Issues with linux agent installation

[MWigger]

Hello,

I try to get a centos 7  machine running with the Linux view agent, but it does not appear in the view server.

When I make a tcpdump and restart the agent, I see that no connection is attempted to the connection server

The values for NAME,HOSTNAME,BROKER,KDC,DOMAIN,BROKERKDC,BROKERDOMAIN are set in the config.

This is in the debug log:

2017-02-01T13:38:28.855Z DEBUG <Script Stdout> [LinuxUtilities] finished MonitorLoginUser

2017-02-01T13:38:28.856Z DEBUG <Script Runner> [LinuxUtilities] process terminated with rc 143, script: /usr/lib/vmware/viewagent/bin/vmMonitorLoginUser.sh MonitorLoginUser

2017-02-01T13:38:28.856Z DEBUG <Script Runner> [LinuxUtilities] Script finished: /usr/lib/vmware/viewagent/bin/vmMonitorLoginUser.sh MonitorLoginUser

2017-02-01T13:38:28.856Z DEBUG <Script Runner> [LinuxUtilities] thread finished...

2017-02-01T13:38:28.858Z DEBUG <Thread-1> [StandaloneAgent] Stopping Sso handler thread

2017-02-01T13:38:28.858Z DEBUG <Thread-1> [StandaloneAgent] Stopping blast server handler

2017-02-01T13:38:28.858Z DEBUG <Thread-1> [StandaloneAgent] Stopping Monitor Console Session Process

2017-02-01T13:38:28.859Z DEBUG <Thread-1> [StandaloneAgent] Stopping Monitor Login User Process

2017-02-01T13:38:28.859Z DEBUG <Thread-1> [StandaloneAgent] Stopping Monitor mksvchanserver Process

2017-02-01T13:38:28.859Z DEBUG <Thread-1> [StandaloneAgent] Stopping Monitor machine id Process

2017-02-01T13:38:28.859Z DEBUG <Thread-1> [StandaloneAgent] Stopping Monitor Host name Process

2017-02-01T13:38:28.860Z DEBUG <FileMonitor for /var/vmware/viewagent/logEvent> [FileMonitor] Interrupted while watching file

2017-02-01T13:38:28.860Z DEBUG <FileMonitor for /var/vmware/view.myuser/screenLockEvent> [FileMonitor] Interrupted while watching file

2017-02-01T13:38:29.527Z DEBUG <main> [StandaloneAgent] Configuring machine

2017-02-01T13:38:29.985Z DEBUG <main> [StandaloneAgentConfig] Current fqdn is mydesktop2.mydomain.net

2017-02-01T13:38:29.990Z DEBUG <main> [StandaloneAgentConfig] Reading customer configuration from /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf

2017-02-01T13:38:29.990Z DEBUG <main> [StandaloneAgentConfig] Set subnet: 10.0.0.0/8

2017-02-01T13:38:29.996Z DEBUG <main> [Utils] Using IP Address 10.16.69.25

2017-02-01T13:38:29.998Z DEBUG <main> [StandaloneAgent] Initialising JMS Certificate Manager from directory /etc/vmware/jms

2017-02-01T13:38:30.017Z DEBUG <main> [StandaloneAgent] Read thumbprint: 7e:3e:fe:e1:66:05:7e:7e:77:ff:c2:f3:f3:72:f5:bd:15:a1:23:c0#SHA_1

2017-02-01T13:38:30.020Z DEBUG <Script Runner> [LinuxUtilities] Running script: /usr/lib/vmware/viewagent/bin/vmMonitorLoginUser.sh MonitorLoginUser

2017-02-01T13:38:30.021Z DEBUG <main> [NetworkMonitor] The broker list is

2017-02-01T13:38:30.023Z DEBUG <NetworkMonitor> [NetworkMonitor] Start running monitor network Thread

2017-02-01T13:38:30.024Z DEBUG <Script Runner> [LinuxUtilities] waiting for process to terminate, script: /usr/lib/vmware/viewagent/bin/vmMonitorLoginUser.sh MonitorLoginUser

2017-02-01T13:38:30.034Z DEBUG <Script Stdout> [LinuxUtilities] vmMonitorLoginUser: start monitor the login user MonitorLoginUser

2017-02-01T13:38:30.037Z DEBUG <Script Stdout> [LinuxUtilities] vmMonitorLoginUser: host name: mydesktop2.mydomain.net, host info: mydesktop2.mydomain.net MonitorLoginUser

2017-02-01T13:38:30.097Z DEBUG <FileMonitor for /var/vmware/viewagent/logEvent> [FileMonitor] logEvent has changed

2017-02-01T13:38:30.097Z DEBUG <FileMonitor for /var/vmware/viewagent/logEvent> [ConsoleSessionHandler] mydesktop2.mydomain.net myuser

2017-02-01T13:38:30.102Z DEBUG <FileMonitor for /var/vmware/viewagent/logEvent> [StandaloneAgent] Console session created for user: myuser, domain: mydesktop2.mydomain.net

any ideas how to proceed?

Best regards,

Marius

[jtrutwin]

I didn't have any issues setting up View Agent on RHEL7 which should be the same as CentOS - my guess is you have a firewall issue between your desktops and your security/connection servers.

[MWigger]

Hello thanks for the tip, the firewalld was on

But disabeling did not help, I still dont even see an attempt to connect

[txiong]

Hi MWigger,

1. What version are your using?

2. How did you installed Horizon for Linux? Would you please post the command?

3. "The values for NAME,HOSTNAME,BROKER,KDC,DOMAIN,BROKERKDC,BROKERDOMAIN are set in the config" ==> did you manually updated these options?

4. Would you please also post the output of command: vmware-rpc machine.id.get?

Thank you!

[MWigger]

1. Version 7.0.3

2. ./install_viewagent.sh -b mybroker.mydomain.com -d mydomain.com -u administrator

3. NAME, HOSTNMAE BROKER were set automatically, the remaining where on the default and manually changed

4. I assume you mean vmware-rpctool:

vmware-rpctool machine.id.get

No machine id

Best regards, Marius

[txiong]

Thanks for your quick update, Marius.

Your installation command is to register the Linux machine to broker, which means the un-managed VM desktop. Actually, from 7.0.1, Linux Desktop switched to vCenter managed VM desktop. Here is brief steps.

1. Install the Linux Agent with vCenter managed VM mode: sudo ./install_viewagent.sh -A yes

2. Create Linux Desktop Pool on broker Create a Manual Desktop Pool for Linux

Tips:

  1. Linux machine should be configured to resolve broker's FQDN

  2. LinuxVM's vRAM should be configured manually from vSphere client: Virtual Machine Settings for 2D and vSGA Graphics

Please let me know if it works in your env. Thanks.

[jtrutwin]

FWIW I've found that 64 MB video card RAM seems to be about the minimal setting to have nice smooth full-screen displays for linux desktops in view.  Good luck.