Creating a Desktop Pool

• Console
• CLI
• API

• Note
  
  To perform this task, you must be the desktop administrator.

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Compute. Under Secure Desktops, click Desktop Pools.
  2. Under List scope, select the compartment that you want to create the pool in.

     The compartment determines which user groups can access the pool. See Understanding Desktop User Access to a Desktop Pool.

  3. Click Create desktop pool.
  4. Enter a name for the desktop pool, to be used to list desktops in the Secure Desktops interface (1024-character maximum).

     Make the value something meaningful to desktop users. Avoid entering confidential information. You can edit this value later.

  5. (Optional) Enter a description for the desktop pool (1024-character maximum).

     Users don't see this description. Avoid entering confidential information. You can edit this value later.

  6. (Optional) For Pool start time, select the date and time when the pool becomes accessible.

     Specifying this value is useful if you want to configure a pool in advance. All times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format. If you don’t specify a start time, the pool starts immediately after it’s created. You can edit this value later.

  7. (Optional) For Pool stop time, select the date and time when the pool stops and becomes inaccessible.

     Specifying this value is useful if you want to restrict pool access to a defined period, for example, a trade show. All times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format. You can edit this value later.

     Note
     
     When a pool stops, it’s shut down but not deleted.
  8. (Optional) For Administrator contact details, enter the information that’s displayed to desktop users if they need to contact the administrator (1024-character maximum).

     For example, you might want to include the email of the administrator. Avoid entering confidential information. You can edit this value later.

  9. (Optional) Select Enable administrator privileges for users on their desktop to allow the desktop users to have administration privileges on their virtual desktops.
  10. Under Pool size, specify the following values:
      • Maximum size: The maximum number of desktops in the pool.
      • Standby size: The number of available, unassigned desktops. Standby desktops consume resources because they’re running and available for immediate allocation to desktop users.

      You can edit these values later.

  11. Under Placement, select the availability domain in which to locate the desktop resources.
  12. Under Image and Shape, specify the following values:
      • Desktop image: The image used for the desktops. This can be a standard image or custom image. See Desktop Images.
      • Desktop shape: The compute shape for the desktops.
        For Windows desktop pools, which require dedicated virtual machine hosts, use one of the following preferred shapes. They are mapped to DVH shapes for allocation of OCPUs and memory.

        • Flex Low (2 OCPUs, 4GB RAM)
        • Flex Medium (4 OCPUs, 8GB RAM)
        • Flex High (8 OCPUs, 16GB RAM)
  13. (Optional) To provide persistent storage to desktop users by creating a block volume associated with a user, select Enable desktop storage and then specify the following values:
      • Desktop storage volume size (in GB): The size in gigabytes of the block volume given to each user in the pool. The range is 50 to 10,000. The default value is 50. Enter the storage size, not an increment.
      • Backup policy: The volume backup policy to apply to the block volumes used for desktop storage. Optionally, select one of three Oracle defined backup policies (Bronze, Silver, or Gold). The default value is No Policy. You cannot change the backup policy after creating the desktop pool.
        Note
        
        Secure Desktops does not currently support user defined backup policies.
  14. Under Networking, specify the following values:
      • Virtual cloud network: Select the virtual cloud network (VCN) for the desktops in this pool. The VCN is used for connections to the desktop from Secure Desktops and for connections from the desktop.
      • Subnet: Select a subnet in the VCN to use for the desktops.
      • To specify one or more network security groups (NSGs) that will include the primary virtual network interface card (VNIC) for the desktop, click Show advanced options and select Use network security groups to control traffic. Then, select the network security groups to apply. For Secure Desktops, you can specify a maximum of four network security groups.
      Note
      
      When planning networking requirements, be sure to include any necessary ingress and egress rules (for example, to the open internet). After a pool is created, its NSG configuration can’t be changed.
  15. Under Device access policy, specify how the virtual desktop and the client device interact:
      • Clipboard access: Specify whether and how the virtual desktop can access the clipboard on the client device.
      • Audio access: Specify whether and how the virtual desktop can access the speakers and microphone on the client device. This option is supported only when using the installed client, and the Audio In (microphone) value is supported only on Windows desktops.
      • Drive mapping access: Specify whether and how the virtual desktop can access drives on the client device. If you select Read/Write, users can move content between their local system and the virtual desktop.

      You can edit these values later.

  16. Under Regular schedule, specify recurring times and days to start and stop the desktops in the pool. You can edit these values later.
      • Start: The scheduled time and days when all desktops in the pool start and become accessible, for example, 7:00 Monday through Friday. All times are in UTC format.
        • For Minute, enter a value from 0 through 59.
        • For Hour, enter a value from 0 through 23.
        • For Day of the week, enter one or more values from 1 through 7, 1 being Sunday and 7 being Saturday. You can specify multiple days. For example, 1-3 indicates Sunday through Tuesday, and 1,3 indicates Sunday and Tuesday.
      • Stop: (Optional) The scheduled time and days when all desktops in the pool stop and become inaccessible. See Start for value descriptions.
        Note
        
        When a pool stops, it’s shut down but not deleted.
  17. (Optional) Click Show tagging options to add tags to the desktop pool.

      If you have permissions to create a resource, then you also have permissions to apply free-form tags to that resource. To apply a defined tag, you must have permissions to use the tag namespace.

      Note
      
      

      • You can add a tag to set a custom hostname prefix for desktops in the desktop pool. For more information, see Setting the Hostname Prefix for a Desktop Pool.
      • For more information about tagging, see Resource Tags. If you're not sure whether to apply tags, ask an administrator or skip this option. You can apply tags later.
  18. Click Create.
• Use the desktop-pool create command and required parameters to create a desktop pool in the specified compartment:

  oci desktops desktop-pool create --compartment-id <ocid> --display-name <desktop_name> --are-privileged-users <is_admin> --availability-domain <availability_domain> --availability-policy <availability_policy_file> --contact-details <pool_admin_contact> --device-policy <device_policy_file> --is-storage-enabled <has_storage> --storage-size-in-gbs <storage_size> --storage-backup-policy-id <ocid> --maximum-size <max_pool_size> --standby-size <standby_size> --image <image_file> --shape-name <shape> --network-configuration <network_config_file> [OPTIONS]

  For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference.

• Use the CreateDesktopPool operation to create a desktop pool.