Introduction to Cloud Technology What Cloud products does Citrix have? Why deploy XenApp/XenDesktop in a Cloud? Deep dive: XA/XD on Citrix CloudPlatform (with live demo) Deep dive: XA/XD on Amazon EC2 (with live demo) Where does the future Citrix Workspace Services technology fit in?

1. XA/XD Cloud
Provisioning
Lee Bushen & Mikael Lindholm
Tech Readiness EMEA
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2. Lee Bushen, EMEA Tech Readiness
Provisioning XenApp / XenDesktop in the Cloud
Mikael Lindholm, EMEA Tech Readiness
June 10th 2014

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Agenda
Cloud – quick introduction
Desktops and Apps in the Cloud: Why and how?
XA/XD on Citrix Cloud Platform
XA/XD on Amazon EC2
When to do what?
Tying things up

5. Poll
How would you best describe your company?

6. Cloud – Quick Introduction

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What is Cloud Computing?
Five characteristics of Cloud
On-Demand Self-Service
Broad Network Access
Resource Pooling
Rapid Elasticity
Measured Service

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What is Cloud Computing?
Three types of clouds
• A private cloud is a proprietary infrastructure for one tenant
• A public cloud is (a publically available) shared infrastructure for multiple tenants
• A hybrid cloud is a composition of the two (Cloud-Bursting)
Private Cloud Public CloudHybrid Cloud

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Cloud Locations
On premise, tenants own datacenter
• Mostly private clouds
Off premise, somewhere else
• Can be private or public
Hybrid is usually both on and off premise

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Different Cloud Services
What you get as a service vs. own
IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
• Examples: Amazon AWS, Citrix CloudPlatofrm
PaaS – Platform as a Service
• Databases, web services, programming
platforms
SaaS – Software as a Service
• Salesforce, Citrix GoTo, Podio, Office 365,
Adobe Creative Cloud
sHW: CPU, Mem,
Storage, Network
OS: Windows / Linux
Application Backend:
DB, App Mid-tier
Application
IAAS
PAAS
SAAS

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Other common –aaS:s
DaaS
• Desktops as a Service
STaaS
• Storage as a Service
DRaaS
• Disaster Recovery as a Service
RAaaS
• Rich Apps as a Serivce
XaaS, ITaaS...

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Cloud users terms
Service provider
• The one owning, brokering or providing the service
Tenant
• The customer of a cloud service
• Can be a company, group, department, individual person
Master user
• The tenant’s admin account
• Can determine what services is signed up to
• Can see reports
Normal user
• Can use the services

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Other general cloud terms
Offering
• A model of the service that can be subscribed to
Instance
• An ordered instance of the offering
Shared / Dedicated
• Cloud service can be delivered on an infrastructure shared with other tenants / environments,
or when needed on dedicated infrastructure

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Security in Cloud
Between VMs in host
• Hypervisor security
Outside the hosts
• VLANs
• Security groups
Within the tenant’s environment
• VPCs
Authentication
• Public-private key
• Cloud directory – LDAP

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Main benefits from using Cloud Services
Cost
• Pay-as-you-go
Elasticity
SelfService IT
SLAs / HA
Reduce risk / time / cost of projects

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Main risks in using Cloud Services
Security – who do you trust?
Lack of planning
• All services in one DC
• Uncontrolled use of cloud services – Shadow IT
• No cloud strategy (onboard and exit strategy)
Cost
• Long term use can be expensive

17. DaaS Models

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DaaS false assumptions
One model fits all
One technology works for all
All customers have to have their complete environment
A hosted desktop + some apps + some endpoint choices is a full end to end
solution

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3 Different Models
Image
Management
Citrix
Infrastructure
Physical
InfrastructureHelpdesk
Tenant
Client
Device
Service Provider & Central IT
Tenant & Department Service Provider & Central IT
Tenant Service Provider
DaaS
DIaaS
IaaS
User
Identity

