Services > Bookmarks

The Services > Bookmarks page within the Web-based management interface provides a single interface for viewing bookmarks and access to configure bookmarks for users and groups.

Adding or Editing a Bookmark

To add a bookmark, navigate to the Services > Bookmarks screen within the management interface and select the Add Bookmark... button. The Add Bookmark window opens.

Complete the following steps to add a service bookmark:

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Use the Bookmark Owner drop-down menu to select whether the bookmark is owned as a Global Bookmark, a Local Domain group bookmark, or a bookmark assigned to an individual User.
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Specify the Bookmark Name field with a friendly name for the service bookmark.
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Fill-in the Name or IP Address field with hostname, IP address, or IPv6 address for the desired bookmark. IPv6 addresses should begin with “[“ and end with “]”.

Some services can run on non-standard ports, and some expect a path when connecting. Depending on the choice in the Service field, format the Name or IP Address field like one of the examples shown in the following table.

 

Table 27. Name and IP address formats based on service type

Service Type

Format

Example for Name or IP Address Field

RDP - ActiveX

RDP - Java

RDP - HTML5

IP Address

IPv6 Address

IP:Port (non-standard)

FQDN

Host name

10.20.30.4

2008::1:2:3:4

10.20.30.4:6818

JBJONES-PC.sv.us.sonicwall.com

JBJONES-PC

VNC

VNC - HTML5

IP Address

IPv6 Address

IP:Port (mapped to session)

FQDN

Host name

10.20.30.4

2008::1:2:3:4

10.20.30.4:5901 (mapped to session 1)

JBJONES-PC.sv.us.sonicwall.com

JBJONES-PC

TIP: For a bookmark to a Linux server, see the Tip below this table.

FTP

IP Address

IPv6 Address

IP:Port (non-standard)

FQDN

Host name

10.20.30.4

2008::1:2:3:4

10.20.30.4:6818 or [2008::1:2:3:4]:6818

JBJONES-PC.sv.us.sonicwall.com

JBJONES-PC

Telnet

IP Address

IPv6 Address

IP:Port (non-standard)

FQDN

Host name

10.20.30.4

2008::1:2:3:4

10.20.30.4:6818 or [2008::1:2:3:4]:6818

JBJONES-PC.sv.us.sonicwall.com

JBJONES-PC

SSHv1

SSHv2

IP Address

IPv6 Address

IP:Port (non-standard)

FQDN

Host name

10.20.30.4

2008::1:2:3:4

10.20.30.4:6818 or [2008::1:2:3:4]:6818

JBJONES-PC.sv.us.sonicwall.com

JBJONES-PC

HTTP

HTTPS

URL

IP Address of URL

IPv6 Address

URL:Path or File

IP:Path or File

URL:Port

IP:Port

URL:Port:Path or File

IP:Port:Path or File

www.sonicwall.com

204.212.170.11

2008::1:2:3:4

www.sonicwall.com/index.html

204.212.170.11/folder/

www.sonicwall.com:8080

204.212.170.11:8080 or [2008::1:2:3:4]:8080

www.sonicwall.com:8080/folder/index.html

204.212.170.11:8080/index.html

File Shares

Host\Folder\

Host\File

FQDN\Folder

FQDN\File

IP\Folder\

 

IP\File

 

server-3\sharedfolder\

server-3\inventory.xls

server-3.company.net\sharedfolder\

server-3company.net\inventory.xls

10.20.30.4\sharedfolder\

10.20.30.4\status.doc

Citrix

(Citrix Web Interface)

IP Address

IPv6 Address

IP:Port

IP:Path or File

IP:Port:Path or File

FQDN

URL:Path or File

URL:Port

URL:Port:Path or File

NOTE: Port refers to the HTTP(S) port of Citrix Web Interface, not to the Citrix client port.

172.55.44.3

2008::1:2:3:4

172.55.44.3:8080 or [2008::1:2:3:4]:8080

172.55.44.3/folder/file.html

172.55.44.3:8080/report.pdf

www.citrixhost.company.net

www.citrixhost.net/folder/

www.citrixhost.company.com:8080

www.citrixhost.com:8080/folder/index.html

TIP: When creating a Virtual Network Computing (VNC) bookmark to a Linux server, you must specify the port number and server number in addition to the Linux server IP the Name or IP Address field in the form of ipaddress:port:server. For example, if the Linux server IP address is 192.168.2.2, the port number is 5901, and the server number is 1, the value for the Name or IP Address field would be 192.168.2.2:5901:1.
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Use the Service drop-down menu to select the desired bookmark service. Use the following information for the chosen service to complete the building of the bookmark.
Terminal Services (RDP - ActiveX) or Terminal Services (RDP - Java)
NOTE: If you select Terminal Services (RDP - ActiveX) while using a browser other than Internet Explorer, the selection is automatically switched to Terminal Services (RDP - Java). A popup dialog box notifies you of the switch.
In the Screen Size drop-down list, select the default terminal services screen size to be used when users execute this bookmark.

