To support SSO on an instant-cloned Linux virtual machine (VM) in a Horizon 8 desktop environment, configure Samba on the golden-image Linux VM.
Samba supports offline domain join with Active Directory for instant-cloned desktops running any Linux distribution supported by Horizon Agent. However, VMware recommends using SSSD Authentication for desktops running newer distributions and Samba only for desktops running older distributions, as described in the following note.
Note:
- VMware recommends using the SSSD Authentication method (instead of Samba) for desktops running the following Linux distributions.
- Ubuntu 20.04/22.04
- RHEL 8.x/9.x
- SLED/SLES 15.x
- VMware recommends using the Samba method for desktops running the following Linux distributions.
- Ubuntu 18.04
- RHEL/CentOS 7.x
- SLED/SLES 12.x
Use the following procedure as an example for using Samba to offline domain join an instant-cloned Linux VM to Active Directory (AD). This procedure provides the steps for an Ubuntu system.