Vmware horizon client linux config
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This guide provides information about installing, configuring, and using VMware Horizon ® Client™ software on a Linux client system. This guide is written for administrators and end users of Horizon Client for Linux.
You can also access this guide through the Help action in the Horizon Client user interface.
Horizon Client communicates with a server, which acts as a broker between the client device and remote desktops and published applications. You enter credentials into Horizon Client , the server authenticates your credentials, and then the server finds the remote desktops and published applications that you are entitled to use.
Scope of This Guide
This guide provides instructions for installing, configuring, and using the Horizon Client for Linux product that VMware makes available.
This guide does not include instructions for installing the Linux operating system on a client system. For information about installing Linux, refer to the instructions provided by the maker of your Linux distribution.
Several VMware partners offer thin and zero client devices for VMware Horizon deployments. The features that are available for each thin or zero client device, and the operating systems supported, are determined by the vendor, the model, and the configuration that an enterprise chooses to use. Such details are not documented in this guide. For information about the vendors and models for thin and zero client devices, see the VMware Compatibility Guide.
How to Use This Guide
To get the help that you need from this guide, refer to the chapters that apply to your role and use case.
For end users and administrators — If you are an end user running Horizon Client to connect to remote desktops and applications and work in remote sessions, see the following chapters. These chapters also contain information relevant to administrators.
For administrators — If you are an administrator setting up a VMware Horizon deployment that includes Linux client systems, see the following chapters. These chapters are written for experienced system administrators who are familiar with virtual machine technology and data center operations.
Vmware horizon client linux config
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You can configure Horizon Client using command-line options or equivalent properties in a configuration file.
You can use the vmware-view command-line interface or set properties in configuration files to define default values your users see in Horizon Client or to suppress some dialog boxes from prompting users for information. You can also specify settings that you do not want users to change.
Processing Order for Configuration Settings
When Horizon Client starts up, configuration settings are processed from various locations in the following order:
- /etc/vmware/view-mandatory-config
- Command-line arguments
- ~/.vmware/view-preferences
- /etc/vmware/view-default-config
Note: You must create the /etc/vmware/view-default-config and /etc/vmware/view-mandatory-config files manually. The ~/.vmware/view-preferences file is generated automatically after Horizon Client starts up.
If a setting is defined in multiple locations, the value that is used is the value from the last file or command-line option read. For example, to specify settings that override users’ preferences, set properties in the /etc/vmware/view-mandatory-config file.
To set default values that users can change, use the /etc/vmware/view-default-config file. After users change a setting, when they exit Horizon Client , any changed settings are saved in the ~/.vmware/view-preferences file.
Properties That Prevent Users from Changing Defaults
For many properties, you can set a corresponding view.allow property that controls whether users are allowed to change the setting. For example, if you set the view.allowDefaultBroker property to «FALSE» in the /etc/vmware/view-mandatory-config file, users cannot change the name of the server when they connect using Horizon Client .
Syntax for Using the Command-Line Interface
Use the following form of the vmware-view command from a terminal window.
vmware-view [ command-line-option [ argument ]] .
By default, the vmware-view command is located in the /usr/bin directory.
You can use either the short form or the long form of the option name, although not all options have a short form. For example, to specify the domain you can use either -d (short form) or —domainName= (long form). You might choose to use the long form to make a script more human-readable.
You can use the —help option to get a list of command-line options and usage information.
http_proxy=proxy_server_URL:port https_proxy=proxy_server_URL:port vmware-view options
This workaround is required because you must clear the environment variables that were previously set for the proxy. If you do not perform this action, the proxy exception setting does not take effect in Horizon Client . You configure a proxy exception for the View Connection Server instance.