Because different computers support different screen sizes, when you use a remote desktop application, you should select the size of the screen on the computer from which you are running a remote desktop session. Additionally, you may want to provide a path to where your application resides on your remote computer by typing the path in the Application Path field.

In the Colors drop-down list, select the default color depth for the terminal service screen when users execute this bookmark.
In the Start in the following folder field, optionally enter the local folder in which to execute application commands.
Select the Login as console/admin session check box to allow login as console or admin. Login as admin replaces login as console in RDC 6.1 and newer.
Select the Enable wake-on-LAN check box to enable waking up a computer over the network connection. Selecting this check box causes the following new fields to be displayed:
MAC/Ethernet Address – Enter one or more MAC addresses, separated by spaces, of target hosts to wake.
Wait time for boot-up (seconds) – Enter the number of seconds to wait for the target host to fully boot up before cancelling the WOL operation.
Send WOL packet to host name or IP address – To send the WOL packet to the hostname or IP of this bookmark, select the Send WOL packet to host name or IP address check box, which can be applied in tandem with a MAC address of another machine to wake.
Check the Server is TS Farm check box if the bookmark will be used to launch a terminal service farm. A terminal service bookmark requires the client to have a compatible client installed to connect to the terminal server.
For RDP - ActiveX on Windows clients, expand Show client redirect options and select any of the redirect check boxes Redirect Printers, Redirect Drives, Redirect Ports, or Redirect SmartCards to redirect those devices on the local network for use in this bookmark session. You can hover your mouse pointer over these options to display tooltips that indicate requirements for certain actions.

To see local printers show up on your remote machine (Start > Settings > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes), select Redirect Ports as well as Redirect Printers.

For RDP - Java on Windows clients, or on Mac clients running Mac OS X 10.5 or above with RDC installed, expand Show advance Windows options and select the check boxes for any of the following redirect options: Redirect Printers, Redirect Drives, Redirect Ports, Redirect SmartCards, Redirect clipboard, or Redirect plug and play devices to redirect those devices or features on the local network for use in this bookmark session. You can hover your mouse pointer over the Help icon next to certain options to display tooltips that indicate requirements.

To see local printers show up on your remote machine (Start > Settings > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes), select Redirect Ports as well as Redirect Printers.

Select the check boxes for any of the following additional features for use in this bookmark session: Display connection bar, Auto reconnection, Desktop background, Window drag, Menu/window animation, Themes, or Bitmap caching.

If the client application will be RDP 6 (Java), you can select any of the following options as well: Dual monitors, Font smoothing, Desktop composition, or Remote Application.
Remote Application monitors server and client connection activity; to use it, you need to register remote applications in the Windows 2008 RemoteApp list. If Remote Application is selected, the Java Console will display messages regarding connectivity with the Terminal Server.

Optionally select Automatically log in and select Use SSL-VPN account credentials to forward credentials from the current SRA session for login to the RDP server. Select Use custom credentials to enter a custom username, password, and domain for this bookmark. For more information about custom credentials, see Creating Bookmarks with Custom SSO Credentials .
Terminal Services (RDP - HTML5)
In the Screen Size drop-down list, select the default terminal services screen size to be used when users execute this bookmark.

Because different computers support different screen sizes, when you use a remote desktop application, you should select the size of the screen on the computer from which you are running a remote desktop session. Additionally, you may want to provide a path to where your application resides on your remote computer by typing the path in the Application Path field.

In the Colors drop-down list, select the default color depth for the terminal service screen when users execute this bookmark.
Select the Enable wake-on-LAN check box to enable waking up a computer over the network connection. Selecting this check box causes the following new fields to be displayed:
MAC/Ethernet Address – Enter one or more MAC addresses, separated by spaces, of target hosts to wake.
Wait time for boot-up (seconds) – Enter the number of seconds to wait for the target host to fully boot up before cancelling the WOL operation.
Send WOL packet to host name or IP address – To send the WOL packet to the hostname or IP of this bookmark, select the Send WOL packet to host name or IP address check box, which can be applied in tandem with a MAC address of another machine to wake.
Select the Login as console/admin session check box to allow login as console or admin. Login as admin replaces login as console in RDC 6.1 and newer.
Check the Server is TS Farm check box if the bookmark will be used to launch a terminal service farm. A terminal service bookmark requires the client to have a compatible client installed to connect to the terminal server.
Click Show Advanced Windows options and select the desired checkboxes for the following options: Desktop background, Menu/window animation, Show window contents while dragging/resizing, and Enable Compression.
Optionally select Automatically log in and select Use SSL-VPN account credentials to forward credentials from the current SRA session for login to the RDP server. Select Use custom credentials to enter a custom username, password, and domain for this bookmark. For more information about custom credentials, see Creating Bookmarks with Custom SSO Credentials .
Terminal Services (Using Tunnel)
In the Screen Size drop-down list, select the default terminal services screen size to be used when users execute this bookmark.

