Category: NetScaler
Notes from the lab: Citrix StoreFront 2203 and the cannot complete request
A quick blog regarding my Citrix lab upgrade from Citrix Virtual Apps and Dekstops (CVAD) 1912CU4 to 2203 and the little StoreFront snag I hit. Summary of my setup: Two Delivery controllers Two StoreFront servers cohabitating with Director as well Two FAS servers Two WEM servers One unmanaged VDA worker And a Citrix ADC HA…
Notes from the field: Citrix CEM / XenMobile enabling Certificate Based Authentication (CBA) after enrollment
I think any consultant at some time encountered the scenario of username / password authentication being the only authentication on the Citrix Gateway setup of Citrix CEM / XenMobile. Afterwards advising the customer to use Certificate Based Authentication (CBA) and then also the sad news okay we need to reenroll all your devices for this…
Notes from the field: NetScaler VPX & Intel Xeon Gold
Quite recently I came across an issue when deploying a VPX instance on VMware 6.5, which resulted in a bug of the VPX image and underlying physical hardware. For reference the following hardware was backing the hypervisor: Supermicro SYS-2029U-E1CR25M Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5118 CPU @ 2.30GHz VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 7967591 with vSAN NetScaler VPX 12.0…
Notes from the field: NetScaler maxloginattempts
Came across a very peculiar issue at a customer in regards to the values: Max Login Attempts Failed Login Timeout As soon as a value has been put in you could not reset it to the default value of 0, not from the GUI or CLI it would just not accept it as a value…
Notes from the lab: NetScaler VPX nsnet_connect prevents logon
When I started to rebuild my lab I came across the most strangest thing when configuring my NetScaler’s again. First a little background regarding my setup: VMware ESXi 6.5u1 Hypervisors NetScaler VPX 1000 Platinum Appliances Distributed vSwitches with vlan trunks enabled Dedicated NSVLAN for management (tagged) Data transport vlan tagged Whilst configuring and setting…
Notes from the lab: NetScaler Secure Web Gateway
Finally had some time to implement the NetScaler Secure Web Gateway in my lab. I’ve put together a small document with my findings attached here: NFTL_TF_NSWG comments or questions please let me know. Cheers.
Notes from the field: XenMobile Certificate Based Authentication lessons learned
Throughout the XenMobile deployments with Certificate Based Authentication(CBA) I came across some items which I thought was worth mentioning. 1. CBA up until Secure Mail 10.6.20 / Secure Hub 10.6.20 was requesting new certificates on SSL exceptions, in effect the exceptions were triggered on every SSL connection error that occurred and thus requesting a new…
Notes from the field: Be Proactive! Apple ATS is coming
For those who are not aware Apple has an upcoming change regarding App Transport Security (ATS) https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=12212016b The date it should be in effect was originally January 2017… but was pushed back for migration purposes, and the new date is yet a mystery. It will have impact! Be proactive and check your XenMobile / NetScaler…
Notes from the field: NetScaler SDX LACP Flapping issue
I came across a peculiar issue regarding a new NetScaler SDX 14020 setup in combination with a Cisco Nexus C9372-PX-E and C9336PQ infrastructure, a new buildup of the SDX/VPX with multiple HA instances spinning and a working environment. LA sets configured for HA probes and everything nice and easy separated through vlan access. Long story…
Notes from the field: NetScaler Upgrade Articles
Quick win see the following article for the all you can need regarding NetScaler upgrade articles: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220371