2X ACCESS PORTAL

<h1 class="heading_1"> <a name="_Toc252461874"></a><a name="Heading1"></a>2X Access Portal</h1> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'>The 2X Access Portal allows users to launch published applications and desktops from multiple farms which are accessed through a web portal according to their filter settings. </div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <h2 class="heading_2"> <a name="_Toc252461875"></a><a name="Heading4"></a>Pre-requisites</h2> <div class="Normal"></div> <ul style='margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:0pt;list-style-type=disc'> <li class="Body_Text" style='text-indent:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: left; margin-left:90pt; '>Windows 2003/2008 Server</li> <li class="Body_Text" style='text-indent:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: left; margin-left:90pt; '>Microsoft .NET Framework II</li> <li class="Body_Text" style='text-indent:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: left; margin-left:90pt; '>IIS6 or IIS7 with IIS6 Management capatability</li> <li class="Body_Text" style='text-indent:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: left; margin-left:90pt; '>2X VirtualDesktopServer</li></ul><div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <h2 class="heading_2"> <a name="_Toc252461876"></a><a name="Heading12"></a>Client Operating Systems and Browsers supported</h2> <div class="Body_Text"></div> <div class="Body_Text"></div> <h2 class="heading_2"> <br /><a name="Heading15"></a><a name="Heading16"></a>Installation</h2> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>Run the 2X Access Portal setup program by double clicking on the <span style='font-weight: bold;'>‘2XWebPortal.msi’</span> or ‘2XWebPotal-x64.ms”file on an IIS machine to be used as your access point to the published applications from the Web Portal.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>We recommend that you do not install the 2X Access Portal on an Active Directory machine. Make sure all other Windows programs are closed before beginning the installation.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>A welcome dialog box will appear. Close other Windows programs and click ‘Next’</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Normal"><img height="357" width="459" src="2XAccessPortal00.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal00.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption" style=' margin-left:72pt;'>Welcome to the 2X Access Portal Setup Wizard</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>After reading the End-User License Agreement, accept the license agreement by enabling ‘I accept the terms in the License Agreement’ checkbox.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'><img height="345" width="444" src="2XAccessPortal01.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal01.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption"></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>In this screen you’re asked to assign the port on which the 2X Web Service will be installed. By default this 2X Web Portal will be installed on port 81.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:108pt;'>Please note that 2X Secure Client Gateway is installed on port 80 by default and is configured to forward the HTTP requests to the localhost on port 81. Therefore the Clients will still be able to access the 2X Web Portal from port 80. You may choose to install the 2X Web Service on any other port and you can also use an existing port used by other web sites. </div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>In this scenario, the service will be installed under the web site configured on that port.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal"><img height="357" width="459" src="2XAccessPortal02.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal02.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption" style=' margin-left:72pt;'>Web Portal – Web Server Port Number</div> <div class="caption"></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>Click ‘Install’ to begin the installation - Setup will copy the required files and will create the service on the machine.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal"><img height="357" width="459" src="2XAccessPortal03.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal03.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption" style=' margin-left:72pt;'>Web Portal - Ready to install </div> <h2 class="heading_2"> <a name="_Toc252461877"></a><a name="Heading41"></a>Configuration</h2> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The first step after installing the 2X Web Portal is to direct the browser to [http://localhost/2XWebPortal/Admin.aspx] and login with a username with administrative rights on the IIS machine. </div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal" style=' margin-left:36pt;'><img height="393" width="566" src="2XAccessPortal04.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal04.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Welcome to the 2X Access Portal</div> <div class="caption" style=' margin-left:0pt;'></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal" style=' text-indent:-47pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>Add a Farm by entering the IP/hostname on the left side and click <span style='font-style: italic;'>'Add Farm</span>’. You can configure how the 2X Web Service will connect with the 2X Secure Client Gateway in the ‘Farm Details’.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Normal" style=' text-indent:-47pt;'></div> <div class="Normal" style=' margin-left:73pt; text-indent:-37pt;'><img height="289" width="570" src="2XAccessPortal05.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal05.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Add a new farm</div> <div class="Normal" style=' text-indent:-47pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>In the Farm Details, the Administrator should configure the settings of the 2X Secure Client Gateway for each farm. </div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The 2X Secure Client Gateway Details as shown in the figure below are used from the 2X Web Service to connect with the 2X Secure Client Gateway. Therefore these settings are primarily used for the connection between the 2X Web Service and the 2X Secure Client Gateway service.</div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal" style=' margin-left:0pt; text-indent:35pt;'><img height="285" width="531" src="2XAccessPortal06.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal06.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Configuring the Farm Details</div> <div class="caption"></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>To configure (override) the options of how the Client will connect with the 2X Secure Client Gateway, click the <span style='font-style: italic;'>'Advanced Settings'</span> options. These options allow the administrator to override the options that are used in the 2X Secure Client Gateway Details and give the ability to use different settings when 2X Clients are connected with the 2X Secure Client Gateway.</div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal" style=' text-indent:-37pt;'><img height="352" width="527" src="2XAccessPortal07.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal07.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Advanced Settings</div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>After you configure the required settings, click ‘<span style='font-style: italic;'>Apply Settings’</span> and log out. Log back in once again to retrieve the applications listing. </div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>To test a basic client connection point the client’s browsers to <a href="http://WEB_SERVER_NAME/2XWebPortal/Logon.aspx" target="_top">http://WEB_SERVER_NAME/2XWebPortal/Logon.aspx</a>. </div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>If the client is already installed it will be automatically detected, if not you will be guided on how to install the client. Please check “Client Operating Systems and Browsers supported” section to ensure you client Operating system and browser are supported.