Duration: 16 hours
This course covers information administrators and other IT professionals need to successfully deploy and manage Access Gateway 9.0 Enterprise Edition and the Access Gateway Plug-ins. Designed to provide real-world experience, hands-on labs allow learners to configure an Access Gateway server and then connect to the server using the Configuration Utility.
Audience: This course is intended for IT professionals, system architects and system engineers.
Preparatory Recommendations: Before taking this course, Citrix recommends that learners possess the following knowledge/experience: • Basic knowledge of application and network protocols, devices and commonly used tools (such as IP, HTTP and DNS) • Basic knowledge of network management and auditing protocols (such as SNMP and Syslog) • Working knowledge of basic routing and layer 2 switching concepts • Working knowledge of commonly used network appliances (such as load balancers, firewalls, routers and switches) • Practical experience with troubleshooting tools (such as protocol analyzers Ethereal/WireShark and NetMon) • Knowledge of AAA (authentication, authorization and accounting) protocols (such as LDAP or RADIUS) • Basic knowledge of command line interfaces • Basic knowledge of VPN concepts • Knowledge of desktop operating systems and desktop security concepts (such as antivirus software and personal firewalls)
Outline:
Deploying the Citrix Access Gateway • Access Gateway Features • Access Gateway Product Line • Identifying Access Gateway Hardware Platforms • Identifying the Access Gateway Hardware Components • Identifying Network Placement Options • WANScaler Integration • Identifying Deployment Considerations Performing an Initial Installation and Configuration • Access Gateway Installation • Logging in to the Access Gateway • Setting the Password • Managing Licensing • Enabling Access Gateway Features • Initial Configuration • Understanding Virtual Local Area Networks • Running the Access Gateway Wizard • Saving the Configuration
Performing Basic Administration • Access Gateway Administrative Tools • Introducing the Configuration Utility • Introducing the Command-Line Interface • Introducing FreeBSD • Using Third-Party Tools • Access Gateway Management • Performing an Upgrade • Managing Role-Based Administration
Configuring Policies • Policy Structure • Policy Types and Their Uses • Policy Expressions • Identifying Qualifiers • Identifying Operators • Identifying Operands, Wildcards and Context-Sensitive Fields • Policy Priority • Policy Manager • Using Policy Manager • Creating Policy Expressions
Configuring Access Policies • Endpoint Analysis • Configuring Pre-Authentication Policies • Authentication Policies • Configuring Authentication Policies • Authorization Policies • Configuring Authorization Policies • Session Policies • Configuring Credential Passing • Timeout Settings • Configuring Timeout Settings • Client Cleanup • Configuring Client Cleanup • Split Tunneling • Configuring Split Tunneling
Providing User Access • Plugin Options and Configuration • Displaying Client Options and the Configuration Window • Connection Methods • Deploying Access Gateway Plugins • Configuring Clientless Access • Client Software Selection • Configuring Access Choices
Customizing the User Experience • Intranet Applications • Configuring Intranet Applications • Intranet IP Addresses. • Configuring Intranet IP Addresses • Traffic Policies • Configuring Traffic Policies • TCP Compression Policies • Configuring TCP Compression Policies • Login Page Customization
Securing XenApp Connections • XenApp Overview • ICA Proxy Mode • Configuring ICA Proxy Mode • Binding the Secure Ticket Authority • Configuring Web Interface Failover • Web Interface Connections through Access Gateway • Configuring Web Interface for Access Gateway Connections • File Type Association • Configuring File Type Association • SmartAccess • Configuring SmartAccess • Configuring XenApp for SmartAccess • Configuring Access Scenario Fallback
Auditing and Logging • Syslog and Nslog Auditing • Configuring Audit Servers • Configuring Global Auditing Parameters • Configuring Auditing Policies • Binding Auditing Policies • Viewing Recent Audit Messages • Viewing Historical Audit Messages • Access Gateway Log Management • Monitoring Tool • User Connection Management • Historical Reporting
Configuring High Availability • Introduction to High Availability • High Availability Node Configuration • Configuring Nodes • Verifying High Availability Status • Performing Synchronization • Performing a Forced Failover • High Availability Management
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