A Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificate is a certificate with multiple common names. i.e. one certificate that has multiple FQDNs. These certificates will be used for NetScaler Gateway website. I assume you have an AD CA configured and can…
Citrix: Download & Install XenDesktop 5.6 PowerShell SDK
Citrix, this shouldn’t be so hard!!! Can you please provide a link to the SDK installer. Although I haven’t been able to find a direct download to the XenDesktop SDK, the MSI installer comes with the full XenDesktop product download.…
Citrix PowerShell SDK: Set-XADefaultComputerName
A little gotcha. When trying to use the new cmdlet “Set-XADefaultComputerName”, I received the following error: Add-PSSnapin Citrix* Set-XADefaultComputerName –ComputerName SVR-XA02 Set-XADefaultComputerName : Access to the registry key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\XenAppCommands’ is denied. At line:1 char:1 + Set-XADefaultComputerName -ComputerName WXA02 +…
Powershell: Reading Event Logs
This works on Windows Server 2003 / 2008 / 2012, although I couldn’t get the RAW data from 2003. Might be the way Citrix have created the event. [powershell] $mydate = get-date 25/02/2014 $log = Get-EventLog -ComputerName {server_name} -logname "CitrixAGE…
XenApp PowerShell SDK & NetScaler Smart Access Filters
Configuring Published Resources for access from NetScaler Gateway: Using PowerShell. 1.0 XenApp 6.5 PowerShell SDK First thing’s first. You need to have the SDK installed. It can be downloaded from here. In theory, this can be installed on any machine…
NetScaler Gateway: Encrypting the Web Interface or StoreFront URL
The documented method for Web Interface is to set “Clientless Access” to ON or Allow and “ICA proxy” to ON, however, the URL to the Web Interface site will be clear, regardless of setting “Encrypt URL” to either Obscure or…
NetScaler Gateway: Missing STA
STA = Secure Ticket Authority. A magical world that Citrix keep a relativly tight lid on. At a high level, it allows authentication between the gateway and endpoint. Imagine this senario. You switch on the lights on your brand new…
NetScaler 10.x: Reseting NSROOT password
1.0 Introduction There are several guides around that suggest how to reset the NSROOT password, however, I have found inconsistences with all I have found. This is a blog on how I have managed to get it to work. The…
NetScaler: Monitor Proble Failure (SSL)
Problem A classic gotcha in the world of ADC load blancing with SSL, manifests itself in two ways: LB Servers are added using FQDN. The monitor reponse reports: “domain name not resolved”. LB Servers are added using IP. The monitor…