{"id":678,"date":"2014-07-09T18:41:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T18:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/?p=678"},"modified":"2014-08-31T13:50:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T13:50:03","slug":"xenmobile-appcontroller-9-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/09\/xenmobile-appcontroller-9-0\/","title":{"rendered":"XenMobile AppController 9.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following content is a brief and unofficial prerequisites guide to setup, configure and test XenMobile AppController 9.0 prior to deploying in a PoC, Pilot or Production environment by the author of this entry. The views, opinions and concepts expressed are those by the author of this entry only and do not necessary conform to industry descriptions or best practises.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shortened Names<\/strong><br \/>\nXENMOBILE APPCONTROLLER &#8211; xac<br \/>\nCERTIFICATE SIGNING REQUEST &#8211; csr<br \/>\nFULLY QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME &#8211; fqdn<br \/>\nRECEIVER FOR WEB &#8211; rfw<br \/>\nCERTIFICATE AUTHORITY &#8211; ca<br \/>\nSTOREFRONT SERVICES &#8211; sfs<br \/>\nPUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE &#8211; pki<br \/>\nNETSCALER GATEWAY &#8211; nsg<br \/>\nXENMOBILE DEVICE MANAGER &#8211; xdm<br \/>\nXENMOBILE NETSCALER CONNECTOR &#8211; xnc<br \/>\nSECURE TICKET AUTHORITY &#8211; sta<br \/>\nDOMAIN NAME SERVER &#8211; dns<\/p>\n<p><strong>New &#038; Existing XenMobile AppController (XAC) Admin &#038; User Consoles<\/strong><br \/>\n1: The NEWEST console is a troubleshooting one which is accessible at <b>https:\/\/XAC-FQDN:4443\/ControlPoint\/support<\/b> which allows troubleshooting of NetScaler Gateway, XenMobile Device Manager<br \/>\n2: Control Point Admin console &#8211; https:\/\/XAC-FQDN:4443\/ControlPoint\/<br \/>\n3: Hidden Admin console &#8211; https:\/\/XAC-FQDN:4443\/admin.<br \/>\n4: Receiver for Web (RfW) provides user access to SaaS, Web-links &#8211; https:\/\/XAC-FQDN:4443\/Citrix\/StoreWeb\/ natively. You can integrate XAC with StoreFront to enumerate published Windows apps, Sever and Desktop VDI&#8217;s from XenApp, XenDesktop 7.x.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s New<\/strong><br \/>\n0: XenMobile Security PDF document &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/content\/dam\/citrix\/en_us\/documents\/products-solutions\/xenmobile-security.pdf\" title=\"http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/content\/dam\/citrix\/en_us\/documents\/products-solutions\/xenmobile-security.pdf\">http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/content\/dam\/citrix\/en_us\/documents\/products-solutions\/xenmobile-security.pdf<\/a> and XenMobile security microsite is also available at &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/products\/xenmobile\/tech-info\/mobile-security.html\" title=\"http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/products\/xenmobile\/tech-info\/mobile-security.html\">http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/products\/xenmobile\/tech-info\/mobile-security.html<\/a>.<br \/>\n1: Support for Windows Phone 8.1 MDX Policy&#8217;s for WorxMail and WorxWeb only &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-worx-about-wrapper.html\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-worx-about-wrapper.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-worx-about-wrapper.html<\/a>. You can learn how to wrap Worx apps for Windows Phone 8.1 using this useful CTX article entitled &#8220;FAQ: Windows Phone 8.1 and XenMobile 9&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX200105\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX200105<\/a> and also watching the following video below from Citrix TV.<\/p>\n<p><object id='CitrixTVEmbed11724' class='CitrixTVEmbed'><param name='ctvId' value='11724' \/><param name='width' value='480' \/><param name='height' value='270' \/><param name='hd' value='false' \/><param name='autoStart' value='false' \/><\/object><SCRIPT type='text\/javascript'>\/* <![CDATA[ *\/var CITRIXWS=CITRIXWS||{};(function(){var playerId='CitrixTVEmbed11724',c=window.CITRIXWS;if(!(c.ctvPlayer)){c._ctvq=c._ctvq||[];c._ctvq.push(playerId);var ctv=document.createElement('script');ctv.type='text\/javascript';ctv.async=true;ctv.src='https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/static\/ctv\/player\/js\/CitrixTVEmbed.js';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ctv,s)}else{c.ctvPlayer.Embedder.createPlayer(playerId)}})();\/* ]]> *\/<\/SCRIPT><\/p>\n<p>2: New troubleshooting and support console that can download logs, perform connectivity tests and upload logs to http:\/\/taas.citrix.com. The console is available at &#8211; https:\/\/XAC-FQDN:4443\/ControlPoint\/support once you have successful authenticated at https:\/\/XAC-FQDN:4443\/ControlPoint\/. You will need to know the admin access details for NSG, XAC and XDM in order to effectively use this console.<\/p>\n<p>3: Wrapping iOS Worx Apps Video.<\/p>\n<p><object id='CitrixTVEmbed10802' class='CitrixTVEmbed'><param name='ctvId' value='10802' \/><param name='width' value='480' \/><param name='height' value='270' \/><param name='hd' value='false' \/><param name='autoStart' value='false' \/><\/object><SCRIPT type='text\/javascript'>\/* <![CDATA[ *\/var CITRIXWS=CITRIXWS||{};(function(){var playerId='CitrixTVEmbed10802',c=window.CITRIXWS;if(!