Christian Ferber präsentierte am Citrix Day 2013 bei Digicomp Academy AG die Integration von NetScaler.

1. Self-Service Desktops
NetScaler Integration
with CloudPlatform and CloudPortal
Christian Ferber, Systems Engineer Cloud Infrastructure
October 2013

2. Citrix Cloud Products
DELIVER SERVICES
BUILD
CONNECT
CloudGateway
CONNECT
CloudPortal
Services Manager
CONNECT
CloudPortal
Business Manager
BRIDGE
BRIDGE
People
NetScaler
vSphere
CloudBridge
CONNECT
NetScaler
CloudPlatform
Hyper-V
XenServer
KVM
OVM
VIRTUALIZATION
Compute
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Network
Storage
Other
Clouds

3. • Simple, turn-key cloud IaaS orchestration
powered by Apache CloudStack
The only future-proofed,
application-centric solution
proven to orchestrate both
existing and cloud-native
application workloads
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• Deliver every application workload
• Best enterprise cloud foundation
• Amazon style operations and scale
• Open, flexible architecture

4. Simply Cloud Services Management
Business Manager
Cloud services delivery platform for
self-service IT that enables the
journey to IT-as-a-Service
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Empower Users with Self-Service
Deliver Anything-as-a-Service

5. CloudPortal Business Manager 2.1
Service Connectors
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Business Manager
Users and
Customers
Developers
Cloud Admins
Authentication and role based
authorization
Self-Service
Apache
CloudStack
Connectors
provided
by Citrix
Desktops-as-a-Service
Windows
Desktops
Discovery
Service
Catalog
Platform and Application-as-a-Service
Billing
Chargeback
Connectors
provided
by Partners
Storage-as-a-Service
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6. Self-Service Desktops on
CloudPlatform

7. Why not combine both?
Secure Access to Desktop
HDX Performance
User Brokering
…
VM market place
VM assembly
User VM control
Scalability
…
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8. Where do self-service desktops on
CloudPlatform fit?
• Dedicated desktops
ᵒ persistent (CCP deployed)
ᵒ Non-persistent (PVS-on-CCP deployed)
• Requirement for end user self service
• VM control beyond pure power management
• Chargeback and billing for dedicated desktops
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Examples self-service functions:
Select OS
Select VM performance (CPU,
memory,…)
Select network to deploy in
Attach iso
Reset VM
Snapshot (Campo)
Add data disk
…

9. Citrix Products
Receiver
• HDX access to desktops through
Receiver
• Single pane of glass for user to access all
Windows virtual desktops
CPBM
• Single pane of glass for user to selfservice request and manage both
desktop and IaaS resources (ITaaS)
• Approval workflow and chargeback
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XenDesktop
• Provision desktops to Receiver
• Single pane of glass for admin to manage
all Windows virtual desktops
CloudPlatform
• Resource sharing
• Self-service on-demand desktop VM
provisioning and lifecycle management

10. Self-Service Desktops Solution
Use
Desktop
Sync Service
Desktop
Request
&
Manage
Desktop
Windows
Desktops
WebApp
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11. CPBM connector for selfservice desktops
Adds web shop and billing functionality

12. CloudPortal Business Manager 2.1
Windows Desktops Connector
Business Manager
Users and
Customers
Developers
Cloud Admins
Authentication and role based
authorization
Self-Service
Discovery
Service
Catalog
Billing
Chargeback
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Connectors
provided
by Citrix
Desktops-as-a-Service
Windows
Desktops

13. Self-Service Desktops Solution
incl. billing with CPBM Connector
Use
Desktop
Sync Service
Desktop
Request
&
Manage
Desktop
Business Manager
Windows Desktops
Connector
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Windows
Desktops
WebApp

14. CloudPlatform
NetScaler Integration

15. CloudPlatform NetScaler Integration
• CloudPlatform can address NetScaler load balancing functionality
• Supports MPX, VPX, SDX
• Static NAT, Elastic IP and Elastic LB supported in basic zone
• Dedicated or shared device for accounts/domains
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16. Basic Zone with Elastic IP Example (Simplified)
Internet
VM
72.20.15.12
192.168.1.55
VM1
72.20.15.13
192.168.1.29
VM2
72.20.15.14
192.168.1.33
VM3
72.20.15.15
Physical
Router
Example of Elastic IP table
Public IP
Guest IP
(Elastic)
192.168.1.22
VM4
Public Network
CIDR: 72.20.15.x
Guest Network
VM1
192.168.1.55
VM2
192.168.1.29
VM3
192.168.1.33
VM4
192.168.1.22
Virtual
Router*
Router acts as DHCP/DNS
Server for the Zone
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* DHCP only

17. Basic Zone with Elastic LB Example (Simplified)
Internet
Example of Elastic LB table
Public Network
CIDR: 72.20.15.x
72.20.15.14 (port 443)
VM
192.168.1.55:80
72.20.15.12 (port 80)
Guest IP
VM1
192.168.1.29:80
VM2
192.168.1.33:443
Physical
Router
Public IP ( AKA Virtual
IP - VIP)
VM3
192.168.1.22:443
VM4
Guest Network
VM1
192.168.1.55
VM2
192.168.1.29
VM3
192.168.1.33
VM4
192.168.1.22
Virtual
Router*
Router acts as DHCP/DNS
Server for the Zone
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* DHCP only

18. NetScaler Models and Multi-Tenancy
Multi-tenancy Examples
Tenant 1
Tenant 2
Tenant 3
Share Mode
Isolation Mode
Mixed Mode
N tenants share a MPX
1 tenant per VPX
Tenants mix & match on
SDX
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19. NetScaler Autoscale for CloudPlatform
• Scales Up/Down VM infrastructure on-demand
• Makes use of CloudPlatform API’s
• Simple GUI to configure and set policies
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20. NetScaler Autoscale for CloudPlatform
• Min/Max Nodes
• Scale Up/Down Policy
• Misc Settings
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21. NetScaler Autoscale for CloudPlatform
• Min/Max Nodes
• Scale Up/Down Policy
• Misc Settings
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22. Work better. Live better.