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LowLow
FullFull FullFull
LowLow
Different Delivery Models
Hosted Shared Hosted Server VDI Hosted VDI Desktop Infrastructure
as a Service
Density
Customization
Storage Needs
Infrastructure Sharing
App Compatibility
Cost
Base Platform
Excellent
Personalization
Good
Windows Server OS
Good
Operating System
Medium
Better
Medium
Windows Server OS
Good
Operating System
Medium
Partial
Excellent
Med-High
Windows Client OS
Good
Image Ownership
High
Minimal
Excellent
Medium
Windows Client OS
Excellent
Excellent Excellent
Easy - SPLAMS Licensing Easy - SPLA BYO BYO

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Multi-Tenancy: Session Isolation
XenDesktop
Controllers
Citrix License
Server
Tenant A
Users
Tenant B
Users
Shared Infrastructure
Shared Session Hosts
Storefront
NetScaler
Desktop
Studio
XenDestkop
Site DB
XenApp VDAs
XenApp VDAs
Isolation
Performance SLA
Customization
Administration
Cost
Tenancy Gauge

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Multi-Tenancy: Server Isolation
XenDesktop
Controllers
Citrix License
Server
Tenant A
Users
Tenant B
Users
Shared Infrastructure Dedicated Session Hosts
Storefront
NetScaler
Desktop
Studio
XenDestkop
Site DB
XenApp VDAs
XenApp VDAs
Tenant A Servers
Tenant B Servers
Tenancy Gauge
Isolation
Customization
Cost
Administration
Performance SLA

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Multi-Tenancy: Site Isolation
XenDesktop
Controllers
Citrix License
Server
Tenant A
Users
Dedicated Infrastructure
Dedicated Session Hosts
Storefront
NetScaler
Desktop
Studio
XenDestkop
Site DB
XenApp VDAs
XenDesktop
Controllers
Citrix License
Server
Tenant B
Users
Dedicated Infrastructure
Dedicated Session Hosts
Storefront
NetScaler
Desktop
Studio
XenDestkop
Site DB
XenApp VDAs
Isolation
Customization
Cost
Self-Svc Administration
Performance SLA
Tenancy Gauge

24. Citrix Cloud Products

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Citrix Cloud Platform technology products
Citrix CloudPlatform
• Hypervisor independent, application centric IaaS platform, based on Apache CloudStack
Citrix CloudPortal Services Manager
• Multitenant, (admin) self-service portal for managing mostly Windows based hosted services
• XenApp (+XD), Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Blackberry...
Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager
• E-commerce platform, multilevel - cloud service aggregator, measuring & chargeback
NetScaler CloudBridge Connector
• Cloud to Cloud or Cloud to Enterprise connector

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CloudPortal Business Manager
CloudPlatform powered by Apache CloudStack
Networking StorageCompute
INFRA-
STRUCTURE
DEV
& TEST
DISASTER
RECOVERY
BYO
PLATFORM
APPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
APPS
YOUR
SERVICE
XenServerESX KVMHyper-V Bare Metal
NetScaler
CloudPortal Services Manager
NetScaler
CloudBridge
Connector
NetScaler
CloudBridge
Connector

27. Project Merlin
XenApp / XenDesktop Hybrid Cloud Provisioning

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Windows Apps &
Desktops as a true cloud
service

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Solution overview
Two cloud infrastructures supported
• Amazon EC2
• CloudPlatform based clouds
Two different models
• All in the Cloud
• Private / public
• Hybrid Cloud
• Parts in the Enterprise, parts in Cloud
• Private / public

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Under the covers
Plugins
XenDesktop HCL Hyper-V
VMWare
XenServer
Traditional
Hypervisors
Plugins
XenDesktop HCL
Hyper-V
VMWare
XenServer
CloudStack
Amazon AWS
} Traditional
Hypervisors
Pre-7.5
Post 7.5
CloudPlatform

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New Infrastructure Choice, Familiar Setup
Same administrative workflows, now simplified for cloud
Host Selection now includes
AWS and CloudPlatform
Select your cloud region and
availability zone
Select instance type for
machine catalog
Create Host Configure Host Create Catalog

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What features are not supported
No PVS
• This is based on MCS
No PVD with Server VDI
• “Under construction”