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>After entering the user credentials in the ‘<span style='font-style: italic;'>Username</span>’ and <span style='font-style: italic;'>‘Password’</span> fields, the application list should be populated according to the Client filtering settings.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>Username in UPN suffix format should be used to specify the user and domain. (i.e. user@domain)</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>Clients will be able to browse through the application groups by clicking on the icon of each application group or by using the path field. Clients are also allowed to select the connection mode in order to specify the connection mode used when connecting with the published application or desktop.</div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal" style=' margin-left:109pt; text-indent:-37pt;'><img height="237" width="533" src="2XAccessPortal08.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal08.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption" style=' margin-left:72pt;'>Application Listing</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>To connect in a secure mode one should enable SSL on the 2X VirtualDesktopServer or enable SSL on IIS.</div> <div class="Normal"></div> <div class="Normal"><img height="163" width="318" src="2XAccessPortal09.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal09.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption" style=' margin-left:72pt;'>Secure Login</div> <div class="Normal">Once you have correctly configured one farm you can add more farms by using the above steps again. Click 'Apply Settings' to activate your settings.</div> <h2 class="heading_2"> <a name="_Toc252461878"></a><a name="Heading91"></a>General Settings</h2> <h3 class="heading_3" style=' margin-left:36pt;'> <a name="_Toc252461879"></a><a name="Heading92"></a>Logging</h3> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The 2X Access Portal can log all the actions that are carried out by an administrator or a user. The log can be cleared by clicking on ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Clear Log</span>’. 2X Access Portal will compress the log file to a repository on a weekly basis. Click on ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Download repository</span>’ to download the stored logs.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'><img height="407" width="490" src="2XAccessPortal10.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal10.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Logging</div> <div class="caption"></div> <h3 class="heading_3" style=' margin-left:36pt;'> <a name="_Toc252461880"></a><a name="Heading97"></a>System Settings</h3> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Session Timeout</span>’ is the idle time that has to pass before the session ends. If the user does not refresh the page or navigate to a different page during a specified amount of time, the session will end. Enter the amount of time that needs to pass before the session is timed out and click on ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Apply Settings</span>’.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'>To describe client installation mode and type</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'><img height="289" width="570" src="2XAccessPortal11.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal11.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Setting the Session Timeout</div> <h3 class="heading_3" style=' margin-left:36pt;'> <a name="_Toc252461881"></a><a name="Heading103"></a>Customized Appearance</h3> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The appearance of the 2X Access Portal can be customized to show a more personalized appearance. Different settings can be created with a custom company name, logo and message. Each profile will have a different URL that can be given to the users. </div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>To add a new profile, enter the ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Settings Name</span>’ and click on ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Add Settings</span>’ as shown below.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'><img height="318" width="568" src="2XAccessPortal12.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal12.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Customized Appearance</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Company ID</span>’ is a unique ID that will distinguish between one profile and another. This is set by the system and cannot be change. The ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Company Name</span>’ is the name of the Access Portal that will be displayed to the user. A custom message can also be added to be displayed to the user in the login page. The ‘<span style='font-weight: bold;'>Message</span>’ field accepts HTML text.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>Default domian</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>Global Message</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'><img height="334" width="576" src="2XAccessPortal13.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal13.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Adding a customized appearance for 2X Software</div> <div class="caption"></div> <h3 class="heading_3" style=' margin-left:36pt;'> <a name="_Toc252461882"></a><a name="Heading120"></a>Software Update</h3> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The 2X Access Portal is set to automatically check for updates online. If an update is found, the administrator will be prompted to download and install the update. The update feature can be disabled and can also be done manually using the ‘<span style='font-style: italic;'>Check Now...</span>’ button.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'><img height="318" width="568" src="2XAccessPortal14.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal14.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">Software Update</div> <h2 class="heading_2"> <a name="Heading126"></a>Replication Settings<br /><a name="_Toc252461883"></a><a name="Heading127"></a>About</h2> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The about section provides information about the 2X Access Portal currently installed on the system.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left;'><img height="318" width="568" src="2XAccessPortal15.jpg" alt="2XAccessPortal15.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div class="caption">About the 2X Access Portal</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>The 2X Access Portal is able to identify whether the 2X Client is installed or not.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>When the 2X Access Portal identifies that the 2X Client is not installed on the client's system, a link to the appropriate client is displayed. The link is dynamically generated according to the request of the client's OS. By default this link points to the latest clients from www.2x.com/downloads. Some browsers need additional plug-ins so that the checking works. ActiveX must be installed if you are using Internet Explorer and Java is needed of you are using Opera or Google Chrome.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'></div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>In order to replace the client to be downloaded you should place the client’s setup files in the web portal client folder. (By default this folder is found at "c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\2XWebPortal\clients"). If no setup files are found in this location, the latest client setup files are downloaded from www.2x.com/downloads.</div> <div class="Body_Text" style=' text-align: left; margin-left:72pt;'>Clients for different OS’s can be placed in the mentioned folder and file names must be using the following names:</div> <ul style='margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:0pt;list-style-type=disc'> <li class="Body_Text" style='text-indent:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:144pt; '>Windows Client: 2XClient.msi</li> <li class="Body_Text" style='text-indent:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:144pt; '>Mac Client: 2XClient.dmg</li> <li class="Body_Text" style='text-indent:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:144pt; '>Linux Client: 2XClient.i386.rpm</li></ul> </body>