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Configuring Access to Applications and Virtual Desktops in the Web Interface

October 5, 2020
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S C

You can configure Citrix Gateway to give users access to published applications and virtual desktops with the Citrix Gateway plug-in instead of with Receiver. To configure access to applications and desktops, you change the configuration on Citrix Gateway from using Receiver only to connect to Citrix Gateway, to a configuration that enables connections by using the Citrix Gateway plug-in with single sign-on to the Web Interface. For example, you configure Citrix Gateway so that all users connect with the Citrix Gateway plug-in and use the Web Interface as the home page. This scenario supports single sign-on to the Web Interface.

In addition to access to applications and desktops, users can also run applications installed on the user device that make network connections through the VPN tunnel.

To start the configuration, use the following guidelines:

  • Create a Web Interface site.
  • Configure Advanced Access Control settings.
  • Configure SmartAccess.
  • Configure endpoint analysis on Citrix Gateway.
  • Configure policies and filters on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.
  • Configure Citrix Gateway so users log on by using the Citrix Gateway plug-in to access published applications and virtual desktops.

For more information, see the following topics in Citrix Product Documentation:

When configuring user logon to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, you first create a session profile to select the Citrix Gateway plug-in for Windows. Then, you create a profile for intranet applications for access to Citrix Virtual Apps, Citrix Virtual Desktops, and the Web Interface.

To configure global settings for the Citrix Gateway plug-in for access to applications and desktops

  1. In the configuration utility, on the Configuration tab, in the navigation pane, expand Citrix Gateway and then click Global Settings.
  2. In the details pane, under Settings, click Change global settings.
  3. On the Published Applications tab, next to ICA Proxy, select OFF.
  4. In Web Interface Address, type the URL of the Web Interface site. This becomes the home page for users.
  5. In Single Sign-On Domain, type the Active Directory domain name.
  6. On the Client Experience tab, next to plug-in Type, select Windows/Mac OS X and then click OK.

To configure the intranet application

  1. On the Configuration tab, expand Citrix Gateway > Resources, and then click Intranet Applications.

  2. In the details pane, click Add.

  3. In Name, type a name for the application.

  4. Click Transparent.

  5. In Protocol, select the TCP, UDP, or Any.

  6. In Destination Type, select IP Address and Netmask. For example, type 172.16.100.0 and the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 to represent all servers on the 172.16.100.x subnet. The IP address of the Web Interface, Citrix Virtual Apps, and all other servers to which users connect must be in one of the subnets defined as an intranet application.

    After you create the intranet application, you can bind it globally or to a virtual server.

  7. In IP Address and NetMask, type the IP address and subnet mask that represents your internal network, click Create, and then click Close.

    After you create the intranet application, you can bind it globally or to a virtual server.

To bind an intranet application globally

  1. On the Configuration tab, expand Citrix Gateway > Global Settings.
  2. In the details pane, under Intranet Applications, click Create mappings to TCP applications in the secure network for the Citrix Gateway plug-in for Java.
  3. In the Configure VPN Intranet Applications dialog box, click Add.
  4. Under Available, select one or more intranet applications, click the arrow to move the intranet applications to Configured, and then click OK.

To bind an intranet application to a virtual server

  1. On the Configuration tab, expand Citrix Gateway > Virtual Servers.
  2. In the details pane, select a virtual server, and then click Open.
  3. In the configure Citrix Gateway Virtual Server dialog box, click the Intranet Applications tab.
  4. Under Available Application Name, select the intranet applications, click Add, and then click OK.

When users log on with the Citrix Gateway plug-in, the VPN tunnel is established and either the Receiver or the Web Interface is used as the home page.

Configuring Access to Applications and Virtual Desktops in the Web Interface
October 5, 2020
Contributed by: 
S C
October 5, 2020
Contributed by: 
S C

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