Because different computers support different screen sizes, when you use a remote desktop application, you should select the size of the screen on the computer from which you are running a remote desktop session. Additionally, you may want to provide a path to where your application resides on your remote computer by typing the path in the Application Path field.

In the Colors drop-down list, select the default color depth for the terminal service screen when users execute this bookmark.
Select the Enable wake-on-LAN check box to enable waking up a computer over the network connection. Selecting this check box causes the following new fields to be displayed:
MAC/Ethernet Address – Enter one or more MAC addresses, separated by spaces, of target hosts to wake.
Wait time for boot-up (seconds) – Enter the number of seconds to wait for the target host to fully boot up before cancelling the WOL operation.
Send WOL packet to host name or IP address – To send the WOL packet to the hostname or IP of this bookmark, select the Send WOL packet to host name or IP address check box, which can be applied in tandem with a MAC address of another machine to wake.
Application and Path — The vale entered here is a valid path of an alternate shell or an executable application.
Command-line arguments — Enter the command line arguments for the RemoteApp.
Start in the following folder — Enter the folder you want to start with.
Select the Login as console/admin session check box to allow login as console or admin. Login as admin replaces login as console in RDC 6.1 and newer.
Check the Server is TS Farm check box if the bookmark will be used to launch a terminal service farm. A terminal service bookmark requires the client to have a compatible client installed to connect to the terminal server.
Click Show Advanced Windows options and select the desired checkboxes for the following options: Desktop background, Menu/window animation, Show window contents while dragging/resizing, and View styles. There is also an RDP6 option for Font smoothing.
Optionally select Automatically log in and select Use SSL-VPN account credentials to forward credentials from the current SRA session for login to the RDP server. Select Use custom credentials to enter a custom username, password, and domain for this bookmark. For more information about custom credentials, see Creating Bookmarks with Custom SSO Credentials .
Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
In the Encoding drop-down menu, select the desired encoding transfer format.
Optionally, if available, use the Compression Level drop-down menu to select the desired compression level for data.
In the Cursor Shape Updates drop-down menu, select to either Enable, Disable, or Ignore these updates.
Enable or disable the CopyRect function using the associated check box.
Enable or disable the use of only Restricted Colors by using the associated check box.
Enable or disable the ability to reverse control of mouse buttons two and three using the associated check box.
Enable the View Only check box to control to prevent taking control over VNC.
Enable the Share Desktop check box to allow desktop view to be shared over VNC.
Virtual Network Computing (VNC - HTML5)
Enable the View Only check box to control to prevent taking control over VNC.
Enable the Share Desktop check box to allow desktop view to be shared over VNC.
Citrix Portal (Citrix)
In the Resource Window Size drop-down list, select the default screen size to be used for Citrix sessions when users execute this bookmark.
Select to have an Auto Launch Method or Manual Launch Method as the Launch Method for this bookmark. A new Citrix bookmark is Auto by default. The launch sequence is as follows: ActiveX, Java, and HTML5. Selecting Manual allows you to change, enable, or disable the launch methods.
Select the Disable client detection by Citrix server check box to disable the client detection done by the Citrix server when using the bookmark. The SRA appliance always performs a Citrix client detection when using Citrix. Enabling client detection on the Citrix server makes this client detection redundant.
To explicitly set the Citrix ICA server address for the Citrix ICA session, select the Always use specified Citrix ICA Server check box and then type the server IP address into the ICA Server Address field.

Some Citrix deployments have the Citrix Web Interface on one IP address and the ICA server listening on a different address. If the Citrix Web Interface and Citrix ICA server do not share the same IP address, use this setting to explicitly set the ICA server address.

