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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.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mastering XenApp
Notice
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 8. Setting Up NetScaler®

In this chapter, we will be working on setting up the frontend security device to provide secure remote connectivity to the Citrix XenApp 7.6 environment. That device is known as NetScaler Gateway, and we will be spending our time on the following topics:

  • 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