(c.ctvPlayer)){c._ctvq=c._ctvq||[];c._ctvq.push(playerId);var ctv=document.createElement('script');ctv.type='text\/javascript';ctv.async=true;ctv.src='https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/static\/ctv\/player\/js\/CitrixTVEmbed.js';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ctv,s)}else{c.ctvPlayer.Embedder.createPlayer(playerId)}})();\/* ]]> *\/<\/SCRIPT><\/p>\n<p>4: Wrapping Andriod Worx Apps including covering off how-to sign multiple *.APK files using a BASH script. Refer to the XenMobile 9.0 MDX Toolkit Documentation<br \/>\n &#8211; http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX140458 for more information once you have watched this video.<\/p>\n<p><object id='CitrixTVEmbed9465' class='CitrixTVEmbed'><param name='ctvId' value='9465' \/><param name='width' value='480' \/><param name='height' value='270' \/><param name='hd' value='false' \/><param name='autoStart' value='false' \/><\/object><SCRIPT type='text\/javascript'>\/* <![CDATA[ *\/var CITRIXWS=CITRIXWS||{};(function(){var playerId='CitrixTVEmbed9465',c=window.CITRIXWS;if(!(c.ctvPlayer)){c._ctvq=c._ctvq||[];c._ctvq.push(playerId);var ctv=document.createElement('script');ctv.type='text\/javascript';ctv.async=true;ctv.src='https:\/\/www.citrix.com\/static\/ctv\/player\/js\/CitrixTVEmbed.js';var s=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(ctv,s)}else{c.ctvPlayer.Embedder.createPlayer(playerId)}})();\/* ]]> *\/<\/SCRIPT><\/p>\n<p>5: XenMobile 9.0 MDX Toolkit Documentation &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX140458\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX140458\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX140458<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Installing &#038; Deploying XAC 9.0<\/strong><br \/>\n1: Review and understand the systems &#038; networking pre-requites of the XAC virtual appliance at &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-sysreqs-wrapper-con.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-sysreqs-wrapper-con.html<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-prepare-xenmobile-checklist-con.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-prepare-xenmobile-checklist-con.html<\/a>.<br \/>\n2: Deploy the XAC virtual appliance on your chosen hypervisor and boot it and follow the onscreen instructions to apply the IP addr, DNS e.t.c and reboot upon completion connect to the Web Admin UI to compete the initialisation wizard thereafter you can begin to setup and configure your XAC virtual appliance and upload your MDX signed Worx apps and configure the MDX policies as required per app per supported platform. Don&#8217;t forget to generate and sign a CSR for the XAC and optionally sign it with your Enterprise CA (PoC\/Demo environments) or a Public CA (PROD environments) and apply your own SSL certificate(s) to the XAC refer to &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-deploy-appc-cert-install-con.html\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-deploy-appc-cert-install-con.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-deploy-appc-cert-install-con.html<\/a> or for a video demonstration watch &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/tv\/#videos\/9501\" title=\"http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/tv\/#videos\/9501\">http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/tv\/#videos\/9501<\/a>.<br \/>\n3: Configuring MDX policies for Windows Phone 8.1 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-wp81.html\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-wp81.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-wp81.html<\/a>, iOS &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-ios-con-nike.html\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-ios-con-nike.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-ios-con-nike.html<\/a> and Android &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-andr-con-1.html\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-andr-con-1.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-policies-andr-con-1.html<\/a>. Finally checkout how-to configure encryption policies &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-encryption-con.html\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-encryption-con.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-mobile-apps-encryption-con.html<\/a>.<br \/>\n5: Once you have setup and configured your XAC appliance you can setup high-availability &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-ha-wrapper-con.html\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-ha-wrapper-con.html\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/proddocs\/topic\/xenmobile-90\/xmob-appc-ha-wrapper-con.html<\/a>.<br \/>\n6: If you are looking for the XenMobile Reference Architecture please refer to <a href=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX140433\" title=\"http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX140433\">http:\/\/support.citrix.com\/article\/CTX140433<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following content is a brief and unofficial prerequisites guide to setup, configure and test XenMobile AppController 9.0 prior to deploying in a PoC, Pilot or Production environment by the author of this entry. 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