Dell Wyse ThinOS 9.1.3129, 9.1.3112, 9.1.2101, and 9.1.1131 Administrator’s Guide

Automatically configure using DNS for email discovery

You can connect to a Citrix session by using an email address. The email address is used to discover the StoreFront or NetScaler Gateway URL.

1. Add a service record (SRV) to your DNS server to enable email-based discovery. To add a service record to the DNS server, do the following:
   1. Log in to the DNS server.
   2. Go to DNS > Forward Lookup Zone.
   3. Right-click Forward Lookup Zone, and click Other New Records.
   4. In the Resource Record Type dialog box, select Service Location (SRV).
   5. Click Create Record.
   6. In the Service field, enter _citrixreceiver.
   7. In the Protocol field, enter _tcp.
   8. In the Port number field, enter the port number.
   9. In the Host offering this service field, enter the FQDN and the port for the StoreFront/AppController server or Access Gateway appliance.
      NOTE:You cannot use the same FQDN for both StoreFront and the Access Gateway virtual servers.
2. On ThinOS, go to System Setup > Remote Connections.
   The Remote Connections dialog box is displayed.
3. On the Broker Setup dialog box, select Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops from the Broker Type drop-down list.
4. Enter the email address in the Broker Server field, and click OK.
5. Restart the thin client.
6. In the login window, enter your email address and password to log in to the session.