2020 Apr 20 – renamed NetScaler Gateway to Citrix Gateway 2018 Nov 24 – EPA Libraries – updated for Windows version 4.3.344.0 2018 Oct 10 – EPA Libraries – updated for Mac version 4.3.244.0. Receiver and the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in are installed on the user device, Receiver adds the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in automatically. The NetScaler Gateway Plug-in for Mac OS X that allows users running Mac OS X to log on. It has the same features and functions as the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in for Windows. You can provide endpoint analysis.
Run the following commands to open the directory that contains the Macintosh client:
root@ns# cd /var/netscaler/gui/vpns/scripts/mac/
root@ns# ls -la
total 20518
drwxr-xr-x 2 root 2 512 Jul 16 10:13 .
drwxrwxrwx 5 daemon 2 512 Jul 4 12:31 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root 1001 10485754 Apr 23 02:31 Citrix_Access_Gateway.dmg
-r--r--r-- 1 root 1001 12 Jul 16 10:14 macversion.txt
Run the following command to back up the existing version of the plug-in:
root@ns# mv Citrix_Access_Gateway.dmg Citrix_Access_Gateway.dmg.bak
Citrix Netscaler Plugin
Upload the new version to the same directory and with the exact same name Citrix_Access_Gateway.dmg by using any file transfer application such as WinSCP:
root@ns# ls -la
total 20518
drwxr-xr-x 2 root 2 512 Jul 16 10:13 .
drwxrwxrwx 5 daemon 2 512 Jul 4 12:31 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root 2 10469427 Jul 16 10:13 Citrix_Access_Gateway.dmg
-r--r--r-- 1 root 1001 10485754 Apr 23 02:31 Citrix_Access_Gateway.dmg.bak
Ensure that the permissions for the new file are read-only, if necessary run a change mode command:
root@ns# chmod 444 Citrix_Access_Gateway.dmg
Netscaler Gateway Plugin 3.0 For Mac Windows 10
Run the following command to view the version and build number of the plug-in in the macversion.txt file:
root@ns# cat macversion.txt
2.1.2 (102)
Change the macversion.txt file to the version and build number installed; in this example 2.1.2 (200) using vi or edit or any other text editor.
When a user connects to the NetScaler Gateway portal using an older client, they will be prompted to upgrade:The pluginlist.xml file exists only in NetScaler Gateway version 11.0 and later. Modify the version and compatibleFrom attributes as shown in the following example:
Sample plugin node with type 'MAC-VPN' in pluginlist.xml before update.
Sample plugin node with the version and compatibleFrom updated to 3.1.4 (357).