Citrix Receiver

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Introduction

Citrix Receiver is a lightweight software client that allows access to virtual desktops and apps including Windows, Web or SaaS apps on any PC, Mac, netbook, tablet or smartphone.

For configuring Netscaler and Receiver to work with multiple authentication servers see Citrix Netscaler configuration for Receiver

Prerequisites

Citrix receiver Client

Swivel Appliance or Server

Citrix Gateway integrated with Swivel

iPhone / Android Citrix receiver

1. Open the Safari web browser on the iPad / Mozilla Firefox on Android ^{Please see Known Issues and Limitations}
2. Browse to the login page of the Citrix gateway
3. Enter username, password, and Swivel security string (Using TURing or SMS). Click login button.
4. Once the user is logged in go to the Citrix gateway, click on the Citrix application they want to launch (eg, the published desktop)
5. Here’s where things are a little different from a PC. Instead of just launching the Citrix plug-in directly, the user will see the screen shot in the attachment. The user then clicks on the “Open in Citrix” button.
6. The Citrix receiver app will launch and allow the user to access the selected Citrix app

The latest version of the Citrix Receiver supports “Third-Party Authentication support” for the iOS and Android platform allowing the configuration data to be retrieved from a Citrix gateway URL, so there is no Swivel configuration required on the directly within the Receiver app.

Citrix Netscaler RADIUS authentication for Receiver

For configuring Netscaler and Receiver to work with multiple authentication servers see Citrix Netscaler configuration for Receiver

Citrix Access Standard Edition Gateway RADIUS authentication for Receiver

The following article describes adding RADIUS authentication to the Citrix Access Standard Edition for Citrix Receiver. The RADIUS authentication needs to be set as the primary authentication and AD as the Secondary authentication.

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121093

Citrix Access Advanced Edition Gateway RADIUS authentication for receiver

The following article describes adding RADIUS authentication to the Citrix Access Advanced Edition for Citrix Receiver.

http://cdn.ws.citrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iphone-receiver-admin.pdf

Known Issues and Limitations

It has been observed by our customers that the Citrix Receiver only launches successfully on the Android platform when accessing links via the Mozilla Firefox browser (at the time this article was written)