Raspberry Pi and Citrix

Out of curiosity I have tried doing the Raspberry Pi and Citrix. There are a lot of guide out there on how to achieve this.

Just to start, you need to use Debian Wheezy.

Source:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

Since you can only install the Citrix Receiver on this Operating System.

Below is the network diagram of my Lab. By the way, I have used Citrix Xen App 6.5 for this.

Here are the results:

Here is my “Raspberry Pi” setup. I have installed Ice Weasel and Citrix Receiver on a Debian Wheezy.

Tried to connect it to a test Citrix Web Interface which I was working on for the past couple of days.

Launching Microsoft Office 2010

It worked!

As far as I have tried it, the entire experience is kinda slow for an average user. Still looking into how to adjust the performance for this to a more acceptable speed.

Enjoy~

Citrix Xen App 6.5–Publishing Apps–Hosted Apps

On this guide we will now Published an Application. On this case, Microsoft Excel.

1. First, Install Microsoft Excel 2010 on Server2. Hosted apps means the application is installed on the actual XenApp server which in this case, server2.virtuallab.local

2. Open the Citrix AppCenter

2. Go to XenApp

3. Go to XenApp > VirtuallabFarm > Applications. On the Right side, Click Publish Application.

4. On the Publish Application Welcome Screen, Click Next

5. Provide the Display Name and Description.

6. Select the type of application to be Published. Application > Accessed from a Server.

Application Type: Accessed from a Server

Server Application Type: Installed Application.

7. Define the Working Directory and Commandline of the Application to be published.

Command Line: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Excel.exe

Working Directory: C:\ Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14

This is assuming we used the default installation directory of Microsoft Excel.

Click Next

7. Now we need to add which Servers will host the Application. Click Add

8. Select Server2.

9. Select the Users or Groups for the Application Permission.

10. Click Next

11. Choose the Application Icon.

11.Click Finished.

12. After publishing, do confirm that the application was published correctly by launching the apps via the web interface.

And that’s it.

So far we have  covered how we can setup Citrix, the Licensing Server, the Citrix Xen App Farm, Web interface and even publishing apps.

Logging is an optional topic which we can cover. Logging keeps track of all the changes made to the Citrix Farm.

Here are the Rest of the Guide

1. Introduction
2. Configuration of the Citrix License Component
3. Installation of the Citrix XenApp
4. Configuring XenApp
5. Setting up the Web Interface
6. Publishing Application
7. Configure Logging

Enjoy!