34. Licensing and Cloud

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Licensing considerations
(when using a public cloud)
Buy as you go licensing, for hosted solutions only
• Microsoft SPLA – available for Windows Server and RDS only, not Windows Client OS
• Citrix CSP – available for most Citrix products
Bring your own, perpetual licenses
• Certain scenarios are can be covered by Microsoft License Mobility program
• http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/license-mobility.aspx
• RDS is not covered by mobility
• Client OS’s is not covered by mobility
• Citrix: ok to bring your own, as long as the ownership does not change
You cannot mix CSP and perpetual in one farm
• Switching from one model to the other is not allowed
Windows Client OS restrictions
• Has to be deployed on a dedicated infrastructure

36. Deploying on Citrix
CloudPlatform
XenApp and XenDesktop concepts and
deployment on CloudPlatform
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX140428

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Key Benefits of CloudPlatform
No vendor lock-in.
Open source and open
standards enable a
variety of choices in
hypervisor, storage and
network technologies
and offer API fidelity
with Amazon AWS
Open
The only platform that
can enable both
traditional enterprise
and cloud-era workloads
and has been battle-
tested in real-world
production
environments
Flexible
Orchestrate tens of
thousands of physical
or virtual servers,
across multiple
geographically
dispersed datacenters,
all managed via a
single pane of glass
Scalable

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Demo Deployment – UK National Health Service*
Shared Cloud Services
Cloud
Admin
Win7
Win8
W2012
W2012R2
Win8.1
Cambourne Data Center
Shared XD
Services
XenDesktop Controllers
Licensing
Guildford NHS Network
XenDesktop Workers
Woking NHS Network
XenDesktop Workers
Pyrford NHS Network
XenDesktop Workers
Guildford NHS Trust
Admin Users
Woking NHS Trust
Admin Users
Pyrford NHS Trust
Admin Users
Worker
* Example, not real life.

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Steps to configure, high-level
Setup the basic system
• Setup XenDesktop system (AD, DNS, Controller, Storefront)
• Define admin Scope/Role in XD
• Setup Hypervisor & CloudPlatform system
• Ensure AD accounts, OUs & correct AD rights set
• Install Templates for Volume Worker and Desktop into Cloud
Account Setup
• Setup Pyrford NHS admin with his scope/role in XD
• Setup Pyrford NHS trust account and admin in CloudPlatform, Define Security Group
XD Setup
• Admin sets up his Hosting Connector to the Cloud (using his keys)
• Admin creates a Machine Catalog with the template in CloudPlatform
• Admin creates a Delivery Group
• User logs in to a desktop
Link to detailed guide:
http://support.citrix.com
/article/CTX140428

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XDCCP DEMO
Part 1 - Setup

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XA/XD on CloudPlatform based clouds
Agenda
• CloudPlatform Concepts
• Ways to Deploy XenDesktop
• Gotchas, requirements etc.

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Benefits exclusive to CCP
Multihypervisor support
• XS, Hyper-V, KVM, OVM, vSphere
• NOTE: FOR XD/XA Deployments only XS & vSphere supported , Hyper-V to be added mid ’14
For specifics around versions, please look here: http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenapp-xendesktop-75/cds-system-requirements-75.html
Tiered storage
LB/ Firewall built in
Easy to deploy in house
Ability to dedicate resources

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CloudPlatform Architecture
CloudPlatform consists of two parts:
• The Management Server
• The cloud infrastructure that it manages
Management Server

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Cloud Infrastructure - Host
A host is a single server
Hosts provide the computing resources to run the guest Virtual Machines (VMs)
Each host has hypervisor software to manage the guest VMs
End users not aware, and have no visibility of Hosts

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Cloud Infrastructure - Cluster
A Cluster is a group of identical hosts running the same hypervisor
Each cluster has dedicated Primary Storage
Cluster
Primary
Storage

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Cloud Infrastructure - Pod
A pod is a group of Clusters
With a Layer-2 switch
Think of a Pod as a rack
Pod
Layer 2 switch

