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Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8

You're reading from   Mastering VMware Horizon 7.8 Master desktop virtualization to optimize your end user experience

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789802375
Length 772 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Barry Coombs Barry Coombs
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Installation and Configuration
2. Introducing VDI and VMware Horizon 7 FREE CHAPTER 3. Understanding Horizon 7 Architecture and Components 4. Design and Deployment Considerations 5. Installing and Configuring Horizon 7 - Part 1 6. Installing and Configuring Horizon 7 - Part 2 7. Section 2: Building and Delivering the Virtual Desktop Experience
8. Securing Horizon View with SSL Certificates 9. Building and Optimizing the Virtual Desktop OS 10. Configuring and Managing Desktop Pools - Part 1 11. Configuring and Managing Desktop Pools - Part 2 12. Fine-Tuning the End User Experience 13. Section 3: Advanced Features, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading an Environment
14. Delivering Published Apps with Horizon 7 15. Horizon Client Options 16. Upgrading to a New Version of Horizon 17. JMP and VMware Horizon 7 Deployment Considerations 18. Troubleshooting 19. What is New in Horizon 7 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a Linux virtual desktop machine

The final virtual desktop that we are going to build is for a Linux operating system, and for this example, CentOS is going to be the Linux distribution that is used.

The process is almost the same as for installing a Windows-based operating system; however, there are some differences when it comes to installing the Horizon Agent. The process starts with creating the virtual desktop machine itself.

Like with creating the previous virtual desktop machine, the first thing we need to do is build and configure the actual virtual desktop machine on the vCenter server. This will define the virtual hardware configuration.

As we mentioned previously, the process is identical to the one we followed for Windows 7 and Windows 10, and so we are going to cover the tasks and just highlight specific screenshots that are different:

  1. Follow the steps we...
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