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Getting Started with Citrix ADC
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Deploy a Citrix ADC VPX instance
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Optimize Citrix ADC VPX performance on VMware ESX, Linux KVM, and Citrix Hypervisors
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Apply Citrix ADC VPX configurations at the first boot of the Citrix ADC appliance in cloud
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Install a Citrix ADC VPX instance on Microsoft Hyper-V servers
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Install a Citrix ADC VPX instance on Linux-KVM platform
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Prerequisites for Installing Citrix ADC VPX Virtual Appliances on Linux-KVM Platform
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Provisioning the Citrix ADC Virtual Appliance by using OpenStack
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Provisioning the Citrix ADC Virtual Appliance by using the Virtual Machine Manager
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Configuring Citrix ADC Virtual Appliances to Use SR-IOV Network Interface
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Configuring Citrix ADC Virtual Appliances to use PCI Passthrough Network Interface
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Provisioning the Citrix ADC Virtual Appliance by using the virsh Program
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Provisioning the Citrix ADC Virtual Appliance with SR-IOV, on OpenStack
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Configuring a Citrix ADC VPX Instance on KVM to Use OVS DPDK-Based Host Interfaces
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Deploy a Citrix ADC VPX instance on AWS
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Deploy a VPX high-availability pair with elastic IP addresses across different AWS zones
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Deploy a VPX high-availability pair with private IP addresses across different AWS zones
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Configure a Citrix ADC VPX instance to use SR-IOV network interface
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Configure a Citrix ADC VPX instance to use Enhanced Networking with AWS ENA
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Deploy a Citrix ADC VPX instance on Microsoft Azure
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Network architecture for Citrix ADC VPX instances on Microsoft Azure
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Configure multiple IP addresses for a Citrix ADC VPX standalone instance
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Configure a high-availability setup with multiple IP addresses and NICs
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Configure a high-availability setup with multiple IP addresses and NICs by using PowerShell commands
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Configure a Citrix ADC VPX instance to use Azure accelerated networking
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Configure HA-INC nodes by using the Citrix high availability template with Azure ILB
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Configure a high-availability setup with Azure external and internal load balancers simultaneously
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Configure address pools (IIP) for a Citrix Gateway appliance
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Upgrade and downgrade a Citrix ADC appliance
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Solutions for Telecom Service Providers
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Load Balance Control-Plane Traffic that is based on Diameter, SIP, and SMPP Protocols
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Provide Subscriber Load Distribution Using GSLB Across Core-Networks of a Telecom Service Provider
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Authentication, authorization, and auditing application traffic
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Basic components of authentication, authorization, and auditing configuration
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On-premises Citrix Gateway as an identity provider to Citrix Cloud
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Authentication, authorization, and auditing configuration for commonly used protocols
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Troubleshoot authentication and authorization related issues
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Persistence and persistent connections
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Advanced load balancing settings
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Gradually stepping up the load on a new service with virtual server–level slow start
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Protect applications on protected servers against traffic surges
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Retrieve location details from user IP address using geolocation database
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Use source IP address of the client when connecting to the server
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Use client source IP address for backend communication in a v4-v6 load balancing configuration
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Set a limit on number of requests per connection to the server
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Configure automatic state transition based on percentage health of bound services
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Use case 2: Configure rule based persistence based on a name-value pair in a TCP byte stream
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Use case 3: Configure load balancing in direct server return mode
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Use case 6: Configure load balancing in DSR mode for IPv6 networks by using the TOS field
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Use case 7: Configure load balancing in DSR mode by using IP Over IP
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Use case 10: Load balancing of intrusion detection system servers
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Use case 11: Isolating network traffic using listen policies
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Use case 12: Configure Citrix Virtual Desktops for load balancing
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Use case 13: Configure Citrix Virtual Apps for load balancing
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Use case 14: ShareFile wizard for load balancing Citrix ShareFile
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Use case 15: Configure layer 4 load balancing on the Citrix ADC appliance
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Authentication and authorization for System Users
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Configuring a CloudBridge Connector Tunnel between two Datacenters
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Configuring CloudBridge Connector between Datacenter and AWS Cloud
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Configuring a CloudBridge Connector Tunnel Between a Datacenter and Azure Cloud
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Configuring CloudBridge Connector Tunnel between Datacenter and SoftLayer Enterprise Cloud
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Configuring a CloudBridge Connector Tunnel Between a Citrix ADC Appliance and Cisco IOS Device
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CloudBridge Connector Tunnel Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
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Configure a high-availability setup with multiple IP addresses and NICs
In a Microsoft Azure deployment, a high-availability configuration of two Citrix ADC VPX instances is achieved by using the Azure Load Balancer (ALB). This is achieved by configuring a health probe on ALB, which monitors each VPX instance by sending a health probe at every 5 seconds to both primary and secondary instances.