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Cloud Infrastructure - Zone
A zone consists of one or more Pods
And dedicated Secondary Storage
Zone
Secondary
Storage
Layer 3
Switch
Secondary
Storage

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Cloud Infrastructure - Zone
Users can choose which Zone they wish to create their virtual machines (VMs) in
A single Zone often corresponds to a Datacenter
Zone
Secondary
Storage
Layer 3
Switch
Secondary
Storage

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Cloud Infrastructure - Zone
Zones provide physical Isolation and Redundancy
Zones can aid compliance with an organization’s data storage policies

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Cloud Infrastructure - Region
Zones can be grouped into Regions, each with its own management server
Allows the cloud to achieve higher availability and scalability
User accounts can span regions
US Region
APAC Region
EMEA Region

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Cloud Infrastructure – Primary Storage
Each cluster has its own private Primary Storage
Stores the disk volumes for all the cluster’s VMs
Allows VMs to move between hosts
Should be built using high performance hardware
Shared Storage is normally recommended, e.g. NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel
Cluster
Primary Storage

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Cloud Infrastructure – Secondary Storage
Each cluster has its own Secondary Storage available to all hosts in the zone
Stores Templates, ISO images, Snapshots and must be NFS based
Zone
Secondary Storage
Layer 3
Switch
Secondary Storage

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Resources available for dedication to specific domain or account:
• Zone
• Pod
• Cluster
• Host
Two types of resource dedication supported:
• Explicit
• Implicit
• Strict Implicit dedication: VM with this requirement will be deployed on the host having VMs of same
account.
• Preferred Implicit dedication: VM with this requirement will be deployed on host having VMs of same
account if possible, otherwise can be place in shared resources
Dedicated Resources

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Two Networking Models
Basic Zone Networking
All the Guest VMs share a single flat public network
Guest VM isolation provided through layer-3 means such as Security Groups
Tremendous scale (tens of thousands VMs)
Guest
VM1
Guest
VM2
Guest
VM3
Guildford NHS Pyrford NHS
Guest
VM1
Guest
VM2
Guest
VM3
Guest
Network
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CloudPlatform
Virtual Router
(System VM)
202.17.1.5
Security Groups

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Key
VM Instance
Virtual Router
Layer2Switch
CloudPlatform Basic Networking
Pyrford NHS
Guildford NHS
Woking NHS
Host 1
VR
vSwitch
IPtables
Network
Card
Pyrford NHS
Guildford NHS
Woking NHS
Host 2
VR
vSwitch
IPtables
Network
Card

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Two Networking Models
Advanced Zone Networking
Can have multiple physical networks
Guest VM isolation provided through VLAN
VLAN restrictions limits accounts to thousands
More features
• Source NAT
• Port Forwarding
• VPN
• Broadcast
• Load Balancing
• Etc.
Guildford NHS Pyrford NHS

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Key
Host 1
100
Network
Card
102
-1
100
102
-1
101
VM Instance
Virtual Router
102 Virtual Switch (Number)
-1 Virtual Switch (Untagged)
Host 2
Network
Card
Layer2SwitchwithTrunked
VLANports
CloudPlatform Advanced Networking
101
Public Net
Private traffic (Untagged)
Private traffic (tagged)
Woking NHS
Woking NHS
Guildford NHS
Guildford NHS
Pyrford NHS
Pyrford NHS
Internet Traffic

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Templates and ISOs

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•The compute offering defines the virtual hardware that the
end users will be able to choose from
Compute Offerings
• Includes CPU core count and speed,
memory, and disk size
• The compute offering will be available
for users when they deploy a new
instance
• Users can change compute offerings
for deployed instances
• Instances must be stopped (CP3.0) or running
(CP4.2+)

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•The Disk Offering defines the virtual disk that the end users will be able
to create when deploying an instance or later from the Storage section in
the UI
•Click on “Service Offerings” in the left side navigation
•Click on “Disk Offerings” to view the current disk offerings
Disk Offerings

