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Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

By : Craig Thomas Ellrod
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Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x

By: Craig Thomas Ellrod

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Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x
Craig Thomas Ellrod
Apr, 2014 | 422 pages
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Table of Contents (27 chapters)
Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x
Getting Started with XenDesktop 7.x
Credits
Credits
Notice
Notice
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Designing a XenDesktop Site
Designing a XenDesktop Site
The core components of a XenDesktop Site
Terminology and concepts
System requirements
Designing a basic XenDesktop Site
Common Citrix communication ports
Summary
2
Installing XenDesktop
Installing XenDesktop
Planning the XenDesktop installation
Step 1 – installing the controller (XD1)
Step 2 – installing StoreFront (XD2)
Step 3 – installing Director (XD3)
Step 4 – creating the virtual desktop and application delivery master images
Step 5 – installing the Virtual Delivery Agent on the master images
Step 6 – configuring the StoreFront server
Step 7 – creating the machine catalogs
Step 8 – creating the delivery groups
Installation checkpoint
Step 9 – installing Citrix Receiver on the client devices
Step 10 – testing the connection
Summary
3
Managing Machine Catalogs, Hosts, and Personal vDisks
Managing Machine Catalogs, Hosts, and Personal vDisks
Machine catalogs
Managing the hosts
Managing Personal vDisks
Summary
4
Managing Delivery Groups
Managing Delivery Groups
Managing the delivery groups
Managing the hosted applications
Managing the Delivery Controller environment
Summary
5
Managing Policies
Managing Policies
XenDesktop Studio versus Microsoft Group Policy Editor
Working with policies
Implementing multiple policies
The resulting set of policies
Implementing policies with NetScaler Gateway
Summary
6
Managing Printing
Managing Printing
How printing works
Universal Print Server and Driver
Autocreation of printers
Mapping printers and drivers
Optimization of printing
Summary
7
Virtualizing USB Support
Virtualizing USB Support
USB devices in virtualization
How XenDesktop uses USB redirection
Summary
8
Virtualizing Storage and Backup
Virtualizing Storage and Backup
XenDesktop storage considerations
XenDesktop storage requirements
Virtual desktop storage requirements – dedicated desktop model
Virtual desktop storage requirements – dedicated shared desktop model
Virtual desktop storage requirements – shared hosted desktop model
Backup and restore
USB mass storage
Summary
9
High Definition Experience (HDX)
High Definition Experience (HDX)
Introducing high definition experience
Aero redirection
Windows Media
Flash Media
HDX 3D
Configuring image quality
Configuring audio
Configuring webcams
Configuring color compression
Configuring network priorities
Adaptive display
Summary
10
Application Delivery
Application Delivery
Delivering applications
Differences between XenApp and XenDesktop
Application Delivery Controllers
Application Delivery Networks
Summary
11
Working with the XenDesktop SDK
Working with the XenDesktop SDK
Microsoft Windows PowerShell
Using the XenDesktop SDK
Creating an SDK script
Troubleshooting using the XD PowerShell SDK
Citrix Ready
Summary
12
Working with Citrix ReceiverTM and Plugins
Working with Citrix ReceiverTM and Plugins
Understanding Receiver
Changing the Receiver settings
Using plugins
Running Receiver on Microsoft Windows
Running Receiver on Apple
Running Receiver on other devices
Summary
13
Securing XenDesktop
Securing XenDesktop
DMZ and DMZ
Securing XenDesktop with NetScaler Gateway
Secure Ticket Authority
Securing the ICA/HDX protocols
Securing StoreFront
Securing Receiver
Securing controller
Securing Studio and Director
Securing the XenDesktop to XenServer communications
Using smart cards
Summary
14
Managing and Monitoring XenDesktop
Managing and Monitoring XenDesktop
Using Studio to manage the XenDesktop Site
Using Director to monitor the XenDesktop Site
Using HDX Insight
Troubleshooting XenDesktop
Third-party tools
Summary
15
VDI in the Cloud
VDI in the Cloud
Understanding virtualization in the cloud
Private cloud
Public cloud
Hybrid cloud
Personal cloud
Your cloud
Summary
Creating a Domain Certificate Authority
Creating a Domain Certificate Authority
XenDesktop Policy Settings Reference
XenDesktop Policy Settings Reference
Audio policies
Bandwidth policies
Redirection policies
Desktop UI policies
Graphics and multimedia policies
Caching policies
Multistream traffic policies
Printing policies
ICA policies
Keep alive policies
Autoreconnection policies
Mobility policies
Session policies
Time zone policies
Load management policies
Delivery Agent policies
HDX 3D policies
Creating Self-signed Certificates for NetScaler Gateway
Creating Self-signed Certificates for NetScaler Gateway
Enabling SSL on NetScaler Gateway
Creating a self-signed root CA certificate
Creating a public-facing server certificate
Installing the root CA and public certificates
Linking the public and root CA certificates
Viewing the root CA and server certificate bindings
Binding the certificates to the NetScaler Gateway VIP
Testing the certificates
Testing the NetScaler Gateway connection
Using Public CA-signed SSL Wildcard Certificates on NetScaler Gateway
Using Public CA-signed SSL Wildcard Certificates on NetScaler Gateway
Enabling SSL on NetScaler Gateway
Creating a certificate request
Submitting the request to the public CA
Installing the public-signed wildcard certificate
Binding the public-signed certificate to the NetScaler Gateway VIP
Testing NetScaler Gateway and certificates
Index
Index

Securing XenDesktop® with NetScaler Gateway™

In this chapter, we will talk about all the ways to configure security around XenDesktop components. The most important security component is NetScaler Gateway, as it provides a completely secure frontend to the XenDesktop Site. If you can only do one thing to secure XenDesktop, make it NetScaler Gateway.

Citrix acquired a company called NetScaler, and the name hasn't changed since. NetScaler is a very powerful frontend device, and it is covered in more detail in Chapter 10, Application Delivery. No other application Delivery Controller works as well as NetScaler as it is engineered to work very closely with XenDesktop. NetScaler provides a special functionality for the ICA/HDX protocol.

Installing NetScaler Gateway involves many steps, so the following table is a checklist to help keep you on track:

The installation task list

Step

Description

Completed

1

Import NetScaler VPX into XenServer (or an other Hypervisor)

 

2

Configure the initial...

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