Installing the Remote Workstation Card Agent for Linux on RHEL or CentOS
Important: Required ports will be automatically opened
The Remote Workstation Card Agent for Linux installer will add firewall exceptions for the following required PCoIP ports during installation: TCP 443, TCP 4172, UDP 4172, and TCP 60443.
To install the Remote Workstation Card Agent for Linux:
Before you begin, confirm that your Remote Workstation Card and Remote Workstation Card Software are properly installed.
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Confirm that you can create a direct connection from a Anyware Zero Client to the Remote Workstation Card machine. After verifying, disconnect the session.
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Download and install the Teradici repository, via the shell script provided here.
Install the EPEL repository:
```text
sudo yum install epel-release
```
Install the Anyware Remote Workstation Card Agent for Linux:
```text
sudo yum install pcoip-agent-standard
```
Note your machine's local IP address. Clients connecting directly to the host workstation will need this number to connect.
Enter the license registration code you received from us.
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<p class="admonition-title">Note: These instructions are for Cloud Licensing</p>
These instructions assume you are using Anyware Cloud Licensing to activate your PCoIP session licenses. If you are using the License Server instead, see [Licensing the Remote Workstation Card Agent for Linux](./licensing.md).
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For unproxied internet connections, type:
```text
pcoip-register-host --registration-code=<XXXXXX@YYY-YYYY-YYY>
```
For proxied internet conections, type:
```text
pcoip-register-host --registration-code=<XXXXXX@YYY-YYYY-YYY> --proxy-server=<serverURL> --proxy-port=<port>
```
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Open /etc/pcoip-agent/pcoip-agent.conf with root privileges in a text editor.
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Add the following line:
pcoip.server_type = "RWC"
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Save the file and close the editor.
Reboot the desktop.
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<p class="admonition-title">Note: About the package name</p>
`pcoip-agent-standard` is the correct package for the Remote Workstation Card Agent.