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Demo NetScaler Datastream with SQL AlwaysOn
Is your database application not performing as well as it should? Is your SQL Server running low on resources? Is your application not written to take advantage of SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups or...
View ArticleCitrix Secure Gateway is EOL…Now What?
Is Citrix Secure Gateway really End of Life? Not really…it’s tied to the lifecycle of the latest product that it was released with which would be XenApp 6.5 – which is incidentally the last product...
View ArticleThe blog has migrated!
I’ve been very happy with WordPress – it’s easy to use, has a TON of support behind it and can do just about anything you need it to do. After being self-hosted for a while, I realized that it was not...
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NetScaler Authentication Error – /cgi/selfauth
While I was rebuilding my lab, I ran into an issue when building out my demo Exchange OWA front-ended by NetScaler – the error was pretty generic, I would attempt to access the OWA page, was then...
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Adding an e1000 NIC in XenServer 7
*Note: This is not officially supported – do this at your own risk.* Sometimes, virtual appliances or other random VMs in your lab need a simple, widely supported NIC and just wont boot (or install)...
View ArticleWindows BitLocker text missing
I ran into an issue recently on my Dell XPS 15 running Windows 10 where the BitLocker PIN entry text was missing. I have BitLocker TPM+PIN enabled so at boot or wakeup from hibernation, I am prompted...
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Getting Started with NetScaler IP Reputation
Ever wish that you could just block all network traffic from known bad IP addresses? When you start to think about the logistics of this, it would be nice if you didn’t have to manage it either. If you...
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NetScaler SAML and Okta
These days, SAML authentication is mainstream and web services are expected to support it in some fashion or another; the SAML 2.0 standard is over 10 years old at this point! One of the key areas of...
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Getting Started with NetScaler SD-WAN
I’ve been talking and working a LOT with NetScaler SD-WAN lately – and I noticed that my first post (here) still has the name of Cloudbridge VWAN. If you don’t know what it is, the best way to explain...
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Enabling Horizon View PCoIP Connections via NetScaler
This post is probably not necessary because the configuration is pretty simple and easy to get it working – all you need are a NetScaler running 12.0 code or later, and a view connection server v7.0.1...
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‘Thank you’ to Citrix and the Community
I started my professional technology career as a help desk administrator supporting a small healthcare organization that was still using something that was called Citrix Metaframe XP – it was the first...
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Sophos XG Firewall LTE Backup
I work a good bit from my home office so obviously internet access is pretty important – so important that I have 2 carriers: Comcast via coax and AT&T via bonded pair DSL. As you may also know, I...
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NetScaler nFactor Authentication
In case you hadn’t noticed, lots of web services have been changing how they do authentication lately…maybe you’ve heard of some of them: Google …or Microsoft What is really going on here? The forms...
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Duo Prompt and NetScaler nFactor Auth
Duo Security provides a rich identity management and authentication platform and it is commonly used to enable multi-factor authentication in enterprise networks. Duo is very flexible and has examples...
View ArticlePowershell Duplicate file Cleanup for Plex Camera Uploads
Some time ago, my wife had her phone stolen and we had not setup any sort of backup for the pictures, so a good number of photos and videos of our kids were lost that day. We now both use Google...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Tips for Citrix ADC (NetScaler)
I’ve collected numerous Citrix ADC (NetScaler) troubleshooting tips and commands over the years, so here they are. Note that some of these tools, file paths or methods may have changed over time. Also...
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Home Lab: Migrating from ESX to Proxmox
I recently converted my home lab virtualization environment from vSphere\ESX to Proxmox and documented some of the useful tools and commands I used to do so. A little history My lab environment has...
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Installing Citrix ADC (NetScaler) on Proxmox
A few days ago, I did a thing and one of the first issues I had was getting a NetScaler (Citrix ADC) appliance up and running on the new host…because, you know….priorities. This scenario is certainly...
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Go Home Android Discover, You’re Drunk
OK Google: We need to talk. I’ve used and loved Android OS phones for a LONG time now and lately, I really enjoyed the Cards feature in pure Android (Nexus, Pixel, etc). But unfortunately, you changed...
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Site Local GSLB with Citrix ADC
If you know anything about GSLB, you likely know that it is nothing more than a DNS trick that allows you to programatically return an IP (or CNAME) for a name based on service health or proximity to...
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