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How VMs look on the Hypervisor
Router VM
Provides Network Services
(DNS, DHCP, Routing, Port
forwarding, Load Balancing
etc.)
Secondary Storage VM
Copies Templates as needed
Console Proxy VM
Provides a Console session to users
User VM
i=instance
2=account reference
10=randomised #
Local Storage
Shared “Primary”
Storage

63. Sample Architectures
How is your Machine Catalog doing Lee??? 

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Step 5
When 1st Machine boots,
template is copied to Primary
storage, VDI get a thin clone &
VDI’s boot
Step 4
“Real” Machine Catalog Desktops
are created. Identity disk(s) are
created & primed by Worker VM &
attached to “Real” desktop(s).
Step 1
Prep VM, Volume
Worker and prep disk
are created . Worker
sends commands to
prep disk.
Step 2
Prep VM starts (after
copy from Secondary
storage), executes
commands (e.g. re-
arm KMS licensing or
enable DHCP) &
writes outcome to prep
disk. Worker attaches
disk and reports back
to XD
Step 3
Another Volume Worker
Starts (if last step took
>10m) & a template is
created from the Prep
VM (On Sec Storage)
Image Preparation Workflow
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Step 6
Preparation resources are removed both during
and after the process is complete. Template is
retained for future provisioning

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Enterprise Datacenter Private Cloud
Shared network
or
appropriate
Security Group
Licensing
End-user
Tenant A Network
Enterprise Network
StoreFront
AD
Private Cloud – simple setup
Delivery
Controller
XA
7.5
XD 7.5
XA
7.5
XD 7.5
Templates

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Enterprise Datacenter Private Cloud
Shared network
or
appropriate
Security Group
Licensing
End-user
Tenant A Network
Enterprise Network
StoreFront
AD
…or setup / configure as needed / wanted
Delivery
Controller
XA
7.5
XD 7.5
Delivery
Controller
XA
7.5
XD 7.5
StoreFront
Licensing
AD
Template
Test / Q&A

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Departmental Catalogs and Administration
Enterprise Datacenter
Licensing
Enterprise Network
StoreFront
AD
Delivery Controller
Private Cloud
Tenant A Network
Machine Catalog A
Tenant B Network
Machine Catalog B
Tenant C Network
Machine Catalog C
Shared network
or
appropriate
Security Group
Admin
Scope A
Admin
Scope B
Admin
Scope C

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Central IT – Divisions / Subsidiaries
Central IT Cloud
Branch A Network
XA/XD Site A
Branch B Network
XA/XD Site B
Branch C Network
XA/XD Site C
Branch A Datacenter
ADAdmin
Branch A
Licensing
Template
Branch B Datacenter
ADAdmin
Branch A
Licensing
Template
Branch C Datacenter
ADAdmin
Branch A
Licensing
Template
Cloud
Admin
Licensing
Win7
Win8
W2012
W2012R2
Win8.1

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Enterprise Datacenter Public CloudPlatform Cloud
Site to Site
VPN
XA
7.5
XD 7.5
XA
7.5
XD
7.5
RouterLicensing
Router
Enterprise Network
End-user
Virtual Private CloudDMZ
StoreFront
AD
Public Cloud Solution
High level overview
NetScaler
Delivery
Controller
AD
Delivery
Controller
DMZ VPC NetScaler
TenantNetwork
End-
user
StoreFront

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XDCCP Requirements
Requirements, high -level
CCP 4.2.1-4 or 4.3
• CCP 4.3 not fully supported yet
XA/XD 7.5 Enterprise or Platinum -edition
Network
• An isolated guest network
• A Cloud <-> DC network
Appropriate offerings
Templates / ISO
• A Volume Worker VM template
• XD Templates
User account into CCP
• API access

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How to Install CloudPlatform
March 2014
http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/10817
Agenda
• Live Demo! Building a CloudPlatform Cloud
• CloudPlatform Feature Demos
• What’s new – CloudPortal Business Manager 2.2
• Guest Speaker Appcara
Lee Bushen & Stuart Jennings
Content Including Install Guide
https://citrix.sharefile.com/d/s0226bbb88834fc4b