Select the Display Bookmark to Mobile Connect clients check box to displaying this Citrix bookmark in Mobile Connect clients. Support will vary between devices and may require supported third-party applications to be installed.
Web (HTTP)
Optionally select Automatically log in and select Use SSL-VPN account credentials to forward credentials from the current SRA session for login to the Web server. Select Use custom credentials to enter a custom username, password, and domain for this bookmark. For more information about custom credentials, see Creating Bookmarks with Custom SSO Credentials .
Secure Web (HTTPS)
Optionally select Automatically log in and select Use SSL-VPN account credentials to forward credentials from the current SRA session for login to the secure Web server. Select Use custom credentials to enter a custom username, password, and domain for this bookmark. For more information about custom credentials, see Creating Bookmarks with Custom SSO Credentials .
External Web Site
HTTPS Mode — The HTTPS mode is used to encrypt Web communication by using the SSL protocol.
Disable security warning — If this bookmark does not refer to an Application Offloaded Web site and this checkbox is disabled, then a security warning dialog is displayed.
Automatically log in — Enable Virtual Host Domain SSO for this bookmark. If the host in the bookmark refers to a portal which has the same shared domain with this portal, it could be logged in automatically with this portal’s credential.
Mobile Connect

The Mobile Connect bookmark allows a custom bookmark to be defined for display in Mobile Connect after the user is connected. This bookmark is meant to support any third-party app, whether an in-house app or a public app in the App Store or Google Play. The bookmark also enables calling third-party apps that have defined a custom URL scheme, for example ‘comgoogleearth://’ for Google Earth. The Mobile Connect bookmark is only available for edit from normal browsers and is intended for use only on mobile devices.

Enter the Bookmark Name and the Name or IP Address. The Name or IP Address field is the custom URL scheme.
Enable the Display Bookmark to Mobile Connect clients check box to send bookmark information to Mobile Connect clients.

Once the Mobile Connect bookmark on the SRA is successfully configured, the bookmark will display on your mobile device:

The following example of a Mobile Connect bookmark shows how a user can create a bookmark using Google Earth to display a map with specific directions.

First, the user must create the bookmark with the URL scheme:

This bookmark is now available to access from your mobile device.

Click the newly added bookmark. For the “Directions to Office” bookmark, a Google Map displays:

The following example shows another way to use the Mobile Connect bookmark. In this example, the user adds a bookmark that launches the Phone app on iOS to make a call to the IT Support Hotline.

This bookmark is now available to access from your mobile device.

Click the newly added bookmark. For the “IT Support Hotline” bookmark, the iOS Phone app begins a call to the IT Support Hotline:

File Shares (CIFS)
To restrict access on the client UI, select the Set user to access the specific files/folders check box. To completely restrict access, navigate to the Services > Policies page to set a policy for access constraints. For more information, see Adding a Policy .
Optionally select Automatically log in and select Use SSL-VPN account credentials to forward credentials from the current SRA session for login to the RDP server. Select Use custom credentials to enter a custom username, password, and domain for this bookmark. For more information about custom credentials, see Creating Bookmarks with Custom SSO Credentials .
Enable the Display Bookmark to Mobile Connect clients check box to send bookmark information to Mobile Connect clients.

When creating a File Share, do not configure a Distributed File System (DFS) server on a Windows Domain Root system. Because the Domain Root allows access only to Windows computers in the domain, doing so will disable access to the DFS file shares from other domains. The SRA appliance is not a domain member and will not be able to connect to the DFS shares.

DFS file shares on a stand-alone root are not affected by this Microsoft restriction.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Expand Show advanced server configuration to select an alternate value in the Character Encoding drop-down list. The default is Standard (UTF-8).
Optionally select Automatically log in and select Use SSL-VPN account credentials to forward credentials from the current SRA session for login to the FTP server. Select Use custom credentials to enter a custom username, password, and domain for this bookmark. For more information about custom credentials, see Creating Bookmarks with Custom SSO Credentials .
Telnet
Secure Shell version 1 (SSHv1)
Secure Shell version 2 (SSHv2)
Optionally select the Automatically accept host key check box.
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Click OK to update the configuration. Once the configuration has been updated, the new user bookmark will be displayed in the Services >Bookmarks window.
Editing a Bookmark

To edit a service bookmark, navigate to the Services > Bookmarks screen. Click on the pencil icon in the Configure column. A new Edit Bookmark window will open with the bookmark’s current configuration. Make all desired adjustments and select OK. The edited bookmark will still display in the Services > Bookmarks window.

Deleting a Bookmark

To delete a configured bookmark, navigate to the Services > Bookmarks screen. Click on the “X” icon in the Configure column. A dialog box will open and ask if you are sure you want to delete the specified bookmark. Click OK to delete the bookmark. The bookmark will no longer appear in the Services > Bookmarks screen.