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Mastering XenApp

By : Sunny Jha
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Mastering XenApp

By: Sunny Jha

Overview of this book

Citrix® XenApp® is one of the leading pieces of Application delivery software that delivers Windows compatible apps to users on any device, anywhere. Citrix® XenApp® also gives administrators the ability to manage and control the freedom of mobility by increasing the security and saving costs at the same time. This book will provide you with all the knowledge required to successfully deploy and master a complete Citrix® hosted application. First, it will cover essential concepts of the architecture of XenApp®. You will then learn how to set up Hypervisor and how to set up Infrastructure components. Next you will learn how to Set up Citrix® Components, XenApp® resources, PVS, and Netscaler. We will further look at how to prepare the environment for Rollout. Additionally, you will learn how to configure the Citrix® components such as Citrix® Director. Moreover, you’ll learn about shared desktop for delivery to end users and the application of policies for effective and secure delivery. Finally, you will learn how to implement provisioning services for a Citrix® XenApp® 7.6 environment.

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Mastering XenApp
Sunny Jha
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mastering XenApp
Mastering XenApp
Notice
Notice
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Understanding the XenDesktop and XenApp Architecture
Understanding the XenDesktop and XenApp Architecture
Core strength of XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6
Different editions of XenApp and XenDesktop
Licensing of XenApp
Licensing of XenDesktop
FlexCast architecture
Use cases
Standard deployment Citrix Component
High-level concepts of designing the infrastructure
Summary
2
Initiating the Hypervisor
Initiating the Hypervisor
Virtualization
Components
Hypervisor for XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6
Why XenServer
Connecting XenCenter to the XenServer host
Configuration of storage repository
XenServer hosts with shared NFS storage
Configuring NFS storage
Creating a virtual machine
XenServer Tools
Summary
3
Setting Up the Infrastructure Components
Setting Up the Infrastructure Components
Overview
Setting up the domain controller
Setting up the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Setting up a certificate authority
Setting up SQL server 2012
Setting up SQL mirroring
Summary
4
Setting Up the Citrix Components
Setting Up the Citrix Components
Setting up the Citrix infrastructure components
Configuring the Citrix components
Summary
5
Setting Up the XenApp Resources
Setting Up the XenApp Resources
Preparing the master virtual machine
Setting up server OS for Master Image
Creating a Machine Catalog
Creating a delivery group
Summary
6
Configuring Policies
Configuring Policies
Setting up policies
Installing the group policy management feature
Printing policies
Configuring remote assistance
Citrix profile management
Summary
7
Setting Up Citrix Provisioning Services™
Setting Up Citrix Provisioning Services™
Citrix Provisioning Services™
Summary
8
Setting Up NetScaler
Setting Up NetScaler
An overview of NetScaler Gateway™
Performing the initial configuration of NetScaler
Configuring NTP
Configuring high availability for NetScaler
Creating certificates for NetScaler
Configuring NetScaler for remote access
Modifying StoreFront™ to integrate with NetScaler
Summary
Index
Index

Overview

We will be setting up four different infrastructure components listed here:

  • Domain controller: As per Citrix, at least one domain controller is required for the XenApp 7.6 deployments, and that should have the active directory domain services role installed on it.

  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP): The DHCP plays an important role when we configure Citrix Provisioning Services, which is the software streaming technology by Citrix. With Citrix Provisioning Services, one can provision or re-provision computers in real time from the single shared disk image. We will discuss Citrix Provisioning Services in detail later in this book.

  • Setting up a certificate authority: We will be setting up this Microsoft component to generate a certificate, which can be used for various components such as StoreFront and Delivery Controller to secure the connection.

  • Setting up SQL server 2012: This is a very important part of the XenApp 7.6 infrastructure because the SQL server database will...

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