Manage remote access to stores through NetScaler Gateway
- On the Windows Start screen or Apps screen, locate and click the Citrix StoreFront tile.
- Select the Stores node in the left pane of the Citrix StoreFront management console and, in the results pane, select a...
- In the Configure Remote Access Settings dialog box, specify whether and how users connecting from public...
How do I configure the Citrix storefront settings?
On the Windows Start screen or Apps screen, locate and click the Citrix StoreFront tile. Select the Stores node in the left pane of the Citrix StoreFront management console and, in the Actions pane, click Configure Store Settings.
How do I configure remote access to stores through Citrix gateway?
Use the Remote Access Settings task to configure access to stores through Citrix Gateway for users connecting from public networks. Remote access through a Citrix Gateway cannot be applied to unauthenticated stores. In multiple server deployments, use only one server at a time to make changes to the configuration of the server group.
What happens to Citrix gateway when storefront is down?
When the active StoreFront is down, Citrix Gateway will use StoreFront in the remote datacenter. However, the remote datacenter has its own Citrix Gateway, thus there will be two different Citrix Gateways connecting to one StoreFront Server Group.
Can I connect multiple Citrix gateways to one storefront server group?
However, the remote datacenter has its own Citrix Gateway, thus there will be two different Citrix Gateways connecting to one StoreFront Server Group. If you use SmartAccess or SAML and need the Callback URL, then you’ll need a special StoreFront configuration to handle the Callback URL from multiple Gateway appliances.
How do I access Citrix remotely?
If a new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops site was created for Remote PC Access:Select the Remote PC Access Site type.On the Power Management page, choose to enable or disable power management for the default Remote PC Access machine catalog. ... Complete the information on the Users and Machine Accounts pages.
Where is my Citrix StoreFront URL?
The XenApp Services URL for a store has the form http[s]://serveraddress/Citrix/storename/PNAgent/config. xml, where serveraddress is the fully qualified domain name of the server or load balancing environment for your StoreFront deployment and storename is the name specified for the store when it was created.
What is the difference between Citrix Web Interface and StoreFront?
Web Interface displays the available resources. StoreFront sends the list of available resources including the existing subscriptions to the Citrix Receiver installed locally or displays them in Receiver for Web.
What is site aggregation in StoreFront?
A core functionality of StoreFront is the ability to aggregate and de-duplicate “common” application and desktop resources from multiple Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) Sites. This functionality is commonly referred to as multi-site aggregation.
How do I access my Citrix StoreFront?
On the Windows Start screen or Apps screen, locate and click the Citrix StoreFront tile. Select the Stores node in the right pane of the Citrix StoreFront management console and, in the results pane, select a store. In the Actions pane, click Configure Remote Access Settings.
How does Citrix StoreFront authentication work?
Users log on to their devices using their smart cards and PINs. The Citrix Desktop Lock then silently authenticates users to StoreFront through the XenApp Services URL. Users are automatically authenticated when they access their desktops and applications, and are not prompted for their PINs again.
What is the purpose of Citrix StoreFront?
Citrix StoreFront is an enterprise app store for users that aggregates and presents virtual app and desktop resources from on-premises and hybrid deployments—delivering a near-native user experience across Citrix Workspace app (formerly Citrix Receiver) on any platform.
What is the purpose of StoreFront?
A storefront or shopfront is the facade or entryway of a retail store located on the ground floor or street level of a commercial building, typically including one or more display windows. A storefront functions to attract visual attention to a business and its merchandise.
Does Citrix Workspace replace StoreFront?
As a Citrix Workspace Premium Plus customer, you're entitled to upgrade from Storefront to the new Citrix Workspace UI—a cloud hosted service —that makes it easy to deliver virtual apps and desktops to any device, without any on-premises components to manage.
What is beacons in Citrix StoreFront?
Beacons in Citrix StoreFront are being used to detect if the user is trying to access the store from a local or public network. When doing Virtual App and Desktops implementations I like to configure a single FQDN setup for the Citrix Gatway and the StoreFront URL (Example: https://citrix.company.com).
Which layer does the StoreFront belongs to?
Conceptually, StoreFront is built up in three separate layers: an engine, a business logic layer, and a customisation layer. Citrix provides the engine and with every version we update that layer, independent of the others.
What is callback URL in Citrix?
The Callback URL is intended to be used by StoreFront to gather additional information about a user's Gateway session. It is not strictly used for authentication. Instead, it queries for things like the name of the Gateway Session policy applied to the user's session.
How do I change my StoreFront URL in Citrix?
InstructionsGo to StoreFront and click Server Group on the left panel.Click Change Base URL on the right panel.Type the base URL and click OK.
How do I change my URL in Citrix?
Click the pencil button to edit the domain. Change the domain of your site to any free domain in the . bitrix24. site zone in the Bitrix24 subdomain tab and save the changes.
What is Citrix StoreFront?
Citrix StoreFront is an enterprise app store for users that aggregates and presents virtual app and desktop resources from on-premises and hybrid deployments—delivering a near-native user experience across Citrix Workspace app (formerly Citrix Receiver) on any platform.
How do I connect to Citrix Workspace?
How users connect with Citrix Workspace app.Decouple the Citrix Workspace app icon.Configure IPv6 for ICA connections.Configure the Citrix Workspace app home page on Citrix Gateway.Apply the Citrix Workspace app theme to the Citrix Gateway logon page.Create a custom theme for the Citrix Gateway logon page.
How to reconnect Citrix Storefront?
Select the Stores node in the left pane of the Citrix StoreFront management console and, in the Actions pane, click Configure Store Settings. Select Advanced Settings and check or uncheck Allow session reconnect.
What is Storefront in Citrix?
