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List of Prerequisites:
Please ensure that you have the following before starting off the POC.
Licenses:
Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 evaluation license
Windows 2003 Standard Edition SP1
Media:
Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 for Windows 2003 Server CD
Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 for Windows 2003 Component CD
Windows 2003 SP 1 CD
Any related software that to be hosted on Presentation Server
Hardware:
Wintel server hosting the CPS 4.5 installed with W2K3 SP1
Hostname: _____________________
WORKGROUP: _____________________ , or DOMAIN: _____________________
IP Address: _____________________ Subnet Mask: _____________________
Default Gateway: _____________________
Primary DNS: _____________________ Secondary DNS: _____________________
Administrator’s password: _____________________
Windows XP or 2000 Professional client with Internet Explorer
Hostname: _____________________
WORKGROUP: _____________________ , or DOMAIN: _____________________
IP Address: _____________________ Subnet Mask: _____________________
Default Gateway: _____________________
Primary DNS: _____________________ Secondary DNS: _____________________
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Step 1: Installing IIS and License Server
On the Windows Server, do the following:
Click on Start | Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs
Click on Add/Remove Windows Components
o Check on the Application Server components
o Enable ASP.NET (Active Server Pages)
o Enable network COM+ access
o Enable Internet Information Services (IIS)
o Check on the Terminal Server components
Create two local groups: CTXS Users and CTXS Admins
Create two local users user00 and user01 and make them member of the Users and CTXS Users
groups
Create two local administrators admin00 and admin01 and make them member of the
Administrators and CTXS Admins groups.
Enter http://localhost , and you should see the Under Construction error page displayed, which
means the IIS is installed, but not configured.
Install the Citrix License Server
Install Citrix License Server related components
o Install the Java 2 Runtime Environment (J2RE) Standard Edition, Version 1.4.2_X, by entering
D:installersCitrix_Licensingj2re-1_4_2_06-windows-i586-p.exe
o Select I accept the terms in the license agreement in the EULA screen, and click Next
o Select Typical for the setup type and click Next
o Click Finish to complete the installation.
Install the Citrix License Server, by entering D:installersCitrix_LicensingInstall_Licensing.bat
o Click Next on the Welcome screen
o Select I accept the license agreement on the License Agreement screen, and click Next
o Accept the default Destination Folder (c:Program FilesCitrix), and click Next
o Install both the License Management Console and License Server features, and click Next
o Accept the default license files location C:Program FilesCitrixLicensingMyFiles, and
click Next
o Select Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) for Web Server Selection, and click Next
o Select OK to restart Microsoft IIS Server, and click Next
o Click Next to being the installation
o Click Finish to complete the installation.
Retrieve and Configure the Citrix License Server
Ensure that you have the licenses installed before proceeding to the next step. Please refer to
Appendix A – License Activation of this document for more details on activating the ES licenses on
the license server.
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Step 2: Installing Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Software
Install the Microsoft Dot Net Framework 2.0
D:supportDotNet20dotnetfx.exe to install the 2.0 Dot Net Framework
o Click Next, check to accept the EULA, and click on the Install button.
o Click on Finish to complete the installation.
Install the SQL Express 2005 (for PS 4.5 farm Data Store)
D:supportSqlExpress_2005_SP1SetupSqlExpressForCPS.cmd to install the SQL Express 2005
Reboot the server to complete the installation SQL Server Express 2005.
Install the Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and its related components
Double-click on D:, and click on Product installation and updates, and click on Install Citrix
Presentation Server 4.5 and its components.
Accept the license agreement, and click on Next (need to scroll to read the entire agreement).
Click Next on the Prerequisites Installation requirements
All the components should be installed, except for Citrix Licensing which was installed earlier. Click
Next to proceed with the installation.
Since we already have a license server, click Next on the Warning screen.
Access Management Console
Click Next to proceed with the installation
And, click Finish, and click Next to install all the 10 components of the AMC framework
Click Finish to complete the installation.
Web Interface
Click Next to proceed with the installation
Keep the default destination location of the Web Interface components, by clicking Next
Click on Install the Clients from the Components CD-ROM, and replace the CPS4.5 CD with the
Components CD. Browse to the D:Clients directory, and click Next twice to continue with the
installation
Switch the Components CD with the CPS4.5 CD, and click Finish to proceed with the installation
of the next component
Presentation Server 4.5
Click Next to proceed with the installation
Accept the Default i.e. Enterprise Edition, and click Next
All the 9 subfeatures are selected by default and will be installed on the CPS 4.5 server, click Next
to proceed
Since we are hosting the PN Agent web server on the same server, you can accept the default as
localhost, and click Next
Click No to enable Pass-through authentication, and click Next
Click Create a new farm to create a new PS4.5 farm, and click Next
Name the farm PS45-APPS, and change the Data Store type from Access Database to SQL Server
Desktop (SQLExpress) Database, and click Next
Use Administratrator as the User Name, and the local hostname as the Domain of the
Administrator credentials and click Next
Do not enable IMA Encryption
Enter the host name of the license server, in this case the localhost, and accept the default port
to be 27000, and click Next
As for shadowing, Allow shadowing of user sessions on this server, but force a shadow
acceptance popup to ensure users are aware of they are being shadowed.
Use a separate port for Citrix XML Service port i.e. 8080 as the TCP/IP port.
For remote desktop users, add the Authenticated Users now, and click Next
Click Finish to proceed with the installation
Uncheck the View the Readme file, and click Close
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Management Console for Presentation Server 4.5
Click Next twice to proceed with the installation
Click Finish to complete the installation
Document Center for Presentation Server 4.5
Click Next to proceed with the installation
Accept the Default destination folder, and click Next
Click Finish to complete the installation
At the end, you should see the Installation Summary popup all the five components are successfully
installed. Click Finish to complete the installation. You will need to reboot the server for the configuration
changes made to CPS components to take effect.