In this setup, only the primary node responds to health probes and the secondary does not. Once the primary sends the response to the health probe, the ALB starts sending the data traffic to the instance. If the primary instance misses two consecutive health probes, ALB does not redirect traffic to that instance. On failover, the new primary starts responding to health probes and the ALB redirects traffic to it. The standard VPX high availability failover time is three seconds. The total failover time that might take for traffic switching can be a maximum of 13 seconds.
You can deploy a pair of Citrix ADC VPX instances with multiple NICs in an active-passive high availability (HA) setup on Azure. Each NIC can contain multiple IP addresses.
The following options are available for a multi-NIC high availability deployment:
- High availability using Azure availability set
- High availability using Azure availability zones
For more information about Azure Availability Set and Availability Zones, see the Azure documentation Manage the availability of Linux virtual machines.
High availability using availability set
A high availability setup using a availability set must meet the following requirements:
- An HA Independent Network Configuration (INC) configuration
- The Azure Load Balancer (ALB) in Direct Server Return (DSR) mode
All traffic goes through the primary node. The secondary node remains in standby mode until the primary node fails.
Note
For a Citrix VPX high availability deployment on the Azure cloud to work, you need a floating public IP (PIP) that can be moved between the two VPX nodes. The Azure Load Balancer (ALB) provides that floating PIP, which is moved to the second node automatically in the event of a failover.
Diagram: Example of a high availability deployment architecture, using Azure Availability Set
In an active-passive deployment, the ALB front end public IP (PIP) addresses are added as the VIP addresses in each VPX node. In HA-INC configuration, the VIP addresses are floating and SNIP addresses are instance specific.
You can deploy a VPX pair in active-passive high availability mode in two ways by using:
- Citrix ADC VPX standard high availability template: use this option to configure an HA pair with the default option of three subnets and six NICs.
- Windows PowerShell commands: use this option to configure an HA pair according to your subnet and NIC requirements.
This topic describes how to deploy a VPX pair in active-passive HA setup by using the Citrix template. If you want to use PowerShell commands, see Configuring an HA Setup with Multiple IP Addresses and NICs by Using PowerShell Commands.
Configure HA-INC nodes by using the Citrix high availability template
You can quickly and efficiently deploy a pair of VPX instances in HA-INC mode by using the standard template. The template creates two nodes, with three subnets and six NICs. The subnets are for management, client, and server-side traffic, and each subnet has two NICs for both the VPX instances.
You can get the Citrix ADC HA Pair template at the Azure Marketplace.
Complete the following steps to launch the template and deploy a high availability VPX pair, by using Azure availability sets.
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From Azure Marketplace, search Citrix ADC.
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Click GET IT NOW.
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Select the required HA deployment along with license, and click Continue.
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The Basics page appears. Create a Resource Group and select OK.
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The General Settings page appears. Type the details and select OK.
