add Pool - Linux-BLR-INST wizard
- step 10 Guest Customization
  - below Domain
    - validate that techseals.co(instant) is selected
  - below AD Container
    - select BROWSE
      - In the AD Container window
        
        expand OU = Corp
        
        select OU=Computers, OU=Corp
      - In the bottom right corner
        
        select SUBMIT

next to Allow Reuse of Existing Computer Accounts
- select the checkbox
- select NEXT

In the Add Pool - Linux-BLR-INST wizard
- step 11 Ready to Complete

next to Entitle Users After Adding Pool
- select the checkbox
- select SUBMIT

In the Add Entitlements window
- select ADD

In the Find User or Group window

NEXT to Name/User Name,
- to the right of Starts with,
  - enter IT Support
- select Find
  - under Find
NEXT to IT Support
- select the CheckBox
- to close Find User or Group
  - select OK
- to close Add Entitlements
  - select OK

In the Info window
- select OK

In the Desktop Pools area
- In the top right part of the desktop Pools area
  - select the Refresh button
  - select Linux-BLR-INST

under the Summary tab,
- scroll down to Secondary Image
  - view the progress of the pool being Provisioned
- To the right notice the State is Publishing
  - When complete this will report as Published
- you will need to have to wait until the Pool is Published

NOTE: The page does not dynamically update. You will have to refresh periodically.

In the Horizon Admin Console
- under Inventory
  - select Machines

In Machines area
- to view the Machine Status ,
  - use the scroll bar at the bottom of the window
    - scroll right.
- Wait until the Status shows Available for your Machines

Part 5. Testing the Linux Desktop Pool for Site 1

On your Control Center server
- select and launch your Horizon shortcut

In the Horizon Client window
- select horizon-01a.techseals.co

In the Horizon Sign in window
- In the username area
  - enter [email protected]
- in the password area
  - enter Pa$$w0rd
- select Login

In the Horizon Client
- select LinuxINST

In the Horizon client
- Note you now have a Linux Desktop experience
- You can now log off the session

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