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–Introduction

Installing and Configuring Citrix Xen App. 6.5 on a Windows Server 2008 R2

This guide will be segregated into different parts.

1. Installation of the Citrix License Component
2. Creating Citrix Xen App Database
3. Installing Citrix Xen App
4. Configuring Xen App
5. Setting up the Web Interface
6. Publishing Application – Microsoft Excel
7. Configure Logging

The Virtual Environment

On this guide, we will be using 3 Servers (Windows Server 2008 R2) and 1 Client Machine (Windows 7) . Server 1 will be the Citrix Licensing Server, Database Server and the Virtuallab Active Directory. Server 2 will be the Citrix Xen App Farm and Server 3 will be the Web Front End.

Server Information

Server1	Role: Active Directory / SQL Server 2008 Sp2 / Citrix Licensing
IP Address	192.168.1.200
Hostname	Server1
Subnet Mask	255.255.255.0
Gateway	192.168.1.1
Server2	Role: Citrix Xen App Farm 1
IP Address	192.168.1.201
Hostname	Server2
Subnet Mask	255.255.255.0
Gateway	192.168.1.1
Server4	Role: Citrix Web Front End
IP Address	192.168.1.203
Hostname	Server2
Subnet Mask	255.255.255.0
Gateway	192.168.1.1
Client1	Role: Client (Windows  7 Ultimate)
IP Address	192.168.1.210
Hostname	Client1
Subnet Mask	255.255.255.0
Gateway	192.168.1.1

Ports:

Ports we need to remember for Citrix Xen App

Ports	Protocol	Remarks
1494	TCP	ICA Protocol
2598	TCP	ICA with Session Reliability
2512	TCP	IMA Communication between zones
2513	TCP	Xen App Advance Console
1604	UDP	TCP Browsing
80	TCP	XML Service Port
443	TCP	SSL Communication
8082	TCP	License Management Console
27000	TCP	License Port

Components of the Citrix Farm

· Farm

· Servers

· Licensing

· Data Collector

· Data Store / Local Host Cache

· Hosted Applications / Streamed Application

· Worker Groups

· Zones

Architecture

 

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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