F5 StoreFront XML Broker Monitor
Problem this snippet solves: I successfully was able to manually build a monitor outside of the iApp for Citrix Storefront deployment, that is a little more complex than the original one. How to use this snippet: Just copy and past this into your send string for your monitor. There are a few things that will have to be adjusted, such as the host, the username, and password, and content-length. To find the proper content length, plug in your information that is necessary. Then take the characters between the '<?xml version' and '</NFuseProtocol>' and past them into a text editor. Remove all escape characters such as "\". Highlight the string and if your text editor has the option, it will show you the character count that you selected. This is your new content-length. If the code is executed correctly you will see a list of published Apps, such as Notepad. If you wanted to have a monitor that didn't pass the username and password in clear text, you will need to do so in an external monitor. In my use case, the user permissions were locked down just enough to make the monitor work and that is all. Code : POST /scripts/wpnbr.dll HTTP/1.1\r\nContent-Length: 492\r\nContent-Type: text/xml\r\nConnection: close\r\nHost: hostname\r\n\r\n permissions all ica30 content user password domain Tested this on version: 13.0Citrix and APM Dynamic Webtop NAT Options
Hello, I have a specific question around NAT'ing between the APM, Citrix XML Brokers, and XenApp Servers when our APM is providing a dynamic webtop (No Citrix Web Interface or storefront). What source address will the Citrix Farm see from the APM? The APM will be doing a full proxy (including ICA for citrix receiver). Does changing the VS SNAT(automap, snat pool or none), which links to the access profile, Webtop, and Remote Desktop Profile, change the source IP for any traffic in this scenario? I believe that this is the traffic flow (I'm new to Citrix), but I don't know the source IPs: Client-IP to VS-IP (HTTPS Request and logon webpage) What-IP to XML-Broker-IP (User has been authenticated and APM forwards the credentials to the XML Broker) Depending on Client-Type, the client either sees a webtop with all their links or an ICA file. Client-IP to VS-IP (Requesting a link from the dynamic webtop) What-IP to XenApp_IP (User Application traffic) I know that this is an abbreviated traffic list, but I'm really just concerned with what IP addresses that need to be accounted for in the FW between the APM(Float, Self, or SNAT-Pool) and the Citrix Server Farm. Thanks!