{"id":1814,"date":"2023-03-24T15:27:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseadmins.org\/blog\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2023-03-24T15:27:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:27:56","slug":"horizon-linux-virtual-desktop-non-persistent-ubuntu-22-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseadmins.org\/blog\/virtualization\/horizon-linux-virtual-desktop-non-persistent-ubuntu-22-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizon Linux Virtual Desktop – Non Persistent Ubuntu 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently wanted to apply some updates (OS updates and Horizon Agent) to my Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. It had been several months since I had last updated the desktop and realized the Ubuntu 22.04 had since been released. This is the current\/newest Long Term Support release (https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/about\/release-cycle<\/a>), which support going into early 2027. I decided this would be a good opportunity to build a new image that revved to the next major release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I followed the process from a similar article I created for Ubuntu 20.04 (https:\/\/enterpriseadmins.org\/blog\/virtualization\/horizon-virtual-desktop-non-persistent-ubuntu-20-04\/<\/a>) and found only a few minor differences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SSSD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When I last created this desktop, I switched from PBIS Open to SSSD for Active Directory authentication. At that time documentation was a little light on how to make this work with Horizon. The Horizon documentation has since been updated (https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Horizon\/2212\/linux-desktops-setup\/GUID-1E29173F-1E32-4663-92D6-788905F387E6.html<\/a>) and provided better guidance for SSO. This resulted in appending an additional couple of lines to the \/etc\/sssd\/sssd.conf<\/code> file that were not in my previous notes, but are captured in the official documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firefox<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I spent more time troubleshooting Firefox than I care to admit. In the previous Ubuntu 20.04 article, I updated a file (\/etc\/dconf\/db\/local.d\/00-favorite-apps<\/code>) to pin Firefox to the app list in the GUI. Additionally, in a previous article (https:\/\/enterpriseadmins.org\/blog\/lab-infrastructure\/installing-windows-ca-root-certificate-on-linux-and-firefox\/<\/a>) I had described a process to create a Firefox policy to install a specific CA certificate used in my lab. Ubuntu 22.04 switched to a newer snap<\/code> installer for Firefox and this change had an impact on both of these settings. I tried a couple of different troubleshooting steps, such as moving the policy file to \/etc\/firefox\/policies<\/code>, changing file permissions, moving the certificate file, but wasn’t able to find a quick path to resolution. I ended up finding an article to revert back to the way Firefox was installed in Ubuntu 20.04. That process is outlined here: How to Install Firefox as a .Deb on Ubuntu 22.04 (Not a Snap) – OMG! Ubuntu! (omgubuntu.co.uk)<\/a>. For reference, I’m going to include the partial list of commands that I implemented (since this is a non-persistent desktop I opted out of the step 4 from the original article that keeps Firefox up to date).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo snap remove firefox\r\nsudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam\/ppa\r\n\r\necho '\r\nPackage: *\r\nPin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam\r\nPin-Priority: 1001\r\n' | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/preferences.d\/mozilla-firefox\r\n\r\nsudo apt install firefox<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Overall I was pleasantly surprised that this process worked like it did before.  I recall the process going from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 to be much more time consuming.  I now have a non-persistent Linux pool, with the latest release of Ubuntu LTS, and a slightly better SSO experience than I previously accepted.  Hopefully these notes & previous post links will assist if you plan on setting up a similar desktop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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