HOW TO CONFIGURE XENAPP 6 SERVER

Configuration Phase:

After installation end, you have to configure Citrix roles:

Starting from License Server, click on configure:
Here you can configure ports and password for admin user. For this tutorial, default ports will be used.

Set a password for admin user and click Ok.

 

After license server, configure XenApp server. At this point, you can choose if you want create a new server farm or join an existing one. In our case, this is the first server, so we choose "create a new server farm" .

Type a name for the new Citrix Farm and select first Citrix Administrator account:

Enter Citrix License Server information: we have yet configured a license server so we select "Use an existing license server" :

Now we have to choose a database for our Citrix farm: for this demo, we use SQL Server Express and we create a new database. Configuration process will install SQL and create new database for us.
Note: in production environment, best practice is using a dedicated SQL Server for Citrix database.

Configure shadowing: shadowing permit you to remote control a citrix session.

Set a custom name for Citrix zone. You can also set other advanced settings: in this tutorial I leave defaults.

After configuration, a reboot is required.

After reboot, we can configure web interface: Web Interface permit to access Citrix published application by web or by PN Agent.

Start creating a site in the Web Interface console. For this demo, we select XenApp Web to permit users to access resources by web browser:

Set the IIS site, the path and the name:

Select where user authentication takes place: for this tutorial, we specify Web Interface:

Specify details of the server farm: So set a farm name and add our first server:

Configure Authentication Methods:

Specify logon screen appearance: default is minimal. I prefer full screen.

Select types or resources available to users: You can change this setting after configuration.