Create a New Web Site Publishing Rule

  1. In the Forefront TMG Management Console expand Forefront TMG (Array Name or Computer Name) in the left pane.
  2. Right-click Firewall Policy, select New, and click Web Site Publishing Rule.

  3. The Welcome to the New Web Publishing Rule Wizard page appears. Enter a name for the Web publishing rule (e.g. Access WP) and click Next.
  4. On the Select Rule Action page verify that the Allow option is selected and click Next.

  5. On the Publishing Type page choose the applicable option for your case and click Next.

  6. On the Server Connection Security page choose the Use SSL to connect to the published Web server or server farm option and click Next.

  7. On the Internal Publishing Details page type "intname.domain.com" in the Internal site name field, where domain is a placeholder for the domain name the server you want to publish belongs to, and intname is a name you give to this server, which should be different than the external name in order to prevent routing loop. Click Next to commit the changes.

    Note: Create a DNS entry in the internal DNS server of your organization for "intname.domain.com".

  8. On the Internal Publishing Details page enter "/*" in the Path (optional) field to allow access to the entire content of the Acronis Access Gateway server. Click Next.

  9. On the Public Name Details page you need to specify the name that the remote clients will use to connect to the published server. Enter "access.domain.com" in the Public name field, where domain is a placeholder for the domain name of the server you want to publish. Leave the other options the way they are by default and click Next.

  10. On the Select Web Listener page select the web listener that you have created for Acronis Access from the drop-down menu and click Next.

  11. On the Authentication Delegation page select the No delegation, but client may authenticate directly option from the drop-down menu and click Next.

  12. On the User Sets page verify that the default All Users option is present and click Next to continue.

  13. On the Completing The New Web Publishing Rule Wizard page review the summary of your selections. Click Test Rule to confirm that the publishing rule is working properly. Click Finish to complete the process.

  14. Click the Apply button to commit the changes.

  15. In the left pane of the Forefront TMG Management Console click Monitoring, then click on the Configuration tab in the middle pane. Keep clicking on the Refresh Now link in the right pane (Tasks tab) until there is a green icon with the checkbox in front of the TMG computer name (array name).