Citrix Day 2013: Self-Service Desktops NetScaler Integration

October 2013

Self-Service Desktops

NetScaler Integrationwith CloudPlatform and CloudPortal

Christian Ferber, Systems Engineer Cloud Infrastructure

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People

VIRTUALIZATION

CONNECT

BRIDGE

NetScaler

CONNECT

BRIDGE

NetScaler

Other Clouds

BUILD CONNECTCONNECT

Compute StorageNetwork

CloudPlatform

CloudPortalBusiness Manager

CloudBridgeCloudGateway

XenServer KVM OVMHyper-VvSphere

Citrix Cloud ProductsDELIVER SERVICES

CloudPortalServices Manager

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• Simple, turn-key cloud IaaS orchestration

• Deliver every application workload

• Best enterprise cloud foundation

• Amazon style operations and scale

• Open, flexible architecture

powered by Apache CloudStack

The only future-proofed, application-centric solution proven to orchestrate both existing and cloud-native

application workloads

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Simply Cloud Services Management

Empower Users with Self-Service

Deliver Anything-as-a-ServiceCloud services delivery platform for

self-service IT that enables the

journey to IT-as-a-Service

Business Manager

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Storage-as-a-Service

Platform and Application-as-a-Service

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

CloudPortal Business Manager 2.1

Service Connectors

Apache

CloudStack

Desktops-as-a-Service

Windows

Desktops

Connectors

provided

by Citrix

Connectors

provided

by Partners

Developers

Cloud Admins

Discovery

Service

Catalog

Billing

Chargeback

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Business Manager

Self-Service Desktops on

CloudPlatform

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Why not combine both?

Secure Access to Desktop

HDX Performance

User Brokering

…

VM market place

VM assembly

User VM control

Scalability

…

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Where do self-service desktops on

CloudPlatform fit?

• Dedicated desktopsᵒ persistent (CCP deployed)

ᵒ Non-persistent (PVS-on-CCP deployed)

• Requirement for end user self service

• VM control beyond pure power management

• Chargeback and billing for dedicated desktops

Examples self-service functions:

Select OSSelect VM performance (CPU, memory,…)Select network to deploy inAttach isoReset VMSnapshot (Campo)Add data disk…

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Citrix Products

Receiver

• HDX access to desktops through

Receiver

• Single pane of glass for user to access all

Windows virtual desktops

XenDesktop

• Provision desktops to Receiver

• Single pane of glass for admin to manage

all Windows virtual desktops

CPBM

• Single pane of glass for user to self-

service request and manage both

desktop and IaaS resources (ITaaS)

• Approval workflow and chargeback

CloudPlatform

• Resource sharing

• Self-service on-demand desktop VM

provisioning and lifecycle management

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Self-Service Desktops Solution

Request

&

Manage

Desktop

Use

Desktop

Windows

Desktops

WebApp

Sync Service

Desktop

CPBM connector for self-

service desktopsAdds web shop and billing functionality

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CloudPortal Business Manager 2.1

Windows Desktops Connector

Desktops-as-a-Service

Windows

Desktops

Connectors

provided

by Citrix

Developers

Cloud Admins

Discovery

Service

Catalog

Billing

Chargeback

Self-Service

Au

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Users and

Customers

Business Manager

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Self-Service Desktops Solution

incl. billing with CPBM Connector

Request

&

Manage

Desktop

Use

Desktop

Business Manager

Windows

Desktops

WebApp

Windows Desktops

Connector

Sync Service

Desktop

CloudPlatform

NetScaler Integration

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CloudPlatform NetScaler Integration

• CloudPlatform can address NetScaler load balancing functionality

• Supports MPX, VPX, SDX

• Static NAT, Elastic IP and Elastic LB supported in basic zone

• Dedicated or shared device for accounts/domains

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Virtual Router*

VM3 VM4

Guest Network

Basic Zone with Elastic IP Example (Simplified)

Physical Router

Internet

* DHCP only

VM1 VM2

192.168.1.55 192.168.1.29 192.168.1.33 192.168.1.22

Router acts as DHCP/DNS Server for the Zone

Public NetworkCIDR: 72.20.15.x

Public IP (Elastic)

Guest IP VM

72.20.15.12 192.168.1.55 VM1

72.20.15.13 192.168.1.29 VM2

72.20.15.14 192.168.1.33 VM3

72.20.15.15 192.168.1.22 VM4

Example of Elastic IP table

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Virtual Router*

VM3 VM4

Guest Network

Basic Zone with Elastic LB Example (Simplified)

Physical Router

Internet

* DHCP only

VM1 VM2

192.168.1.55 192.168.1.29 192.168.1.33 192.168.1.22

Router acts as DHCP/DNS Server for the Zone

Public NetworkCIDR: 72.20.15.x

Public IP ( AKA Virtual IP - VIP)

Guest IP VM

72.20.15.12 (port 80)192.168.1.55:80 VM1

192.168.1.29:80 VM2

72.20.15.14 (port 443)192.168.1.33:443 VM3

192.168.1.22:443 VM4

Example of Elastic LB table

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Share ModeN tenants share a MPX

Isolation Mode1 tenant per VPX

Mixed ModeTenants mix & match on

SDX

Tenant 1

Tenant 2

Tenant 3

Multi-tenancy Examples

NetScaler Models and Multi-Tenancy

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NetScaler Autoscale for CloudPlatform

• Scales Up/Down VM infrastructure on-demand

• Makes use of CloudPlatform API’s

• Simple GUI to configure and set policies

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NetScaler Autoscale for CloudPlatform

• Min/Max Nodes

• Scale Up/Down Policy

• Misc Settings

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NetScaler Autoscale for CloudPlatform

• Min/Max Nodes

• Scale Up/Down Policy

• Misc Settings

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