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Publish Dedicated Desktops using Ubuntu-GNOME and CentOS-GNOME

Once Ubuntu or RHEL/CentOS-based VMs are ready, they can be used in HyWorks deployments in the following different ways:

Create a Dedicated Desktop pool using existing Linux VMs

  1. From HyWorks Controller Management Console, go to VDI > Pools and open the Add New Pool wizard.

  2. In General tab

    1. Provide the appropriate pool name, Display Name, and description.

    2. Select Entitlement Type as Device-based or User-based.

    3. Select Desktop Pool Type as Persistent Virtual Desktop.

    4. Select Session Provider as the one that is hosting the target Linux VMs.

    5. Keep Provisioning as None.

    6. Select Assignment Life Span as Personal Desktop or Floating Desktop.

    7. Select the Connection Profile for this pool. You can select None if you do not want to assign a connection profile for the pool.

    8. Set the Remote Desktop Connection Port as Linux VMs use (Default is 3389).

    9. Keep the Active flag checked and Maintenance Mode unchecked for the pool to be available for end-users.

  3. Go to the Desktops tab and add the Linux VMs prepared with appropriate packages, DVM tools, and configurations.

  4. From Clients (Devices/Users), add users or devices.

  5. From the Desktop Assignment tab, assign desktops to users or devices or keep it automatic for automatic assignment.

  6. Configure the Classification Rules to restrict pool usage to classified client groups.

  7. In the Advance tab,

    1. Option Dedicated Linux VM Pool must be checked.

    2. Configure the rest of the Advance configurations as per requirement.

  8. Check the configurations in Summary and save the desktop pool.

Users with valid credentials can now access the configured Linux desktop VM from HyWorks endpoints.

Create a Provisioned Desktop Pool using a Source Image

Provisioned Desktop pools are created when a VM is used as a template or source to deploy multiple virtual machines. Here, the source VM is a Linux VDI server prepared appropriately using the abovementioned details.

Follow the below-given steps to create a provisioned desktop pool using a prepared Linux VDI server as source VM:

  1. From HyWorks Controller Management Console, go to VDI > Pools and open Add New Pool.

  2. In the Add Desktop Pool wizard, the General tab.

    1. Provide appropriate pool name and description.

    2. Select Entitlement Type as Device based, or User based.

    3. Select Desktop Pool Type as Persistent Virtual Desktop.

    4. Select Session Provider as the one that is hosting the target Linux VM.

    5. Keep Provisioning as Dynamic.

    6. Select Assignment Life Span as Personal Desktop or Floating Desktop.

    7. Select Connection Profile, if any specific connection profile is required, or keep it None for no specific connection profile for the pool.

    8. Set the Remote Desktop Connection Port as Linux VMs use (Default is 3389).

    9. Keep the Active flag checked and Maintenance Mode unchecked for the pool to be available for end-users.

  3. Navigate to the Deployment tab.

    1. Browse and add the Linux VM as the Source VM prepared using the appropriate process.

    2. Set Source VM OS as Linux.

    3. Provide appropriate entries for remaining mandatory fields, e.g., VM-Name prefix, Number of VMs to be deployed, etc.

  4. From the Customization, enable the customization of new VMs as per input provided. Provide appropriate entries for mandatory fields, e,g. Computer-Name prefix: if the cloned VM is to be joined to a domain, then domain details and the user have privileges to join the machine to the domain, etc.

    1. For AD-based deployments, select the option Join Domain.

    2. For LDAP/Workgroups, select the option Workgroup.

  5. From the Clients (Devices/ Users) tab, add users or end-points to be given access to the VMs from this pool.

  6. Configure Classification Rules for restricting pool usage to classified client groups

  7. In the Advance tab, configure the Advance configurations as per the requirement.

  8. Check the configurations in Summary and save the desktop pool.

New desktops are provisioned as per the provided configurations. It might take 10 seconds to 15 seconds to launch the first user session.

Users with valid credentials can now access the configured Linux desktop VM from HyWorks endpoints.