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How to Install & Configure NFuse 1.61 with Project Columbia 6.30. How to Install in 5 Easy Steps. With NFuse 1.6 and Project Columbia 6.30 you are able to deploy a rich featured, fully functional NFuse Portal in five quick and easy steps. Install NFuse Web Extensions
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How to Install & Configure NFuse 1.61 with Project Columbia 6.30
How to Install in 5 Easy Steps • With NFuse 1.6 and Project Columbia 6.30 you are able to deploy a rich featured, fully functional NFuse Portal in five quick and easy steps. • Install NFuse Web Extensions • Install Project Columbia • Configure Project Columbia • Brand Project Columbia • Restart IIS Service
What is NFuse? • Instant Web App Publishing • Quickly integrate and publish applications into any standard Web browser– without rewrites! • Integrate Windows, UNIX and Java applications — all in the same browser • Personalize applications, data and the browser Each user’s logon screen can have a unique, customized, desktop appearance!
What is Project Columbia? • Project Columbia 6.0 is a sample NFuse 1.6 website that has been customized by Citrix technical support to address common configuration issues. • The web pages included in project Columbia 6.0 are based on the default example site included with NFuse 1.6, but have been customized to implement additional features.
Key Features of Project Columbia • Override the web server’s default MetaFrame server farm address. • Identify multiple XML services per server farm for fault tolerance and load-balancing. • Merge application sets from multiple server farms. • Serve internal users and external users connecting through network address translation from the same web site. • Alter the size and layout of application icons. • Hide applications or folders by name. • Offer the user a menu of domains during logon.
Features of Project Columbia (cont) • Route ICA sessions through client-side SOCKS proxy servers. • Route users to multiple internal MetaFrame servers through a single external IP address using port address translation. • Allow users to change expired NT4 or Windows 2000 Active Directory domain passwords. • Force the installation or upgrade of ICA clients to windows users who do not already have an ICA client installed or have an old ICA client installed. • Citrix Secure Gateway Support
System Requirements • The following requirements apply to the web server hosting the Project Columbia files: • Windows 2000 with IIS 5.0 • NFuse 1.6 • Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) 2.5 or later • VBScript Scripting Engine 5.0 or later • Active Server Pages 3.0 or later
Step 1 – Install NFuse Web Extensions • Download and launch NFuse 1.61 & Generic Web-based ICA Client Install Package (downloadable from www.citrix.com/download) • Enter a MetaFrame server running the XML service and its port address • Enter the location of your default web site • Enter the location of the ICAWEB directory (downloadable from www.citrix.com/download) • Test! http://webservername/citrix/nfuse161
Step 2 – Install Project Columbia • All you need to do to install Project Columbia is to download and extract the contents of the Columbia zip file to a folder, of your choosing, beneath your web site’s root directory. • (By default c:\inetpub\wwwroot\). • That’s it! And configuring it is nearly as simple. You can download Project Columbia 6.01.034 from Citrix Developers Network. http://apps.citrix.com/CDN/Columbia/default.asp
Step 3 - Configuring Project Columbia Project Columbia includes a file named config.txt where you indicate your preferences regarding how the features of Columbia should be implemented.
Configuring Project Columbia • Demo • the • Config.txt • File
Step 4- Brand Project Columbia • NFuse 1.61 has the ability to be “branded” with custom text and graphics that you specify in a single file. • Configured through a single file, the NFUSE.TXT file located in the default NFuse directory. (C:\program files\citrix\nfuse\) • Graphics are location in the media subfolder (most notable: nfusehead.gif & citrix.gif) • Note: Be very careful when editing this file. You will want to make a backup copy for disaster recovery.
Step 5 – Restart IIS Service? • After you have made your configuration changes and saved the Config.txt and NFuse.txt file you will need to restart the IIS Service. • From the command line type: IISRESET