Ubuntu OVA for Horizon
Ubuntu OVA for Horizon is a pre-packaged OVA built on Ubuntu that automates the configuration needed for a Linux Desktop Template to be used in a VMware Horizon 7 environment.
Ubuntu Desktop is the perfect Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) alternative to Windows for VDI Admins who are looking to move away from a Windows-centric desktop delivery. With an infrastructure utilizing VMware Horizon 7, this pre-packaged OVA aims to ease the setup and configuration of a Ubuntu Template VM, especially for Windows Admins that aren’t familiar with a Linux desktop.
Check out the project on GitHub: https://github.com/thatvirtualboy/horizon-linux-vm
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Preconfigured Ubuntu OVA
- Base image is Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS x64 built from mini.iso for minimal footprint
- VMware HW v14 (requires vSphere 6.7+)
- Configured for 2D Graphics Settings
- Default username/password is viewadmin/viewadmin
- The VM includes the optimize.sh script which configures VM to Best Practices per Horizon
- Documentation & joins the domain
- The VM includes the linux-agent-install.sh script to install the Horizon Agent and configure USB 3.0 Redirection
- Additional system tweaks and applications may be necessary for your needs.
- Due to licensing limitations, the Horizon Agent is NOT included in this OVA. It must be downloaded manually after completing the optimization script.
- Optional Developer Desktop Package
Ubuntu OVA for Horizon is a pre-packaged OVA built on Ubuntu that automates the configuration needed for a Linux Desktop Template to be used in a VMware Horizon 7 environment.
Requirements for 1.2
- User permissions to deploy OVA/OVF
- Optimization script requires VM to have network access
- VM must be able to resolve https://raw.githubusercontent.com
- Domain Admin privileges (if joining to the domain)
- vSphere 6.7 or later
- Horizon Connection Server 7.11 or later
- Horizon Client 5.3 or later
- Comprehensive list of System Requirements for Horizon 7 for Linux here
Ubuntu OVA for Horizon is a pre-packaged OVA built on Ubuntu that automates the configuration needed for a Linux Desktop Template to be used in a VMware Horizon 7 environment.
Instructions for v1.2
Please visit this GitHub page for deployment instructions.
Ubuntu OVA for Horizon is a pre-packaged OVA built on Ubuntu that automates the configuration needed for a Linux Desktop Template to be used in a VMware Horizon 7 environment.
v1.2
- Special thanks to Robert Guske for testing & feedback
- Support for Horizon 7.11 and later
- Support for vSphere 6.7+
- Updated OVA base image to Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
- Updated Virtual Hardware to v14
- Added option to configure static networking
- Added support for USB 3.0 and USB Redirection (via linux-agent-installer.sh)
- Added KDE Desktop Environment Option
- Added Gnome Desktop Environment Option (recommended)
- Developer Desktop Package option
- Added Keyboard Layout Option
- Added option to enable SSH
- Removed runlevel 5 setting
- Fixed MOTD prompt code
- Disabled auto software updates
- Removed greeter modifications to support SSO
- Numerous improvements to script
- Script renamed to 'optimize.sh'
v1.1.0
- MATE Only Release
- Increased vRAM to 128 MB instead of Automatic
- Removed Audio Device
- Updated default network device to VMXNET3
- Updated repository for open-vm-tools to Ubuntu repo
- Added Horizon 7.1 Agent Dependencies
- Updated Dependency packages for Ubuntu 16.04 on Horizon 7.1
- Agent installer script updated with Horizon 7.1 links
- Updated Media Codec packages for Ubuntu 16.04
- Updated MATE packages to Xenial
- More reliable domain join
- Password update optional
- Timezone update optional
- Option to change hostname
- Desktop addons optional
- Added retry attempts for failed wgets of smb and krb5 configuration files
- Renamed ‘horizon-linux-installer.sh’ to ‘linux-agent-installer.sh