Configuring Citrix Access Gateway on netscaler for WYSE xenith and iDevices

  The WYSE xenith client is a great zero client for use with XenDesktop.  It supports quite a few HDX features and performance is on par with Windows Embedded thin clients.  The user experience with the Xenith client is much more seamless in my opinion than any other thin client I have tested.  In an organization where Client access through a Citrix Access Gateway running on a Netscaler is required the xenith works very well.  Below are the steps for configuring this type of access.

Web Interface

Create a XenApp Services Site




























After the site is created

Configure the Farm

Edit the secure access settings of the site created.

Click Edit and change to Gateway Direct

Enter the FQDN you will use to access the site

Enter the ddc path for the STA

Netscaler

On the netscaler launch the access gateway wizard

Enter the information required for your environment

Choose a server certificate

This choice depends on your environment but if you are using a 3^rd party CA import the certificate in and then select it from the list here

Enter an account and password here and you can delete it later

Select these settings if you want to redirect all traffic from port 80 to 443

After the site is created you will need to create a session profile

For Home Page enter the path to the XenApp Services site you created i.e. http://xenith.domain.local/citrix/xenith

 On the published applications tab ensure that ICA Proxy is checked and set to On if you will be accessing your XenDesktop Environment from the internet and the Web Interface Portal mode is checked and set to normal.

Create a session policy under Access Gateway>Policies>Session

Repeat for each device you want to have a policy for.

Select the Profile that you created for the xenith clients when creating the session policiy

The Last step is to add the session policy to the Access Gateway virtual server that you created.

WYSE

Ensure that the Root CA certificate of the Access Gateway certificate that you are using is in the Certificate Store on your WYSE Xenith Client.  See the Xenith Admin guide for instructions on how to do this.

Configure the Web Interface setting on the Xenith Client to point to the Access Gateway site created.  In this case it is https://xenith.internet.com