System Requirements¶
The Standard Agent for Linux depends on the following system capacities and capabilities:
Supported Instance Types¶
VMware ESXi (6.0+) | KVM | AWS EC2 | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud Platform |
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VMware Hardware Version 11 | QEMU/KVM | Any instance type that meets the instance requirements |
Any instance type that meets the instance requirements |
Any instance type that meets the instance requirements |
Host Instance Requirements¶
Global instance requirements | |
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Operating Systems |
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Remote Host Memory | At least 2GB of RAM is required on the host desktop. The agent should have at least 512MB of available memory. |
Remote Host CPUs | At least 2 CPUs are required on the host desktop. Processors must support Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) 4.2. To use PCoIP Ultra, processors must support the AVX2 instruction set. |
Network Ports | The following ports must be open on the host desktop:
Collaboration sessions require an open UDP port (default 64172) |
Storage | At least 100MB for installation and 100MB for logging are recommended. |
User | Cannot be root. You must create a user account for PCoIP connections. |
Warning: Ubuntu 18.04 is obsolete
Ubuntu 18.04 reached end of life on May 31, 2023, and is now obsolete. It is no longer a supported operating system for the Standard Agent for Linux.
Using a standalone physical PC
You can enable PCoIP connections to a standalone computer, without a discreet GPU, via the Standard Agent for Linux. Standalone physical PCs are currently not tested, but are expected to work. For more information and instructions, see HP Anyware Instructions for Standalone Computers in the Teradici Knowledge Base.
Note: Elastic GPU and other EC2 instances supported
The PCoIP The Standard Agent for Linux supports a variety of EC2 instances, including elastic GPU types such as eg1.large. Refer to Amazon EC2 Elastic GPUs documentation for more information.