Step 3: Configuring Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Software
Install the Citrix EdgeSight EndPoint Agent on the Windows desktop
Download the Hotfix PSE450W2K3005 - For Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 for Windows Server 2003
from http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX112995
Access Management Console
Click on the Access Management Console icon (second from the bottom) of the Citrix toolbar to
the right of the desktop.
Configure and run discovery for the first time (uncheck the Skip this screen in future), and click
Next
Select all the products or components, and click Next
Click Do not contact servers running the configuration service, and click Next
Click Add Local Computer to add the name of the local computer to the list of servers, and click
Next
Click Next to proceed with the discovery
Click Close this wizard when discovery is successful, and click Finish.
You should see PS45-APPS farm name appear under the Presentation Server component of the
left task pane.
Publish an application
Click on Applications label under the PS45-APPS farm
Under the Common Tasks, click on New, and click on Publish application to publish a new
application to users
The Publish Application screen pops up, click Next to continue
Under the Display name and Application description, put in the value notepad, and click Next
Leave the default as Application, accessed from a server, and installed application, and click
Next
Under the Command line, put in the value notepad.exe, and click Next
For the servers on which this application will be run, click on the Add button, and click on Add All
on the new window, and click OK to continue
Click Next to continue
For the users who can access this application, click on Add button, and double click on CX-
CPS45, highlight CTXS Admins and CTXS Users, and click Add, and click OK to continue
Click Next to continue
Accept the default settings, and click Next
Click Finish to complete the process.
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Configure Web Interface
Click on Web Interface label (left pane) under the Configuration Tools
Under the Common Tasks (middle pane), click on Create site to create a new Web Interface site
In the Create Site popup, select Access Platform site, and click Next
Accept the default for the IIS location, and click Next. The URL of the Web Interface will be
http://CX-CPS45/Citrix/AccessPlatform .
Use the Local file(s) and click Next
Use built-in authentication or Advanced Access Control for Authentication Settings for the site,
and click Next to proceed with the site creation.
Make sure that the Configure this site now is checked and click Finish.
Click Next to proceed, use PS45-APPS for the Farm name, change the Server port from 80 to 8080,
and click on Add to a new server running the XML service, and click Next
Select Remote for the application type, and click Next
Accept the default settings (Direct (users enter the Web Interface URL)), and click Next
Click Finish to complete the process.
Testing the Web Interface
Launch the Internet Explorer on the Presentation Server, and enter the URL http://CX-
CPS45/Citrix/AccessPlatform . This could take some time because the page needs some time to
be recompiled for the first time.
Enter the user00 in the User name field, password in the Password field, and CX-CPS45 in the
Domain field, and click on the Log In button.
You should see the notepad icon appear on the list of applications. Click on the icon to launch it.
If the Client File Security dialog appear, click on Full Access for the access to grant, and Never
ask me again as to whether to be asked again, and click OK.
The notepad window should appear, and you can test the application by entering some text in
the window.
Click Log Off on the Web Interface to logout from the session.
Step 3: Installing and Testing ICA client from Client
On the Windows XP client, enter
Launch the Internet Explorer, and enter the URL http://CX-CPS45/Citrix/AccessPlatform . This could
take some time because the page needs some time to be recompiled for the first time.
As the message in the Message Center section, you do not have a Citrix ICA Web client on your
computer. Click on the Download clients from the Citrix client download site link that has been
circled. This will download and install the Citrix ICA Web client on the local computer.
Download the client and install the client on the local client. Be sure to close the Internet Explorer
window to complete the install and setup.
Launch the Internet Explorer, and enter the URL http://CX-CPS45/Citrix/AccessPlatform . This could
take some time because the page needs some time to be recompiled for the first time.
Enter the user00 in the User name field, password in the Password field, and CX-CPS45 in the
Domain field, and click on the Log In button.
You should see the notepad icon appear on the list of applications. Click on the icon to launch it.
If the Client File Security dialog appear, click on Full Access for the access to grant, and Never
ask me again as to whether to be asked again, and click OK.
The notepad window should appear, and you can test the application by entering some text in
the window.
Click Log Off on the Web Interface to logout from the session.
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Appendix A: License Activation
www.mycitrix.com
Launch the Internet Explorer, and enter the URL http://www.mycitrix.com . Logon using your
myCitrix user-ID and password. If you do not have one, please create one from the system.
Proceed to Activation System/Manage Licenses, and click on the Activate/Allocate license tab.
Put in the license number next to the Your License Code field, and click on the Continue button.
Select the reseller (If you do not have a reseller, check on the combo button I cannot find my
reseller, and click Continue
Confirm contact and company details, and click Submit, and click Continue
Click Continue to proceed with the Activation
Enter the command hostname from the DOS prompt, and place the output result in Citrix license
server field (case sensitive).
Confirm your selection.
Click on Download License File to download the generated license file to your local machine.
Copy the file to the license server, and typically the license files are stored in the c:Program
FilesCitrixLicensingMy Files directory .
License Management Console
Launch the Internet Explorer, and enter the URL http://license-server/lmc/index.jsp
Copy the license files to c:Program FilesCitrixLicensingMy Files directory, if you haven’t done
so earlier
Click on the Configure License Server link
Click on Update license data link to force the license server to read (or reread) the license files
Click on the Current Usage tab, and you should see the product licenses reflected in the license
server
For more information, please refer to http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX106319
