Gateway

Creating a Session Policy and Profile for the Citrix Gateway plug-in

You can configure Citrix Gateway to provide users access to published applications and virtual desktops with the Citrix Gateway plug-in instead of with Receiver. Then, in the session policy, you add an HTTP header rule for the Citrix Gateway plug-in.

To create the session policy rule for the Citrix Gateway plug-in

  1. In the configuration utility, on the Configuration tab, in the navigation pane, expand Citrix Gateway > Policies and then click Session.
  2. In the details pane, click Add.
  3. In the Create Citrix Gateway Session Policy dialog box, next to Match Any Expression, click the down arrow, select Advanced Free-Form and then click Add.
  4. In the Add Expression dialog box, do the following:
    1. In Expression Type, click General.
    2. In Flow Type, select REQ.
    3. In Protocol, select HTTP.
    4. In Qualifier, select Header.
    5. In Operator, select NOTEXISTS.
    6. In Header Name, type Referer and then click OK.
  5. Click Create and then click Close.

If users install the following versions of Receiver, you need to configure the following session profile for the Citrix Gateway plug-in:

  • Receiver for Windows 3.4
  • Receiver for Windows 8/RT 1.3
  • Receiver for Mac 11.7
  • Receiver for iOS 5.7
  • Receiver for Android 3.3

To configure the session profile for the Citrix Gateway plug-in

  1. In the configuration utility, on the Configuration tab, in the navigation pane, expand Citrix Gateway > Policies and then click Session.
  2. In the details pane, on the Profiles tab, click Add.
  3. In Name, type a name for the profile.
  4. Click the Client Experience tab and then do the following:
    1. Next to Single Sign-on to Web Applications, click Override Global and then select the check box. This setting is required to allow single sign-on for desktop versions of Receiver and uses an Citrix Gateway plug-in cookie.
    2. Next to Clientless Access URL Encoding, click Override Global and then select Clear. Important: Set Clientless Access to Off.
  5. Click the Published Applications tab and then configure the following settings:
    1. Next to Single Sign-on Domain, click Override Global, enter the domain name and then click Create. For example, enter mydomain.

    2. Next to Account Services Address, click Override Global and then enter the StoreFront URL.

      For example, enter https://\<StoreFrontFQDN\>.

      This setting is needed for adding accounts if both Receiver and the Citrix Gateway plug-in are already installed on the user device.

Creating a Session Policy and Profile for the Citrix Gateway plug-in