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Deploy a Citrix StoreFront Server for Citrix NetScaler Access

In the following steps we will detail how to configure a stand alone installation of Citrix Storefront and give examples of how to connect this to your Citrix NetScaler

Step Description Screenshot
1 Open the Citrix StoreFront Console

Expand Citrix StoreFront

Click Stores

Click Create Store

2 Click Next
3 Give the store a name

Select Set this receiver for Web site as IIS Default

Click Next

4 Click Add

On the Add Delivery Controller screen click Add

Add Delivery Controllers FQDN

Untick Servers are load balanced

Select Transport type as HTTP

(you should use HTTPS if the SF server is in a DMZ or for extra security)

Click OK

 5 Click Next
 6 Enable Remote Access

Ensure Allow Users to access resources only delivered through StoreFront (No VPN Tunnel) is selected

Click Add

7 Enter details for the new gateway

Example: my gateway is called gateway.jsconsulting.services and the URL is https://gateway.jsconsulting.services

Click Next

 8 On the STA Screen

Click Add

Enter the FQDN of the Citrix XA/XD server

 9 Enter the FQDN of the STA server

Click OK

10 Untick Load balance multiple sta servers

Tick Enable session reliability

Untick request tickets from two stas, where available

Click Next

 11 Enter the NetScaler details – Leave logon type as domain

Enter Callback URL as the same entered in step 6 https://gateway.jsconsulting.services

Click Create

12 Click Finish
 13 Ensure default appliance is the NetScaler appliance created / added in steps 1 through 12

Click Next

 14 Ensure that both methods of Authentication are selected – Username and password and Pass through from NetScaler Gateway

Click Next

15 Leave both options ticked

Click Create

16 Click Finish
 17 Back in the StoreFront console click Receiver for Web Sites tab and copy your StoreFront URL

Open your internet browser and test this URL

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https://gateway.jsconsulting.services

 

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Building Citrix Cloud Platform on CentOS for my Home Lab

Build Citrix Cloud Platform Server on CentOS
NOTE: this document is a first draft – this was a quick setup in a dev environment where the host, management and NFS services were all on the same box. I got it working, hopefully this helps anyone else trying to do the same.

‘#’ = type in and then run this command
‘FILE=’ = Edit this file in the listed location
ERROR: if you get this error try the following listed steps.
SELECT: = option to choose when offered list or running install script

Download CENT OS from CentOS mirror – http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/6/
Do initial GUI config and then
Log into the box and do the following step by step

FILE= /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
HWADDR=52:54:00:B9:A6:C0
NM_CONTROLLED=no
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
IPADDR=172.16.10.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=172.16.10.1
DNS1=8.8.8.8
DNS2=8.8.4.4

#chkconfig network on
#service network start

ERROR:RETNETLINK answers: File Exists – #service network restart

FILE= /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
172.16.10.2 srvr1.cloud.priv

#hostname –fqdn
ERROR: check the above command returns the FDQN not an unknown error – if unknown
FILE= /etc/sysconfig/network – set the hostname to be that in your /etc/hosts file (ensure they match)

#service network restart
#setenforce 0

FILE= /etc/selinux/config
SELINUX=permissive

#yum –y update
#yum –y install ntp
#chkconfig ntpd on
#service ntpd start

START DIFFERENCES (xenserver vs apache cloud stack)
FILE= /etc/ntp.conf
server 0.xenserver.pool.ntp.org
server 1.xenserver.pool.ntp.org
server 2.xenserver.pool.ntp.org
server 3.xenserver.pool.ntp.org

download cloudstack platform 3.0.6-rhel6.3.tar.gz to the VM from mycitrix.com
mount the centOS DVD back to the VM that you used to install the device (according to citrix literature – this is required though it was never really called)

#mount –t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media

Create local REPO
FILE= /etc/yum.repos.d/centosdvd.repo
[rhel]
name=rhel6
baseurl=file:///media
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

# tar xzf Cloudstackplatform3.0.6-rhel6.3.tar.gz
# cd Cloudstackplatform3.0.6-rhel6.3.tar.gz

INSTALL THE CITRIX CLOUDPLATFORM MANAGEMENT TOOLS
# ./install.sh
SELECT: M
# service rpcbind start
# service nfs start
# chkconfig nfs on
# chkconfig rpcbind on

INSTALL CITRIX CLOUD MANAGEMENT DATABASE INTO MYSQL
#./install.sh
SELECT: D
FILE= /etc/my.cnf (/etc/mysql/my.cnf)
innodb_rollback_on_timeout=1
innodb_lock_wait_timeout=600
max_connections=350
log-bin=mysql-bin
binlog-format = ‘ROW’

#service mysqld restart
# mysql –u root
#mysql> SET PASSWORD = PASSWORD(‘password’);
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO ‘root’@’%’ WITH GRANT OPTION;
mysql> exit
#service mysqld restart
# iptables -I INPUT -p tcp –dport 3306 -j ACCEPT

FILE= /etc/sysconfig/iptables
-A INPUT -p tcp –dport 3306 -j ACCEPT

SETUP MYSQL CLOUD MANAGEMENT SCHEMA
# cloud-setup-databases cloud:@localhost –deploy-as=root:
#cloud-setup-management

SETUPNFS
# mkdir -p /export/primary
# mkdir -p /export/secondary

FILE
# vi /etc/exports
/export *(rw,async,no_root_squash)
# exportfs –a

FILE= vi /etc/sysconfig/nfs
LOCKD_TCPPORT=32803
LOCKD_UDPPORT=32769
MOUNTD_PORT=892
RQUOTAD_PORT=875
STATD_PORT=662
STATD_OUTGOING_PORT=2020


FILE= /etc/sysconfig/iptables
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p udp –dport 111 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport 111 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport 2049 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport 32803 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p udp –dport 32769 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport 892 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p udp –dport 892 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport 875 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p udp –dport 875 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p tcp –dport 662 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state –state NEW -p udp –dport 662 -j ACCEPT

# service iptables restart
# service iptables save

FILE= /etc/idmapd.conf
Domain = company.com

TEST NFS SHARES
# mkdir /primarymount
# mount -t nfs :/export/primary /primarymount
# umount /primarymount
# mkdir /secondarymount
# mount -t nfs :/export/secondary /secondarymount
# umount /secondarymount

Download the system template
/usr/lib64/cloud/common/scripts/storage/secondary/cloud-install-sys-tmplt -m /export/secondary -u http://download.cloud.com/templates/acton/acton-systemvm-02062012.qcow2.bz2 -h kvm -F

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-2758
chmod 777 catalina.out

REBOOT

DONE

Connect to http://IPADDRESS:8080/client

Login as: admin
Password: password

(if this doesn’t work – use #cloud-set-management again from the command line to reset)