Is there a way of pushing/automate a citrix web client install?

[iyomtov]

My company uses Windows 2003 with PS3 environment. We login to the MF servers through a web site that is runned by IIS. Is there away from my web site that if a client clicks a link the Citrix web client can automatically install?

 

[dudenjersey]

you can enable that in the Web interface console, should be under client deployment, under web client settings, check the box to enable web client deployment at login.

 

[iyomtov]

Are you referring to IIS when you say web interface console?

 

[iyomtov]

I'm assuming you mean Citrix but where to I put the web client.exe?

 

[dudenjersey]

C:\Inetpub\

http://wwwroot\Citrix\ICAWEB\en\ica32

is where the webclient should be stored.

On your web interface server, go to start->programs->citrix->management consoles->web interface console, launch the Web interface console,and follow above directions to automate client download. Then click the save button on buttom of page, then click apply settings.

Go to a pc where the citrix client is not installed and navigate to the address of the Web Interface page. keep in mind of popup blocker is enabled you will not see anything.

 

[iyomtov]

How do I put an updated version of the web client so that it will work through by web site which is runned by IIS? THe citrix web interface console is setup already.

 

[dudenjersey]

you can probably drop it in the following path,

C:\Inetpub\

http://wwwroot\Citrix\ICAWEB\en\ica32

you may have to remove the ica32t.exe though, this is how i did it.

 

[iyomtov]

Thanks for all your helpfull advise. Will a user need administrator rights to have it installed? Can you give me any tips, tricks or problems you may have had with this?

 

[dudenjersey]

A user probably will need local admin rights on the machine to install the software yes. I had to have 60 users install it at once, so i had a conference call set up, and walked everyone thru downloading the package at one time.

Just remember to test.

 

[iyomtov]

I put the ica32t.exe in C:\Inetpub\

http://wwwroot\Citrix\ICAWEB\en\ica32

and I configured the web console to automatic deploy but I still have to do everything manually. WHat am I doing wrong? Help?