Citrix Secure Gateway on Linux/Unix? 1

[nix45]

Can Citrix Secure Gateway run on Linux or Unix? I only see instructions for it on Windows, but I thought I read that it can run on Solaris somewhere. I'd really rather not put up anymore Windows boxes if possible.

ChrisP

 

[xs4citrix]

A solaris version of CSG is in development by citrix.
I don't have an ETA for it.

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[CitrixEngineer]

It's included with MetaFrame for UNIX 1.2 - and has been available for a while.

http://www.citrix.com/site/PS/products/feature.asp?familyID=19&productID=1449&featureID=8173

...although, as you point out, it is only available for Solaris at present.

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[xs4citrix]

Woops, sorry, i was confusing it with the linux version.

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[nix45]

We run MetaFrame XP for Windows. Can I use the CSG on Solaris for our MetaFrame XP farm? I prefer Linux, but running it on Solaris would be much better than running it on Windows.

Also, can you run the CSG and NFuse (WI) on the same box?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Yes - the Secure Gateway is a service that filters ICA traffic at the application layer. It doesn't care what O/S you run it on. You can also run NFuse, sorry, Web Interface on Solaris. They could be on the same box, but best not to (Citrix recommendations). You definitely need a separate box (outside of the DMZ) for your STA. If you're not going to use ticketing, you can, of course, run SG in Relay mode - but that would be to defeat the purpose of using a secure O/S like Solaris, wouldn't it... ;-)

Hope this helps

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[nix45]

Do we have to purchase a MF for UNIX license in order to use the CSG and STA on Solaris boxes? Can this be downloaded?

ChrisP

 

[nix45]

I just found that you can download the CSG for both Solaris and Windows platforms from mycitrix.com. The binary for the Solaris CSG is called ctxsecgwy.1.11.sparc.bin, so it looks like it will only work on a SPARC platform. Does anybody know if its possible to get it to work on an x86 system?

Chris

 

[CitrixEngineer]

You don't need a license for CSG, since it only works with a MetaFrame farm backend.

Citrix, in their wisdom, have only released a SPARC version, TTBOMK. You could get it working on an x86 system if that x86 system happened to be running Windows...

I know...