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Chapter 67      Clientless SSL VPN
  Configuring the Setup for Cisco Secure Desktop
• To transfer a copy of a Cisco Secure Desktop image from your local computer to the flash device of 
the adaptive security appliance, click Upload.
To prepare to install or upgrade Cisco Secure Desktop, use your Internet browser to download a 
securedesktop_asa_<n>_<n>*.pkg file from 
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/securedesktop to any location on your PC. Then use this 
button to transfer a copy from your local computer to the flash device. Click Browse Flash to install 
it into the running configuration. Finally, click Enable Secure Desktop.
• To install or replace the Cisco Secure Desktop image on the flash device of the adaptive security 
appliance, click Browse Flash.
Note If you click Browse Flash to upgrade or downgrade the Cisco Secure Desktop image, select 
the package to install, and click OK, the Uninstall Cisco Secure Desktop dialog window asks 
you if you want to delete the Cisco Secure Desktop distribution currently in the running 
configuration from the flash device. Click Yes  if you want to save space on the flash device, 
or click No to reserve the option to revert to this version of Cisco Secure Desktop.
• To remove the Cisco Secure Desktop image and configuration file (sdesktop/data.xml) from the 
running configuration, click Uninstall.
If you click this button, the Uninstall Cisco Secure Desktop dialog window asks if you want to delete 
the Cisco Secure Desktop image that was named in the “Secure Desktop Image field” and all Cisco 
Secure Desktop data files (including the entire Cisco Secure Desktop configuration) from the flash 
device. Click Yes  if you want to remove these files from both the running configuration and the flash 
device, or click No to remove them from the running configuration, but retain them on the flash 
device.
Fields
The Cisco Secure Desktop Setup pane displays the following fields:
• Location—Displays the Cisco Secure Desktop image loaded into the running configuration. By 
default, the filename is in the format securedesktop_asa_<n>_<n>*.pkg. Click Browse Flash to 
insert or modify the value in this field. 
• Enable Secure Desktop—Click and click Apply to do the following:
a. Make sure the file is a valid Cisco Secure Desktop image.
b. Create an “sdesktop” folder on disk0 if one is not already present.
c. Insert a data.xml (Cisco Secure Desktop configuration) file into the sdesktop folder if one is not 
already present.
d. Load the data.xml file into the running configuration.
Note If you transfer or replace the data.xml file, disable and then enable Cisco Secure Desktop to 
load the file.
e. Enable Cisco Secure Desktop.
Modes
The following table shows the modes in which this feature is available: