The following content is a brief and unofficial prerequisites guide to better understand Citrix Cloud, Connector technology and the overall architecture required to setup, configure and test delivering virtual apps and desktops powered by XenApp & XenDesktop Service prior to deploying in a PoC, Pilot or Production environment by the author of this entry. The views, opinions and concepts expressed are those by the author of this entry only and do not necessarily conform to industry descriptions or best practises. The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Citrix.<\/p>\n
Shortened Names<\/strong> The Three Primary Cloud Types (Draft Section)<\/strong> Public Cloud<\/u><\/i> is whereby a ISP provides you with SPLA licensing (OS, Application, Service), compute, storage and network capabilities which in turn enables you to create your very own VM instances running in a virtual datacentre on the ISP’s h\/w and example providers may include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform e.t.c<\/p>\n Private Cloud<\/u><\/i> is where you the organisation owns there own OS, Application or Service licenses as well as the physical hardware that allows you to create your own VM instances within your virtual datacentre. In this scenario the h\/w is could (a) be purely Colocatied (Colocation) at ISP with or without managed services over and above the Colocation and example providers could include Rackspace, Qubems, Peer1 or (b) your h\/w is hosted within your own custom and purpose built data centres facility or comms room dependant upon the organisations size and IT\/Technology requirements.<\/p>\n Hybrid Cloud<\/u><\/i> is when public and private clouds are connected securely over a IPSec R\/A, L2L or SSL VPN connection.<\/p>\n What is and how Citrix Cloud works<\/strong> If I have not technically explained what is and how Citrix Cloud works successfully then please feel free to watch the below embedded YouTUBE video.<\/p>\n Please note that Citrix Workspace Cloud<\/i> is now know as Citrix Cloud<\/font><\/u><\/b>
\nHIGH-AVAILABILITY – h\/a
\nXENAPP \u2013 xa
\nXENDESKTOP \u2013 xd
\nXENAPP\/XENDESKTOP \u2013 xad
\nVIRTUAL DELIVERY AGENT \u2013 vda
\nHIGH DEFINITION EXPERIENCE \u2013 hdx
\nCITRIX CLOUD – cc
\nINFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE – iaas
\nCITRIX CLOUD CONNECTOR – connector<\/p>\n
\nFirstly i’d like to provide my definition of public, private vs. hybrid cloud and in my personal view things like SaaS, PaaS have naturally been spin out or off from IaaS e.g Public Cloud.<\/p>\n
\nCitrix Cloud is an evergreen, managed control plane from Citrix that provides the traditional Citrix management technologies to delivery e.g Virtual Apps & Desktops as Services thereby reducing overhaul management updates & upgrades. This means that Citrix is responsible for the availability of your Citrix management infrastructure in there Control Plane including ensuring that it is on the latest up to day and production version of e.g XAD to deliver DaaS and or virtual apps. Citrix customers and partners are responsible for what is known as a resource location which is where your apps, network and data resides and can exist in a public, private or hybrid cloud deployment scenario and each resource location is securely connected to the control plane using the Citrix Cloud Connector which initiates an outbound HTTPS connection so your completely in control of your apps, network & data within your resource location(s) at all times.<\/p>\n
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