NetScaler SmartControl: SmartControl allows administrators to define granular policies to configure and enforce user environment attributes for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Citrix Gateway. SmartControl allows administrators to manage these policies from a single location, rather than at each instance of these server types. SmartControl is implemented through ICA policies on Citrix Gateway. Each…
Photo by Thomas Jensen on Unsplash Connection multiplexing is a method of reusing connections to avoid the overhead on the server that comes with establishing new connections for each request. Connection multiplexing support in Citrix ADC ensures that server connections are efficiently reused, which results in dramatically reduced SSL/TLS load on back-end servers. Q: What is the connection…
NTFS Stream: First, change to a directory on an NTFS drive from within a command prompt. Next, type ‘echo hello > test:stream’. You’ve just created a stream named ‘stream’ that is associated with the file ‘test’. Note that when you look at the size of the test it is reported as 0, and the file…
What is GSLB? Citrix ADC appliances configured for GSLB provide disaster recovery and ensure continuous availability of applications by protecting against points of failure in a WAN. GSLB balances the load across data centers by directing client requests to the closest or best-performing data center, or to surviving data centers if there is an outage….
NetScaler NSIP shows a white page on the browser while using a custom theme: Note: Below steps work only when using a custom theme. /var/netscaler/gui/admin_ui – folder will have files and folders required to load the GUI admin portal when you connect to NSIP via the browser. When you upgrade your firmware to the next…
Mostly, all the companies that use Citrix NetScaler Gateway, want to customize their NetScaler Gateway URL, like changing the logo, background image, Titles, etc. All of this can be done with a theme and Citrix has a direct way of doing this, by creating something called a portal theme. You can go to this option…
Photo by Oğuzhan Akdoğan on Unsplash In any organization, it is the Citrix team’s responsibility to check the Citrix license usage. We do not have a license usage monitoring and notification feature directly available in all the Citrix versions. This monitoring and reporting feature is available in Citrix Cloud. Citrix Director shows the information but we have to…
Today’s complex Web configurations often require different responses to HTTP requests that appear, on the surface, to be similar. When users request a webpage, you may want to provide a different page depending on the user’s geographical location, browser specification, or languages the browser accepts, and the order of preference. You might want to drop…
Interview question: All the services assigned to Netscaler vserver are up. But still, vserver is showing as “DOWN” state. Why? This article contains the probable reasons for the status of a virtual server being marked as DOWN on NetScaler. Status of NetScaler Virtual Servers The virtual servers on a NetScaler appliance can have any of…
Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay From the Storefront or Delivery Controller server. Request new certificate (either from internal or public Certification Authority) via MMC snapin Certificates -> Computer Store. Open IIS Manager. Expand server name and sites. Right click the site where Citrix for web is published (probably Default Site if you are not sure). Click “Edit…