storagezones controller setup guide

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StorageZones ontroller Setup GuideHost your ShareFile Data on a privately managed StorageZoneExtend access to existing File Shares and SharePoint Sites to mobile users

September 2013


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ContentsHost Server Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................. 2

IIS Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Installing StorageZones Controller .............................................................................................................. 16

Create StorageZones Connectors for Network File Shares & SharePoint Sites .......................................... 27


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Host Server PrerequisitesIn order to create a privately hosted ShareFile StorageZone you will need the

following:

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A ShareFile Enterprise account witho

StorageZones Feature enabled

o

A ShareFile User Account with the following Admin Permissions

enabled:

Allow this user to create and Manage Zones

Allow employee to select storage zone for root-level folders

Allow employee to create Network Share Connectors

Allow employee to create SharePoint Connectors

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Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 installed on host (dedicated machine orvirtual machine)

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Full version of .NET 4.5 installed

o IIS Role enabled

Role service ASP.NET installed

Role service Basic authentication type installed

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A dedicated public Fully Qualified Domain Name (e.g.:

https://sharefile.companyname.com)

- A publicly signed SSL Certificate from a Certificate Authority

o

Self-signed and unsigned certificates are not accepted

o

Wildcard certificates are supported

- Provision a CIFS share dedicated to hosting ShareFile Data

o Provision a named service account user for ShareFile and set Full

Control permissions on CIFS share on for named service account

- The most recent version of StorageZones Controller software


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IIS PrerequisitesStep Action

1. Open Server Manager, ensure that ASP.NETand Basic AuthenticationRole Services are installed.


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2. Confirm that Microsoft .NET framework 4.5is installed by looking under Programs and Features

3. Open IIS Manager and select the host server (SZC1 in this example) in the Connections (left) column

4. Open ISAPI and CGI Restrictions


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5. Set both ASP.NET v4.0.xxxxentries to Allowed


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6. Navigate back to the main host page and open Server Certificates

7. Ensure that you have a public SSL certificate installed on the host. Certificate needs to be a public SSL

certificate. Certificate may be a privately signed if it is chained to a public SSL certificate on the external

firewall


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8. Navigate to your host servers Default Website

9. In the Actions column, click on Bindings


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10. Click Add in the Site Bindings dialogue.

11. Bind Port 80 for all unassigned traffic then click OK.

Port 80 is used by the StorageZones Controller application for regular internal health checks. No externa

traffic travels over Port 80.12. Click Add in the Site Bindings dialogue, again.


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15. Confirm you are able to browse to the IIS 7 web page by clicking

Browse *:80 (http) and Browse *:443 (https).


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16. Confirm you are able to see the IIS 7 web page by navigating to the FQDN you have assigned to your

StorageZones Controller host, both internally and externally.


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17. Provision a named service account in your Domain Controller


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18. Provision a standard CIFS share. This share will need to be dedicated to ShareFile Data.


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19. Share the CIFS share with the named service account with Full Control access on the share. Then click

Share


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20. Take note of the UNC path to the CIFS share you have provisioned.


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Installing StorageZones Controller1. Download the current version of StorageZones Controller from the Citrix downloads page*:

https://www.citrix.com/downloads/sharefile.html

*A free Citrix Account is required

2. Double click the StorageZones Controller .msi installer that you

downloaded

3. Click Run in the Security Warning

dialogue.
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4. Click Next on the

StorageZones

Controller Setup

Wizard welcome

message.

5. Read and check the

box indicating you

understand and

accept the Citrix

End-User License

Agreement and

click Next.


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6. Select the default

destination to

install the

StorageZones

Controller

application and

click Next.

7. When ready click

Install.


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8. Once the installer is

complete, uncheck

the box next to

Launch

StorageZones

Controller

Configuration

Page (you will

want to restart

your host before

configuring your

StorageZone).

9. Restart the StorageZones Controller host

by clicking Yes in the pop-up.


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10. Once your host is back up click

Start, All Programs, Citrix

ShareFile StorageZones

Controller, and click on

Configuration Page.


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11. Log in to the configuration page by entering your ShareFile Admin User email address, password and the

your companys ShareFile account (e.g.: yourcompany.sharefile.com)

12. If you are having trouble authenticating or configuring your StorageZone it may be necessary to

configure proxy settings on the Networkingtab.

12. On the configuration page do the following:

Select the radio button next to Create new Zone and create a user-friendly name for your

Zone

o Hostname:Enter this servers Hostname(e.g.: SZC1)


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Click Register to register your StorageZones Controller host with the ShareFile Application


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13. You should see the following if your configuration has been successful.


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14. Check the Monitoring tab to make sure all StorageZones Controller components are configured and

running properly.


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15. Navigating to your public FQDN should now take you to your Citrix ShareFile web page.

16. Test uploads and downloads into a Shared Folder with your StorageZone selected as the data storage.

Notice in the below example that there are 5 files in the ShareFile Web.


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Files are stored as ShareFile Data, a web application-optimized format, in the following directory

structure: C:\[CIFS share]\persistentstorage\sf-us-1\ a8530e87-6db8-4179-a9fa-4541e67a879b

Create StorageZones Connectors for Network File Shares

& SharePoint Sites1. Log into the ShareFile Web App at yourcompany.sharefile.com and navigate to the Connectors tab.


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2. Click the Create Connector button. Go to 3-A. to create a Network File Share Connector. Go to 3-B. to

create a SharePoint Connector.

3-A. To create a ShareFile Connector to a Network File Shareselect the following:

Type: File Share

Zone:The StorageZone you provisioned earlier

Path:Enter the UNC path the network share you would like to add (e.g.:

\\host.domain.com\NetworkShare)

Name:User-friendly name (e.g.: Home Drive or Marketing Drive)

Click Add Connector

3-B. To create a ShareFile Connector to a SharePoint Siteselect the following:

Type: SharePointZone:The StorageZone you provisioned earlier

Path:Enter the web address to the SharePoint Document Library you would like to add (e.g.:

http://sharepoint:xxxxx/sp1/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx)

Name:User-friendly name (e.g.: Developer Site)
http://host.domain.com/NetworkSharehttp://host.domain.com/NetworkSharehttp://host.domain.com/NetworkShare


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Click Add Connector

4. You will be takend to the View/Edit Connector Access dialogue where you may now add users and user

groups to the share. Click the Add Usersdropdown menu.

5. Select whether youd like to add individual users from your Sharedor PersonalShareFile Address Book,

or if youd like to add Distribution Groupsof users.* Select the users or groups youd like to add and

click Add Selected Users.

*You must first have provisioned users and/or groups to your ShareFile account.


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6. Finalize by clicking Add Users

7. All provisioned Connectors will appear within the ShareFile Web App under the Connectors tab.

8. Users will now be able to navigate their Network File Shares and/or SharePoint Sites from their iOS and

Android devices from within the ShareFile mobile apps.


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9. If users are given the appropriate Admin permissions they may also

provision their own existing File Shares and SharePoint Sites from within

the ShareFile mobile apps. Users would do so by pressing the folder icon

with a plus symbolsuperimposed on it.


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10. Users will then need to enter the appropriate information to provision a File Share or SharePoint Site

directly on their device. Clicking Create will provision the File Share for all users with access to it.