![]() To make this more clear I made a drawing how the access to storefront looks like with the Access Gateway Enterprise edition :Īs you can see the Netscaler will check, if it is correctly configured, the type of Receiver based on expression filters and HTTP headers. In Access Gateway you can choose between the following logon point\virtual server modes :ġ: Basic Mode (ICA Proxy only) (Platform license needed)Ģ: Smart Access Mode (Advanced Features) (Platform license Universal License needed) With ICA proxy you are allowed to land on the Webinterface and launch a XenApp and/or a XenDesktop session but you cannot use any advanced features of the Access Gateway (for example Clientless Access, VPN plugin, EPA scans, etc), if you want to use this features you need to purchase a Access Gateway Universal License per concurrent user (included with Cloud Gateway Enterprise license). The platform license will give you unlimited access to XenApp and XenDesktop, this is called ICA proxy. Whether you go for Cloud Gateway Express or Enterprise you need to buy a Access Gateway Platform license for one of this Access Gateways. But newer Receivers will talk to Storefront directly and not using Legacy mode anymore.Īnother key component in Cloud Gateway is the Access Gateway, there are 2 types of Access Gateways that can be used with Cloud Gateway:ġ: Access Gateway VPX (with or without advanced controller software)Ģ: Access Gateway Enterprise (Netscaler VPX\MPX) To make the internal access to Storefront more clear I made the following drawing :Įvery login point is used by different type of client devices, some Receivers (older Thinclients, Android devices and Iphones) still uses the legacy mode (PNAgent). The native receiver can be configured with a provisioning file (.cr file which is XML based) downloaded from the Receiver for Web or distributed by Email or something like that. Storefront provides access to XenApp and XenDesktop in the following 3 ways :ġ : Access through the Native Receiver (Self Service plugin)Ģ: Access through StoreWeb (Receiver for Web) With Merchandising services you can manage the complete Citrix Receiver (and other plugins) life cycle.Īs you can see in the above pictures Storefront is one of the key components in Cloud Gateway, it’s the broker for all the services behind it and provides a SSO experience for the users. – Access Gateway Universal License includedĬloud Gateway Express is free for XenApp and XenDesktop customers and provides access to XenApp and XenDesktop and Merchandising services only.This version will be the direct replacement of Webinterface. – Mobile (native) app management remote wipe (new in version 2.0) – Single Sign On (SSO) and account provisioning for Web and SaaS applications through AppController – ShareFile integration (new in version 2.0) – Access to XenApp and XenDesktop (through Storefront) There are currently 2 editions of Cloud Gateway :Ĭloud Gateway Enterprise is the paid version and provides the following features : This blog post is a wrap-up so far about Cloud Gateway, because Citrix is working hard on the product things in this blog post may be very soon changed or outdated. This is why Citrix made a new product from scratch, called Cloud Gateway. ![]() Webinterface is great in providing access to XenApp and XenDesktop environments in many different ways and different scenarios, but that is also its limitation, there is no possibility to integrate it with Cloud services like follow-me-data or SaaS applications. Webinterface has grown into a key component in almost every Citrix environment, and it is a so called “proven technology” product. In this blog post I wanted to talk about Citrix Cloud Gateway, as you may already know, Cloud Gateway will replace Citrix Webinterface and Webinterface will go end of live in 2015. ![]() 5 : Cloud Gateway Enterprise and the Access Gateway Universal LicenseĦ : Cloud Gateway Express and the Platform License
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