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By default, the Publishing Monitoring Metrics option is set to false. If you want to enable this option, select true. Create an Azure Active Directory (ADD) application and service principal that can access resources. Assign contributor role to the newly created AAD application. For more information, see Use portal to create an Azure Active Directory application and service principal that can access resources.
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The Network Settings page appears. Check the VNet and subnet configurations, edit the required settings, and select OK.
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The Summary page appears. Review the configuration and edit accordingly. Select OK to confirm.
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The Buy page appears. Select Purchase to complete the deployment.
It might take a moment for the Azure Resource Group to be created with the required configurations. After completion, select the Resource Group in the Azure portal to see the configuration details, such as LB rules, back-end pools, health probes. The high availability pair appears as ns-vpx0 and ns-vpx1.
If further modifications are required for your HA setup, such as creating more security rules and ports, you can do that from the Azure portal.
Next, you need to configure the load-balancing virtual server with the ALB’s Frontend public IP (PIP) address, on primary node. To find the ALB PIP, select ALB > Frontend IP configuration.
See the Resources section for more information about how to configure the load-balancing virtual server.
Resources:
The following links provide additional information related to HA deployment and virtual server configuration:
Related resources:
- Configure a high-availability setup with multiple IP addresses and NICs by using PowerShell commands
- Configuring GSLB on Active-Standby HA Deployment on Azure
High availability using availability zones
Azure Availability Zones are fault-isolated locations within an Azure region, providing redundant power, cooling, and networking and increasing resiliency. Only specific Azure regions support Availability Zones. For more information, see the Azure documentation [What are Availability Zones in Azure.
Diagram: Example of a high availability deployment architecture, using Azure Availability Zones
You can deploy a VPX pair in high availability mode by using the template called “NetScaler 13.0 HA using Availability Zones,” available in Azure Marketplace.
Complete the following steps to launch the template and deploy a high availability VPX pair, by using Azure Availability Zones.
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From Azure Marketplace, select and initiate the Citrix solution template.
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Ensure deployment type is Resource Manager and select Create.
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The Basics page appears. Enter the details and click OK.
Note: Ensure that you select an Azure region that supports Availability Zones. For more information about regions that support Availability Zones, see Azure documentation What are Availability Zones in Azure?
- The General Settings page appears. Type the details and select OK.
- The Network Setting page appears. Check the VNet and subnet configurations, edit the required settings, and select OK.
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The Summary page appears. Review the configuration and edit accordingly. Select OK to confirm.
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The Buy page appears. Select Purchase to complete the deployment.
It might take a moment for the Azure Resource Group to be created with the required configurations. After completion, select the Resource Group to see the configuration details, such as LB rules, back-end pools, health probes, and so on, in the Azure portal. The high availability pair appears as ns-vpx0 and ns-vpx1. Also, you can see the location under the Location column.
If further modifications are required for your HA setup, such as creating more security rules and ports, you can do that from the Azure portal.
Monitor your instances using metrics in Azure monitor
You can use metrics in the Azure monitor data platform to monitor a set of Citrix ADC VPX resources such as CPU, memory utilization, and throughput. Metrics service monitors Citrix ADC VPX resources that run on Azure, in real time. You can use Metrics Explorer to access the collected data. For more information, see Azure Monitor Metrics overview.
Points to note
- If you deploy a Citrix ADC VPX instance on Azure by using the Azure Marketplace offer, Metrics service is disabled by default.
- The Metrics service is not supported in Azure CLI.
- Metrics are available for CPU (management and packet CPU usage), memory, and throughput (inbound and outbound).
How to view metrics in Azure monitor
To view metrics in the Azure monitor for your instance, perform these steps:
- Log on to Azure Portal > Virtual Machines.
- Select the virtual machine that is the Primary Node.
- In the Monitoring section, click Metrics.
- From the Metric Namespace drop-down menu, click Citrix ADC.
- Under All metrics in Metrics drop-down menu, click the metrics you want to view.
- Click Add metric to view another metric on the same chart. Use the Chart options to customize your chart.
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