StoreFront contains a configuration to disable workspace control reconnect in the Store Service for Citrix Workspace app. Manage this feature by using the StoreFront console or PowerShell.
Where is the Stores node in Citrix?
Select the Stores node in the left pane of the Citrix StoreFront management console and, in the results pane, select a store. In the Actions pane, click Configure XenApp Services Support.
How to turn off user subscriptions in Citrix?
In the Actions pane, click Configure Store Settings > User Subscriptions to toggle the user subscriptions feature off or on.
What command turns Workspace control reconnect on or off?
Then the PowerShell command Set-DSAllowSessionReconnect turns Workspace control reconnect on or off.
What is workspace control?
Workspace control enables applications to follow users as they move between devices. This allows, for example, clinicians in hospitals to move from workstation to workstation without having to restart their applications on each device.
Can you deploy multiple Citrix servers?
In multiple server deployments, use only one server at a time to make changes to the configuration of the server group. Ensure that the Citrix StoreFront management console is not running on any of the other servers in the deployment. Once complete, propagate your configuration changes to the server group so that the other servers in the deployment are updated.
How to add a server to Storefront?
Login to the first StoreFront server. In the StoreFront management console, right-click Server Group, and click Add Server.
How to change default tab in Citrix?
You can change the default tab to something other than Favorites by editing C:inetpubwwwrootCitrixStoreWebweb.config in an elevated text editor.
How to remove authentication method Citrix?
In the Citrix StoreFront console, on the left, right-click Authentication and click Add/Remove Methods.
What is the Storefront base URL?
The StoreFront Base URL should point to a URL with a FQDN that resolves to a load balancing VIP that load balances the StoreFront servers. Receiver uses this Base URL to connect to StoreFront. If remote, Receiver will first connect to NetScaler Gateway and then use Gateway to proxy a connection to the Base URL.
How to propagate changes in Storefront?
In the StoreFront console, on the left, right-click Server Group and click Propagate Changes. You might see a message saying that you made changes on the wrong server.
How to remove storefront?
In the StoreFront console, on the left click Stores. Highlight the store and on the bottom right click Remove Store. Click Remove. On the left, right-click Stores and click Create Store. In the Store Name page, enter a name. This name becomes part of the path (/Citrix/StoreName) and is displayed in Receiver.
Where is the Receiver for Web in Storefront?
In the StoreFront console, on the left, click Receiver for Web.
How to manage Citrix Gateways?
In the StoreFront Console, in the middle, right-click your Store, and click Manage Authentication Methods. Ensure Pass-through from Citrix Gateway is selected, and click OK. In the StoreFront Console, right-click the Stores node, and click Manage Citrix Gateways.
How many servers can Citrix support?
Citrix provides scaling guidance for up to 6 servers in a single StoreFront Server Group.
What is the version of Storefront 1912?
This article applies to StoreFront versions 1912 LTSR CU3, 1909, 3.16, 3.12.8000, and all other versions 3.5 and newer. There is no version of StoreFront newer than 1912 CU3.
Does Citrix require a PIN?
The Citrix Gateway Virtual Server requires user certificates. If ICA traffic goes through a Citrix Gateway Virtual Server that requires user certificates (e.g. Smart Card), then each session launch will result in a PIN prompt. To prevent these extra prompts, build a separate Citrix Gateway Virtual Server that doesn’t have user certificates as Mandatory. Use Optimal Gateway to force ICA connections through the other Citrix Gateway Virtual Server. Note: SmartAccess Callback URL also cannot use a Citrix Gateway Virtual Server where client certificates are set to Mandatory, so the extra Citrix Gateway Virtual Server would be useful for that scenario too.
Can Citrix Gateway be used for internal connections?
Citrix Gateway for internal connections (AppFlow). If you want to force internal ICA connections to go through Citrix Gateway so AppFlow data can be sent to Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM), then you can do that using HDX Optimal Gateway, even if the user originally connected directly to the StoreFront server. See CTX200129 How to Force Connections through NetScaler Gateway Using Optimal Gateways Feature of StoreFront for more information.
Does Citrix use Storefront?
When the active StoreFront is down, Citrix Gateway will use StoreFront in the remote datacenter. However, the remote datacenter has its own Citrix Gateway, thus there will be two different Citrix Gateways connecting to one StoreFront Server Group. If you use SmartAccess or SAML and need the Callback URL, then you’ll need a special StoreFront configuration to handle the Callback URL from multiple Gateway appliances.
Can you define separate FQDNs for Citrix?
You can either define separate FQDNs for StoreFront Load Balancing (internal) and Citrix Gateway (external). Or, you can define a Single FQDN for both.
Introduction
Citrix StoreFront is the successor of old good Citrix Web Interface. With the release of StoreFront 3.5 together with XenDesktop 7.8 at the end of February 2016 also the administrator possibilities are on the same level as Web Interface. Personally I think there are (almost) no reasons more to migrate from Web Interface to StoreFront anymore.
Installation Method
First we need to determine how and on which system we would like to install StoreFront. StoreFront can be installed on Windows 2008R2, Windows 2012 and Windows 2012R2. StoreFront requires .Net Framework and Internet Information Services (IIS).
Installation
For this article I will use the separate download for installing StoreFront. After selecting the single execution installation file the installation wizard is started. The installation is actually pretty simple and consists of a few steps only.
Configuration
When the StoreFront Console is started you have two options: Create a New Deployment and Join an existing server group. For the first initial server we need the option Create a New Deployment. Later on in this article I will discuss the Join an existing server group option.
Summary
In the article series we are installing and configuring Citrix StoreFront 3.5. In this article we started with the installation steps, followed by the initial configuration wizard. We started with the configuration options, where we will continue with Manage Receiver for Web sites options.