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XDCCP DEMO
Part 2 - Operation

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What happened here?
Already done
• Setup XenDesktop system (AD, DNS, Controller, Storefront)
• Define admin Scope/Role in XD
• Setup Hypervisor & CloudPlatform system
• Ensure AD accounts, OUs & correct AD rights set
• Install Templates for Volume Worker and Desktop into Cloud
Account Setup
• Setup Pyrford NHS admin with his scope/role in XD
• Setup Pyrford NHS trust account and admin in CloudPlatform, Define Security Group
XD Setup
• Admin sets up his Hosting Connector to the Cloud (using his keys)
• Admin creates a Machine Catalog with the template in CloudPlatform
• Admin creates a Delivery Group
• User logs in to a desktop
Link to detailed guide:
http://support.citrix.com
/article/CTX140428

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Watch out’s
CloudPlatform needs to control the IP address of the XD workers
• Make sure no corporate DHCP reaches the shared network
• DDC/AD DNS name must be resolved in the template
• Check template XenServer tools parameter on the template if issues
DNS in Advanced Zone may not forward DNS SRV requests correctly
• Disable DNS service in network offering and use external DNS.
By default XD only looks for your account’s templates
• Can be changed by advanced connector setting... “TemplateFilter=executable”
Basic Zone make sure Ingress rules are set (TCP 80/443/2598)
The provisioning of the initial VMs will take time

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Why put XenDesktop on CloudPlatform?

76. Deploying on Amazon EC2

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Amazon EC2
High level architecture and terminology
Region (e.g. eu-west-1)
Availability Zone (e.g eu-west-1a)
S3
VPC
EBS
AMI
Instance
Instance
Store

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Other things & terms that are important to know
IP addressing
• EC2-Classic
• EC2-VPC
• Can choose to assign a public IP-address or not
• Dynamic, will be release when instance is stopped
• Elastic IPs (EIP)
• Static
• Can be moved from instance to instance
Identity and Access Management (IAM) User
Reboot ≠ Stop & Start
Hardware tenancy
• Shared tenancy (default)
• Dedicated tenancy

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XA/XD on Amazon
Specifics
Reference architecture for XA/XD covering two use cases
• Fully cloud hosted site
• Hybrid farm extension
No Windows Client OS
Licensing
• Base windows license included in the Windows AMI
• Bring RDS CALs yourself
NetScaler and CloudBridge AMIs available
XA/XD 7.5 product media available
CloudFormation scripts for automated the build up of a site infrastructure
• Implementation guide available

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DEMO

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What will the CloudFormation script do

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Drawback and Benenfits
Drawbacks
No Client OS
Features possible through EC2 API calls only
• Upload of own image through API call
• Server VDI
No PVD support with Server VDI
Benefits
All Major Catalog Types
Apps and Desktops
• including GPU acceleration (HDX 3D on RDS)
VPX Cloud Connector (w/ CloudBridge)
Provisioning catalogs across multiple
Availability Zone’s
• Good for fault tolerance
Can provision IOPS
Can do Dynamic Capacity Mgmt

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Watch’s outs
Don’t loose your keys!
• Store all key’s carefully, otherwise you might to have to re-create a whole environment!
Use instance storage (ephemeral storage) instead of expensive IOPS disk

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References
http://www.citrix.com/amazon
How to Deploy XenApp and XenDesktop with Amazon Web Services
• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX140427
Tools, whitepapers, Reference Architectures
• Scalability and Economics of XenApp on Amazon Cloud (PDF)
• XenApp on AWS Sizing and Economics calculation model
• Building a XenDesktop Farm Using an AWS CloudFormation Template (PDF)
Good CaaS content:
• http://caas.citrite.net/Cloud_Networking/NetScaler/NetScaler_on_AWS
Amazon Master Class:
• https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/9019/98163
Blog Series (http://blogs.citrix.com/author/peterb/)

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XA/XD on Amazon, cont’d
Scalability and Economics of XenApp on Amazon –white paper

