Microsoft Edge on Server 2019/2016 (and Citrix)
KB ID 0001657 Problem In a fit of lunacy Microsoft have called ‘their’ new browser Microsoft Edge, so we can spend the next few months confusing it with Edge. Plus every Google search for GPO settings, error messages etc will all now show search results for the old Edge Browser not the new Microsoft Edge browser! Perhaps the same doofus at Microsoft who called the Exchange sync Active Sync when Microsoft already had a...
XenServer: Enable SNMP
KB ID 0001629 Problem We had to enable SNMP on a XenServer today, I’d never even logged onto one, but it turns out, much like ESX, it’s just a Linux server, at least the good folk at Citrix included nano on there so I didn’t have to struggle with the vi editor! Solution First from the web console ensure that SSH access is enabled > Remote Services Configuration > Enable/Disable Remote Shell. SSH into the host...
Citrix: mac OSX ‘You have chosen not to trust…’
KB ID 0001520 Problem After a colleague deployed Citrix for a customer the other day, they complained that they had a mac user that was getting certificate errors. They had a publicly signed wildcard certificate, but this user was still having problems. After I heard a few “tell him to stop using a mac” comments, I said, “I’m using a MacBook here, would you like me to test it?” The URL opened fine in...
Citrix NetScaler – SSL Offloading
KB ID 0001192 Problem What is SSL Offloading? If you run https services (Note: I say services, this does not have to be a website), the actual security is handled by SSL/TLS, one of the things this does is encrypt the traffic between the client and server. (This is why your online banking and shopping is done over https and not http.) Thats great, but encrypting and decrypting all that traffic takes a lot of processing cycles, if you...
Citrix NetScaler – ‘Certificate is not a server certificate’
KB ID 0001191 Problem While attempting to bind a certificate to a Virtual Server on my NetScaler this happened; Error Certificate is not a server certificate Solution Before you proceed, delete the problem certificate to avoid confusion! I had generated this certificate with Microsoft Certificate Services, and I had made a wildcard certificate like so; Certificate Services – Create a ‘Wildcard Certificate’ Remember if you use the...
NetScaler – SSL Virtual Server State: Down Effective State: Down
KB ID 0001190 Problem When trying to setup SSL Offloading on a NetScaler Virtual Server. I was unable to get the State and Effective State to ‘go green’. Solution If you hit the ‘down arrow’ to the left it will give you a little more information, it also says ‘SSL feature disabled’. Log directly into the appliance and issue the following command; enable feature SSL Hit the ‘refresh’...
Citrix NetScaler – Simple HTTP Site Load Balancing
KB ID 0001188 Problem Here is the simplest load balancing scenario I can think of, I’ve got two web servers, (on http port 80) and I’m presenting them though my NetScaler as an HTTP (Virtual Server). Solution First we add the ‘back-end’ servers. Connect to the management IP of your NetScaler and login > Configuration > Traffic Management > Load Balancing > Servers > Add. Define a name for the...
NetScaler – Locate the Host ID
KB ID 0001187 Problem To apply a license to your NetScaler you need the supply the Host ID to the licensing portal. A quick internet search yielded the commands, but the were not working? Solution Note: If this is a new installation, the username and password will both be set to nsroot. Whatever I was reading, didn’t tell me I needed to drop to shell mode! shell lmutil lmhostid As you can see this ones 0050569d5a96, (which I...