Configuring WorkPlace link to personal desktop(RDP) from home or elsewhere using query-based variab
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Description
Configuring WorkPlace link to personal desktop(RDP) from home or elsewhere using query-based variable.
Resolution
Feature/Application:
When you configure a realm to use an Active Directory or LDAP authentication server, resources can be defined by querying the external LDAP store for a specific attribute or set of attributes.
For example, you can use an LDAP query to create a single resource offering each user a WorkPlace link to their personal desktop from home or elsewhere, using the remote desktop protocol (RDP) that is built into Windows.
Procedure:
Configuring WorkPlace link to their personal desktop (RDP) from home or elsewhere using query-based variable.
To create a resource variable that points to users’ remote desktops
Step 1: Modify your LDAP store and add an attribute named rdp.
Step 2: From the main navigation menu in AMC, click Resources.
Step 3: Click the Variables tab, and then click New.
Step 4: Enter a name for the variable (for example, Desktop), and then select User attribute as the Type.
Step 5: Enter rdp in the Attribute text box.
Step 6: In the Output list, leave Single result selected if each user has only one computer associated with him or her in the LDAP store.
Step 7: Select the realm to which this new variable applies, and then enter the username of someone who has access to that realm in the User text box.
Step 8: Click Test to make sure that the user attribute you specified returns a value for this user.
Step 9: Click Save.
Step 10: On the Resources tab, click New, and then select Host name or IP.
Step 11:Give a name to this resource (for example, Personal computer).
Step 12: In the Host name or IP address text box, click {variable}, and then select {Desktop}, the variable you created earlier. Click Insert.
Step 13: Edit the entry for Host name or IP address to add the portion of the address that the personal computers on your network share. The completed entry might look something like this:
{Desktop}.dept.company.com
As each user logs in, {Desktop} is replaced by the machine name associated with him or her in the LDAP store using the rdp attribute.
Step 14: Click Save.
To create a WorkPlace link to give users access to their remote desktops
Step 1: From the main navigation menu in AMC, click Aventail WorkPlace.
Step 2: Click New, and then select Graphical terminal shortcut.
Step 3: In the Resource list, select Personal computer, and then specify what the link text will be in WorkPlace. For example, My remote desktop.
Step 4: Click Save. By default, the resource you created will be displayed as a link in WorkPlace titled My remote desktop.
How to test:
When the user John Doe connects to WorkPlace from home or on the road, {Desktop} is replaced by the contents of the rdp attribute associated with him in the LDAP store, and he sees a WorkPlace link (My remote desktop) that points to his office computer (john_doe-340.dept.company.com).
When Paula Smith follows the same link, she has access to paula_smith-452.dept.company.com. If the rdp attribute is empty for a given user, then that user will not see a WorkPlace shortcut when he or she logs in.
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