Category: XenApp 5.0

Using Raspberry Pi as a Supported Thin Client on Citrix with ThinLinX

Of course, we already have in mind that Citrix supports the use of a Raspberry Pi (30€) to use as a thin client; with HDX Ready and being able to optimize the multimedia layer and download its heavy graphics acceleration to the device. In this document we will see how ThinLinX works, an OS that simply transforms a Raspberry Pi into a manageable thinclient, whether for Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop, VMware View, Microsoft RDS…

Xenapp Power and Capacity Management

Citrix XenApp's advanced power and capacity management enables significant savings in power consumption and improved load capacity of our XenApp servers. This will ensure that our XenApps can be turned off when they are not needed and turned on automatically when they are needed, thus getting more load on fewer servers. This feature is available for Enterprise editions & Platinum de Presentation Server 4.5 (with or without Feature Pack 1) Rollup Pack 3, XenApp 5 o XenApp 6.

Citrix QuickLaunch Tool

For all those who still use Program Neighborhood you will know that from the 11.1 of Citrix customers can no longer avail of this functionality. In order to give it a continuity, Citrix some time ago released a utility called Citrix Quick Launch that will allow us to connect directly to XenApp servers or to its applications as 'old'.

Citrix Streaming Application Delivery Using HTTP or HTTPS

En este documento veremos cómo poder acceder a nuestras aplicaciones distribuidas mediante el Citrix Streaming desde internet vía HTTP o HTTPS. Si trabajamos con Streaming sabremos que las aplicaciones creadas con Streaming Profiler (.profile) se almacenan en una ruta UNC donde posteriormente utilizaremos para publicarlas desde la consola de administración de Citrix, a veces es necesario acceder a pequeñas aplicaciones desde Internet, para ello podremos seguir este método de entrega de aplicaciones por HTTP o HTTPS.

Installing Citrix Web Interface on Linux

At last! In this document we will be able to see how to install the Web Interface server 5.3 on a Java server, in this case we will use a new Debian Lenny distribution to which we will install Apache2 and Tomcat6 to be able to run the Citrix Web Interface server, we can therefore save a Windows server with the cost that licensing will entail., Resources… thanks to my great friend Manel who has given me the clues to set it up!!! Started…

Installing and configuring Citrix Installation Manager for XenApp

Installation Manager for Citrix XenApp is the Citrix product that will help us distribute applications in a fully automated way on our XenApp servers 5 o XenApp 6, yes indeed, we will need to have the Enterprise or Platinum license to be able to use it! Apart from installing applications remotely (MSI or MST files), we can also apply Citrix patches/hotfixes, Windows service pack, run task scheduler XML files or directly any command-line executable. We will need to install Installation Manager Utilities on the target servers (XenApp), Installation Manager administration where we want to manage through MMC and a file server where we will leave the packages to be installed in a shared folder. Management will be via an MMC or PowerShell console.

Installing and configuring WiKID to access the Citrix Web Interface with a token (Software!)

Complete document this, we will see the installation and configuration of WiKID for two-factor authentication with a software token instead of traditional hardware ones (SoftToken) against a Web Interface 5.3 from Citrix. To do this,, first we will install and configure WiKID that through an LDAP connection will connect to our Active Directory and authenticate the tokens in the Web Interface with RADIUS, assign/configure the token against a user in our domain and open a Citrix session. WiKID is a paid product but has a very low price, Logically, we can use this document to configure other services by tokenizing.

Usando Citrix VM Hosted Apps

One of the new features brought by XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2/XenApp 6 and XenDesktop 4 is the use of VM Hosted Apps. In this document we will see how we can set up VM Hosted Apps in our organization, is an integration between XenDesktop and XenApp, it will be used to run applications that are not compatible with Terminal Server or server operating systems or simply if we want to isolate them on computers with OS. Windows XP, View or 7. In a virtual desktop that we have with XenDesktop, we will install this application and create a group of desktops in XenDesktop where we will indicate that they are VM hosted apps (or hosted application VM). We will integrate both environments through Web Interface and it will be totally transparent for users.