You create a new virtual machine in vCenter Server for each remote desktop that is deployed in a VMware Horizon environment. You must install your Linux distribution on the virtual machine.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that your deployment meets the requirements for supporting Linux desktops. See System Requirements For Horizon Agent for Linux.
  • Familiarize yourself with the steps for creating virtual machines in vCenter Server and installing guest operating systems. For more information see the Setting Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon document.
  • Familiarize yourself with the video memory (vRAM) settings requirements for the monitors you plan to use with the virtual machine. See System Requirements For Horizon Agent for Linux.

Procedure

  1. In vSphere Web Client or vSphere Client, create a new virtual machine.
  2. Configure custom configuration options.
    1. Right-click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings.
    2. Specify the number of vCPUs and the vMemory size. For the required settings, refer to the following guidelines.
      • If you are preparing the virtual machine for deployment as a single-session virtual desktop pool, follow the guidelines in the installation guide for your Linux distribution.

        For example, Ubuntu 18.04 specifies configuring 2048 MB for vMemory and 2 vCPUs.

      • If you are preparing the virtual machine to serve as a multi-session host for a published desktop or application pool, specify at least 8 vCPUs and 40 GB of vMemory.
        Important: A minimum of 8 vCPUs and 40 GB of vMemory is required to support up to 50 user sessions per published desktop or published application.
  3. Power on the virtual machine and install the required Linux distribution.
    Note: If you are preparing the virtual machine for use as a multi-session host, you must install one of the following required distributions:
    • RHEL Workstation 7.8, 7.9, 8.1, 8.2, or 8.3
    • Ubuntu 18.04/20.04
  4. Configure the desktop environment to use for the specific Linux distribution.
    See the Desktop Environment section in System Requirements For Horizon Agent for Linux for additional information.
  5. Ensure that the system hostname is resolvable to 127.0.0.1.