Deploying Citrix NetScaler VPX on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
TECHNICAL DETAIL DOCUMENT | MAY 2018
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Revision History
The following revisions have been made to this white paper since its initial publication:
Date Revision May 10, 2018 Initial release May 21, 2018 Added Software Requirements section
Overview
This is a technical detail document for deploying Citrix NetScaler VPX to run as a guest image running on top of KVM sitting on Bare Metal, on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Software Requirements
This document was written based on the following software requirements:
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Citrix NetScaler VPX for KVM (RHEL), release 12.0 (Build 57.19+)
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1000 Platinum license
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Oracle Linux 7.4+
Assumptions
This document assumes the following:
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You have a passing knowledge of KVM and some of the core concepts of working with this hypervisor
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You understand the impact of guests sharing block storage devices and can determine how your guests should share storage
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You understand how to install an operating system as a guest or you know how to copy a virtual disk image between systems
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You have a working knowledge of Linux system administration and can navigate your way around Linux and edit files
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You have created a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) within your environment and you have provisioned one or more subnets within this VCN.
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You have provisioned (or know how to provision) an Oracle Bare Metal Compute instance
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Your KVM Host should have access to Internet
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You have access to Citrix NetScaler qcow2 image for KVM. You will have to import this virtual machine image in qcow2 format.
Audience
Customers who want to deploy Citrix NetScaler VPX on OCI
Target Scenarios
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Secure remote access to XenApp, XenDesktop or XenMobile
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General server load balancing