Application Delivery Management

Licensing

Starting from 14.1-21.x build, the concept of licensed VIPs is removed. An unlimited number of VIPs are now available in NetScaler Console on-prem. You no longer have to purchase NetScaler Console virtual server licenses because VIP license SKU will be End of Sale (EOS) & End of Renewal (EOR) shortly.

The following table provides the licensing details:

Features Options NetScaler License
Applications Application Dashboard NetScaler Web App Firewall related information on App Dashboard needs Premium (or) Advanced with App Firewall license.
  Web Insight NA
  Service Graph NA
  Configuration > StyleBooks NA
Security Security Dashboard NetScaler Web App Firewall related information on Security Dashboard needs Premium (or) Advanced with App Firewall license.
  Security Violations Premium (or) Advanced with App Firewall license
  Users and endpoints NA
Gateway HDX Insight Advanced (reporting < 1 hour) Premium (reporting = Unlimited)
  Gateway Insight Advanced (reporting < 1 hour) Premium (reporting = Unlimited)
Infrastructure Infrastructure Analytics NA
  Instances NA
  SSL Dashboard NA
  Events NA
  Network Functions NA
  Network Reporting NA
  Pooled licenses NA
  Configuration > Configuration Jobs, Configuration Templates, and Configuration Advice NA
  Upgrade Jobs NA
  Orchestration NA
  WAN Insight NA
Settings RBAC and External Authentication (instance level) NA
  RBAC and External Authentication NA

*For Citrix Director integration with NetScaler Console support – Citrix Director must have a Premium license.

High Availability

The NetScaler Console server can contain VIP, CICO, and pooled capacity licenses. When the licenses are issued to a NetScaler Console server, the licenses are bound to the host ID of the server. Assigning licenses to a different NetScaler Console server is restricted.

If you configure a NetScaler Console high-availability pair as a license server, the primary and secondary servers must have the same license files. Therefore, in the NetScaler Console high-availability deployment, NetScaler Console supports assigning the same license files to both the servers.

Note

  • If you have installed NetScaler Console release 12.1-49.x or earlier, you get a grace period of 30 days to maintain the licensing on the secondary node. After the grace period, you must contact Citrix to rehost the original license.

  • In release 12.1-50.x and later, the NetScaler Console license is automatically synchronized to the secondary node.

  • Pooled licenses are automatically synchronized to the secondary node in release 12.1-50.x and later.

Licensing