Introduction to Citrix ADM service connect for NetScaler SDX appliances
Citrix ADM service is a cloud-based solution that helps you manage, monitor, orchestrate, automate, and troubleshoot your NetScaler SDX appliances. It also provides analytical insights and curated machine learning based recommendations for your applications health, performance, and security. For more information, see Citrix ADM service.
Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) service connect is a feature to enable seamless onboarding of NetScaler SDX appliances onto Citrix ADM service. This feature helps NetScaler SDX appliances and Citrix ADM service to function as a holistic solution, which offers customers multi fold benefits.
Citrix ADM service connect feature lets the NetScaler SDX instance automatically connect with Citrix ADM service and send system, usage, and telemetry data to it. Using this data, the Citrix ADM service gives you some insights and recommendations on your NetScaler SDX infrastructure - like quick identification of performance issues, and high resource usage.
To harness the power of Citrix ADM service, you can choose to onboard your NetScaler SDX appliances to Citrix ADM service. The onboarding process uses ADM service connect, and makes the experience seamless and faster for you.
Points to note
Citrix ADM service connect is now available on NetScaler MPX, SDX, and VPX instances, and Citrix Gateway appliances.
The corresponding functionality on the Citrix ADM service is yet to go live. The value of this feature will be unleashed soon with the Citrix ADM service release, and Citrix update the documentation when it happens.
For more information, see Data governance.
How does Citrix ADM service connect support with Citrix ADM service?
Here is a high-level workflow of how the Citrix ADM service connect feature on Citrix ADC interacts with Citrix ADM service.
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Citrix ADM service connect feature on NetScaler SDX appliance auto connects with Citrix ADM service using a periodic probe request.
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This request has system, usage and telemetry data, using which the Citrix ADM service gives you some insights and recommendations on your Citrix ADC infrastructure - like quick identification of performance issues, and high resource usage.
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You can view the insights and recommendations and decide to onboard your NetScaler SDX appliances to the Citrix ADM service to start managing your NetScaler SDX appliances.
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When you decide to onboard, the Citrix ADM service connect feature helps complete the onboarding seamlessly.
What versions of Citrix ADC is Citrix ADM service connect supported on?
Citrix ADM service connect is supported on all Citrix ADC platforms and all appliance models (MPX, VPX, and SDX). Starting from Citrix ADC release 12.1 build 58.xx, Citrix ADM service connect is enabled by default for NetScaler SDX appliances.
How to enable Citrix ADM service connect?
If you are an existing Citrix ADC customer, and upgrade to Citrix ADC release 12.1 build 58.x, Citrix ADM service connect is enabled by default as part of the upgrade process.
If you are a new Citrix ADC customer, installing Citrix ADC release 12.1 build 58.x, Citrix ADM service connect is enabled by default as part of the install process.
Note
Unlike the new Citrix ADC appliances, existing NetScaler SDX appliances find the route through Citrix Insight Service (CIS) or Call Home.
How to enable and disable Citrix ADM service connect?
You can enable and disable Citrix ADM service connect from CLI, GUI, or NITRO API methods.
Using the CLI
To enable the Citrix ADM service connect by using the CLI
At the command prompt, type:
set autoreg_setting autoreg=true
To disable the Citrix ADM service connect by using the CLI
At the command prompt, type:
set autoreg_setting autoreg=false
To display Citrix ADM service connect settings by using the CLI
show autoreg_setting
autoreg: true
is_banner_displayed: true
Done
Using the GUI
To disable the Citrix ADM service connect by using the Citrix ADC GUI
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Navigate to System. On the System page, click Configure Citrix ADM service connect under System Settings section.
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On the Configure ADM Parameters page, clear the Enable Citrix ADM service connect dialog box, and click OK.
Using the NITRO API
You can disable Citrix ADM service connect by using the NITRO command.
curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://192.0.2.10/nitro/v1/config/sdx_autoreg -d '{"sdx_autoreg":{"autoreg":"false"}}' -u nsroot:Test@1
Citrix ADM built-in agent behavior
From Citrix ADC release 12.1 build 58.xx and higher, NetScaler SDX instances have built in agent with ADM service connect functionality. The Citrix ADM built-in agent available on NetScaler SDX instances starts like an active daemon and communicates with ADM service. After communication with ADM service is established, the built-in agent auto-upgrades itself to the latest software version regularly.
References
For more information on Citrix ADM service connect, see the following topics:
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Data governance: Data governance.
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Citrix ADM service: Citrix Application Delivery Management Service.