86. When to go for Cloud

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General guidelines
Cloud provisioning / DaaS is a big
marketing drive at the moment
Not mainstream – yet
However - there are use cases

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Why deploy XA/XD in the cloud?
Private Cloud
• IT building their own private clouds to run like a Service Provider
• Multi-tenancy
• Second level of consolidation
Consolidate compute power, but keep management decentralized
• IT operational efficiency
• Template management, addition of compute power, trackability
Public Cloud
• Elasticity to enable new users (periodic users) and new services (disaster recovery)
• Capital cost of new datacenters and infrastructure – transfer CAPEX to OPEX
• Reduce risk for new projects – try in the cloud before committing
• Quicker and cheaper

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Cloud will drive App & Desktop virtualization
Push for Application back ends to move to Cloud
• Data Center consolidations
• Moving to public cloud
In both cases above, the application back end is moving further away from end
user
To keep the End User Experience high, technologies like XenApp, XenDesktop,
NetScaler and CloudBridge are needed

90. Deploying on other Clouds

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XA/XD on other Clouds
Can use any Cloud as long as using externally provisioned machines
A chance to get PVS working, using the BDM
• Not explicitly supported
Can use the XA/XD PowerShell SDK and the Cloud API to automate
provisioning

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XA/XD on Azure
Reference arhitecture for XA covering two use cases
• Fully hosted cloud
• Extend to cloud
Licensing
• Windows licenses included in the instances
• RDS rental (RDS SALs) available!
No NetScalers and CloudBridge images available
No automation script collection available
• This does not mean you could not script a setup!
MCS Support for Azure is planned
http://www.citrix.com/global-partners/microsoft/xendesktop.html

93. But that is not all…

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Control Center
Cloud Desktops
Cloud Apps
Mobile Services
Data Fabric
Delivery Network
Service Insights
Workspace Concierge
Service Automation
Workspace
Services

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OS &
Application
Management
Workspace
Management
User &
Entitlement
Management
Infrastructure
Management
Simplifying the Workspace Infrastructure
Customer-
managed
Customer-operated
Provider-operated
Infrastructure
as a Service
Workspace
Infrastructure
as a Service
Traditional
Managed
Services
Managed
Workspace
as a Service

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OS &
Application
Management
Workspace
Management
Cloud Services On Premises
Control Plane
On-Prem vs Cloud Control
ShareFile
Control Plane
XenDesktop Controllers XenMobile ControllersXenApp Controllers
XenDesktop Workers ShareFile
Storage Zones
XenApp Workers
Resource Zones

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Cloud
Infrastructure
Management
Desktop & Application Pools
• North America
• South America
• Asia
• Europe
• Japan`
Disaster Recovery / Flex
Workspace
Management
• Region 1
• Region 2
On Premises
Delivering across Clouds and Datacenters

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OS &
Application
Management
Americas Europe
Corporate
Identity
Asia
Infrastructure
Management
Workspace
Management
Control Plane
Enterprise Identity, Apps, Data
Active Directory
Federation Services
yes

100. Wrap up

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Wrap up
If you’re a Service Provider
• Get started with Citrix CloudPlatform
• Link to Master Class: http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/10817
• Get certified as a Citrix Ready CloudProvider
• http://www.citrix.com/cms/ready/iaas-cloud-for-xendesktop/
If you are a Customer / Partner
• Try out Provisioning on Amazon EC-2
• http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/03/28/provision-your-apps-and-desktops-straight-onto-aws-with-the-new-
xenapp-and-xendesktop-7-5/
• Try out Provisioning on one of our Citrix Ready Cloud Provider
• http://www.citrix.com/cms/ready/iaas-cloud-for-xendesktop/
• Try out building a private cloud with Citrix CloudPlatform
• Link to MC + MC material

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Contacts in Your Region
CloudPlatform related:
• EMEA: Najat Messaoud, Najat.Messaoud@citrix.com
• Americas: Laura Gartner, Laura.Gartner@citrix.com
Other:
• Your nearest Citrix Office
• http://www.citrix.com/contact.html
• Your nearest Citrix Partner
• http://www.citrix.com/partners.html

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