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tolinrome_13817
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusCitrix and APM - Why?
I have F5 in a test environment and thinking of introducing out Citrix environment to run through it, which I have already successfully setup a test environment and for the most part it works.
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tolinrome_13817Nimbostratus
NimbostratusThanks Hamish, I just saw your response. How could the APM replace the web interface server if the Citrix IIS website is on the web interface server? I found some documentation on this website that explains the APM in general terms but I cant seem to find any good ones or a good video that can explain how F5 and the APM can replace, provide better security etc for current Citrix environments. If you know of any please them along.
Hamish
Cirrocumulus
CirrocumulusAPM provides a web interface via javascript that runs on the client browser. After the auth is performed, the javascript runs and requests the information from the XMLBrokers of what apps are available etc (Using the clients credentials). The javascript then renders the list of applications. When you click on one of the app icons on your browser, the javascript sends the request to the APM, which forwards it to the XMLBrokers. The request is interpreted by APM and it creates the .ica file which is sent back to the client for the browser to interpret as it would normally (i.e. by starting the citrix receiver and handing it the ica file).
APM then acts as a proxy for the ICA traffic. The ICA traffic is encapsulated in the TLS to APM and APM forwards it to the xenapp server itself.
