ICA via Citrix StoreFront

This chapter contains an example of a basic Wheel Fudo PAM configuration, to monitor access to a remote server over ICA protocol with the connection itself being initiated via the Citrix StoreFront.

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Prerequisites

The following description assumes that the system has been already initiated. For more information on the initiation procedure refer to the System initiation topic.


Configuration

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Adding an ICA server

Server is a definition of the IT infrastructure resource, which can be accessed over one of the specified protocols.


  1. Select Management > Servers.
  2. Click Add.
  1. Provide essential configuration parameters:
Parameter Value
General  
Name ica_server
Blocked fail
Protocol ICA
Description fail
   
Permissions  
Granted users fail
   
Destination host  
Address 10.0.0.21
Port 1494
Use TLS fail
  1. Click Save.

Adding an ICA listener

Listener determines server connection mode (proxy, gateway, transparent, bastion) as well as its specifics.


  1. Select Management > Listeners.
  2. Click Add.
  1. Provide essential configuration parameters:
Parameter Value
General  
Name ica_listener
Blocked fail
Protocol ICA
   
Permissions  
Granted users fail
   
Connection  
Mode proxy
Local address 10.0.150.151
Port 2494
Use TLS fail
  1. Click Save.

Adding an account for the ICA server

Account defines the privileged account existing on the monitored server. It specifies the actual login credentials, user authentication mode: anonymous (without user authentication), regular (with login credentials substitution) or forward (with login and password forwarding); password changing policy as well as the password changer itself.


  1. Select Management > Accounts.
  2. Click Add.
  1. Provide essential configuration parameters:
Parameter Value
General  
Name ICA_forward
Blocked fail
Type forward
Session recording all
OCR sessions fail
Delete session data after 61 days
   
Permissions  
Granted users fail
   
Server  
Server ica_server
   
Credentials  
Replace secret with fail
Forward domain fail
  1. Click Save.

Adding a Citrix StoreFront server

Server is a definition of the IT infrastructure resource, which can be accessed over one of the specified protocols.


  1. Select Management > Servers.
  2. Click Add.
  1. Provide essential configuration parameters:
Parameter Value
General  
Name citrix_storefront
Blocked fail
Protocol Citrix StoreFront (HTTP)
HTTP timeout 900
Description fail
   
Permissions  
Granted users fail
   
Destination host  
Address 10.0.90.1
Port 80
Bind address Any
URL http://10.0.90.1/Citrix/StoreWeb/
  1. Click Save.

Adding a Citrix StoreFront listener

Listener determines server connection mode (proxy, gateway, transparent, bastion) as well as its specifics.


  1. Select Management > Listeners.
  2. Click Add.
  1. Provide essential configuration parameters:
Parameter Value
General  
Name citrix_storefront_listener
Blocked fail
Protocol Citrix StoreFront (HTTP)
   
Permissions  
Granted users fail
   
Connection  
Mode proxy
Local address 10.0.8.65
Port 7003
Use TLS fail
  1. Click Save.

Adding an account for the Citrix StoreFront server

Account defines the privileged account existing on the monitored server. It specifies the actual login credentials, user authentication mode: anonymous (without user authentication), regular (with login credentials substitution) or forward (with login and password forwarding); password changing policy as well as the password changer itself.


  1. Select Management > Accounts.
  2. Click Add.
  1. Provide essential configuration parameters:
Parameter Value
General  
Name citrixuser_at_SF
Blocked fail
Type regular
Session recording all
OCR sessions fail
Delete session data after 61 days
   
Permissions  
Granted users fail
   
Server  
Server citrix_storefront
   
Credentials  
Domain tech.whl
Login citrixuser
Replace secret with password
Password password
Repeat password password
Password change policy Static, without restrictions
   
Password changer  
Password changer none
Privileged user fail
Privileged user password fail

Adding a user

User defines a subject entitled to connect to servers within monitored IT infrastructure. Detailed object definition (i.e. unique login, full name, email address etc.) enables precise accountability of user actions when login and password are substituted with a shared account login credentials.


  1. Select Management > Users.
  2. Click Add.
  1. Provide essential user information:
Parameter Value
Login john_smith
Blocked fail
Account validity Indefinite
Role user
Preferred language English
Full name John Smith
Email john@smith.com
Organization fail
Phone fail
AD Domain fail
LDAP Base fail
Permissions  
Granted users fail
Connections  
Connections fail
Authentication  
Type Password
Password john
Repeat password john
  1. Click Save.

Defining a safe

Safe directly regulates user access to monitored servers. It specifies available protocols’ features, policies and other details concerning users and servers relations.


  1. Select Management > Safes.
  2. Click Add.
  1. Provide essential configuration parameters:
Parameter Value
General  
Name ica_safe
Blocked fail
Login reason fail
Notifications fail
Policies fail
Users john_smith
   
Protocol functionality  
RDP fail
SSH fail
VNC fail
   
Accounts  
citrixuser_at_SF citrix_storefront_listener
ICA_forward ica_listener
  1. Click Save.

Note

In case of TLS encrypted connections, Fudo returns an .ica configuration file to the Citrix client, which has the FQDN server address (Address) set to the common name defined in the TLS certificate.

Connecting to remote resource

  1. Navigate your web browser to the 10.0.8.65:7003 web address.
  2. Enter user login and password to log in into the Citrix StoreFront interface.
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  1. Click desired element to establish ICA connection with selected resource.
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Viewing user session

  1. Open a web browser and go to the Wheel Fudo PAM administration page.
  2. Enter user login and password to log in to Wheel Fudo PAM administration panel.
  1. Select Management > Sessions.
  2. Find John Smith’s session and click i.
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