Citrix ADC / NetScaler IPv6 Black and Whitelist

In this blog post from begining 2020 I created a black and white list for IPv4. Here is an update to achieve the same but then for IPv6. If you dont have IPv6 running already read this post 😉  Note 1: The defaults are just for example and you need… Continue reading

Enabling IPv6 on Citrix ADC and create simple IPv6 to IPv4 proxy

I’m seeing more and more IPv6 implementations in the wild. And even IPv6 only Citrix ADC gateways. I decided to write this blog post to get a head start how-to enable IPv6 and create a simple IPv6 load balancer (with IPv4 backend service) on the Citrix ADC. First we need… Continue reading

Cleaning up VM SnapShots on Nutanix without breaking Citrix MCS

When you are running Citrix VADs on a Nutanix HCI environment you are one of the lucky ones having an awesome infrastructure. (Or when you are not happy about it give me a call/email, and I make sure you will be happy again). The only thing is all those snapshots… Continue reading

PowerShell script to detect CWA version and notify end user

Update 10-05-2021: Updated the script to include XenApp sessions as well. And removed some typo’s. If you are running Microsoft Teams in a Citrix environment you know you need to have the correct version of the Citrix Workspace App (CWA). If the version is to old users don’t have an… Continue reading

Random background in StoreFront and NetScaler logon pages

Perform the following steps to get a random background picture on the StoreFront and NetScaler logon page. For a demo visit https://portal.tyl.nl and refresh the page a couple of times. StoreFront: First we start by gathering all the background pictures you want (dont forget copyrights) ; Upload the pictures to… Continue reading

Harden on-premises XenMobile appliance(s)

The Citrix XenMobile (Citrix Endpoint Management) on-premises appliance comes default with no hardening. This means that running SSLLabs against the mdm ssl_bridge you will get the following score: As you can see not the best setup 😉 I noticed that a lot of XenMobile, on-premises, environments aren’t hardend. So here… Continue reading