Administrator Guide

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Citrix Cloud services
ThinOS supports Citrix Cloud services. It acts as a single management console to deploy applications or desktops on any virtual
or cloud setup for a secure digital workspace. For more information about Citrix Cloud services, see the Citrix Cloud article at
docs.citrix.com.
Getting started with Citrix Cloud
About this task
This section describes how to log in to the Citrix Cloud server on your thin client.
Steps
1. From the desktop menu, click System Setup > Remote Connections.
The Remote Connections dialog box is displayed.
2. On the Broker Setup tab, select Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops from the Broker Type drop-down list, and do the
following:
a. Select the Workspace Mode check box if you want to enable the Citrix Workspace-based layout of published
applications and desktops. If this option is not selected, you are logged in to the classic mode.
b. In the Broker Server field, enter the Citrix Cloud URL.
c. In the Auto Connect List field, enter the name of the desktops that you want to launch automatically after logging
in to Citrix Cloud. You can enter more than one desktop. Each desktop name is separated by a semi-colon and is case
sensitive.
d. Select the Enable automatic reconnection at logon check box if you want to automatically reconnect to the
disconnected sessions or both active and disconnected sessions during login. You must click either of the following
options:
Connect to disconnected session only
Connect to active and disconnected sessions
e. Select the Enable automatic reconnection from button menu check box if you want to automatically reconnect to
the disconnected sessions or both active and disconnected sessions by using the Reconnect button in the button menu.
You must click either of the following options:
Connect to disconnected session only
Connect to active and disconnected sessions
3. Click OK to save your settings.
4. In the login window, enter your domain username and password to log in to Citrix Cloud.
ICA icons are displayed in Connection Manager and on the client desktop.
Automatically configure using DNS for email discovery
You can connect to a Citrix session by using an email address. The email address is used to discover the StoreFront or NetScaler
Gateway URL.
Prerequisites
Install a valid server certificate on the StoreFront/AppController server and Access Gateway appliance.
The full chain or path to the root certificate must be correct.
About this task
This section describes how to connect to a Citrix session by using email-based discovery.
Steps
1. Add a service record (SRV) to your DNS server to enable email-based discovery. To add a service record to the DNS server,
do the following:
a. Log in to the DNS server.
b. Go to DNS > Forward Lookup Zone.
Configuring connection brokers
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