
Explore configuring the Citrix storefront and receiver, building a web-based interface for user access, and deploying NetScaler ADC for secure, customizable desktop connectivity and load balancing.
Review the XenDesktop architecture, focusing on storefront configuration for inside the LAN and NetScaler integration for external access, including certificates and user experience customization.
Duplicate the web server certificate template, name it Zendesk desktop, enable private key export, grant domain computers read and enroll permissions, and prepare enrollment via the wizard in a lab.
Enroll a web server certificate with multiple subject alternative names for storefront load balancing, export the private key, and import the certificate to SF1 and SF2.
Bind a certificate to the Citrix broker service to enable secure communication between Storefront servers and delivery controllers, using command-line steps to retrieve the certificate hash and App ID.
Install the storefront component on a server and configure deployment in Citrix Studio. Set up authentication options with domain pass-through and an anonymous store for certain applications.
Install and join the second storefront server to the existing server group using the authorization code, propagate configuration from the first server, and manually synchronize changes across all servers.
Enable https for storefront by binding the installed certificate to the default website on port 443, then propagate the base URL from storefront to sfo for secure access.
Explore storefront customization across console and code layers, including web.config tweaks, default website settings, and the unified experience toggle. Learn to create multiple stores with distinct desktops and apps.
Configure authentication methods for Citrix storefront, including domain and username/password options, trusted domains, and login via receiver or web, with password change and self-service reset capabilities.
Configure storefront by choosing self-service or mandatory stores and subscriptions. Enable Kerberos delegation for workgroups, enable ATX routing for multisite delivery, and manage store advertising, hiding, and email-based account discovery.
Customize the receiver for web in storefront with classic versus new experiences, branding, authentication, and site icons, and use the onboard HTML5 receiver to connect without installing Citrix Receiver.
Connect to receiver for web to access a login screen and a self-service storefront, where users subscribe to apps or desktops from delivery groups as favorites.
Explore three deployment options for Citrix receiver on Windows: direct download from Citrix; receiver for web with controlled download; and centralized, customizable deployments using group policy, configuration manager, or Intune.
Download and install Citrix receiver from receiver.citrix.com, then point it to your storefront to access apps and desktops; manage version choices and consider web or ESD alternatives.
Explore deployment tools and admx files for Citrix XenDesktop Receiver deployment, including Windows scripts for deployment, group policy options, and admin templates to configure the receiver experience.
Deploy Citrix Receiver via Receiver for Web and configure storefront to download from a local store instead of the Citrix site. Export provisioning files to automate setup on Windows clients.
Leverage automated deployment to install and configure Citrix receiver with silent install, enable SSL, pass-through authentication, and connect to the defined store and storefront servers via email-based discovery.
Configure pass-through authentication for Citrix storefront by enabling domain pass-through in authentication methods and on the receiver website entry point, then use PowerShell to adjust broker settings.
Customize the Citrix receiver experience by configuring group policy settings, web interface options, workspace control, and keyword-driven app groups to tailor what users see and launch.
Use a double-hop workflow by connecting to a published desktop, then launch apps elsewhere in XenDesktop, configuring the receiver on the first hop via the StoreFront to enable automatic access.
Validate receiver functionality by connecting a receiver client from storefront to public desktops and apps, relaunching without extra logins, and launching a VM-hosted calculator to confirm end-to-end infrastructure.
Explain NetScaler gateway terminology, including ansip, snip, VIP, and virtual servers. Demonstrate a two-nic design and how external users reach internal XenDesktop resources through VIP endpoints.
Download and install the Citrix ADC Zanzibar build, unzip to an XVA, import the VM into Zanzibar, and configure its management IP, subnet, and gateway for NetScaler gateway setup.
Configure NetScaler gateway networking by using the console to set IP addresses, DNS, time zone, and licensing, then add a second network card and reboot.
Configure an external SNIP address on the NetScaler by adding a second subnet IP for the outside network, preparing for high availability between devices.
Enroll, export the web server certificate with an exportable private key, import the pfx into the NetScaler, and prepare a csr with the service certificate wizard for external CA.
Configure the ICA proxy for XenDesktop using a Citrix ADC wizard, including certificate binding, storefront and AD integration, and authentication options.
Explore ICA proxy configuration options for a Citrix gateway virtual server, including smart mode versus basic mode licensing, SSL parameters and cipher settings, and publishing applications with bookmarks and policies.
Set up StoreFront for NetScaler access by enabling passthrough authentication from Citrix Gateway, configuring trusted domains and delegated authentication, and integrating the gateway appliance with StoreFront.
Refresh the Citrix receiver to download the new seal file and access desktops and apps from inside and outside via storefront, update host files, and import trusted root certificate.
Discover how NetScaler load balancing uses a second virtual server with a one net virtual IP and DNS resolution to route internal clients to one of two storefront servers.
Create a new DNS A record for Albi storefront dot city dot net to route to the storefront, and enroll, export, and import its certificate into NetScaler SSL.
Explore configuring a storefront monitor to deeply inspect storefront services, select a higher-level monitor type, set interval and timeout, and secure connectivity to storefront servers for effective load balancing.
Identify storefront servers, create a storefront service group on NetScaler with SSL, bind both servers, attach a storefront monitor, and verify the monitor status to enable load balancing.
Create a load balancing virtual storefront server and bind service group. Bind a server certificate and enable source IP persistence to keep users on the same storefront server.
Configure the storefront base URL and NetScaler settings, adjust inter-server communication and published applications for the ICIR proxy, and verify load balancing with storefront statistics.
Explore how receiver for html5 enables access to storefront apps via web, with external users through the nat scalar gateway and ssl-encrypted vapp sockets.
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This is the Fourth Course on Citrix XenDesktop 7.15 series. Here with StoreFront, we create the web-based interface, both a web page and also a web service that users connect to either through a web page or through their installed receiver client on their desktop, their mobile device, or their laptop. Our first two modules of this part here will start with a StoreFront interface and then continue on with the Receiver client based tools. StoreFront itself, has quite a bit of customization opportunities there, that will allow you to define exactly what the users see and how they interact then with their gateway, into the environment. And then our next module here will dive deeply into the variety of customizations that you probably will want to implement once you start rolling this into production. Then after that, we spend an entire module focusing on the deployment task for the receiver client itself. This module focuses not just on the deployment, but also the customization for how you want that receiver client, to behave once users installed it. You'll find that Citrix has a variety of different ways in which the Receiver client can be installed, not the least of which being a totally administrator-less experience. Our third topic here then focuses its attentions on NetScaler Gateway, which for our purposes here will be a subset of the different NetScaler functions that it can provide. The functions in NetScaler Gateway are a subset of what the NetScaler ADC can perform, focusing their attentions mostly here on the connection into a XenDesktop environment. And so for the first of our two NetScaler modules, we'll walk through the entire configuration of this very complex machine in creating that extra secure hop between your outside the network clients and your inside the network resources. Once that configuration is complete, we'll finish up here with the final module on how NetScaler can also be used for load balancing.
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