Citrix ADC 101 – Fundamentals

The following is a collection of basic information about Citrix ADC. From licensing, to the most important commands, to the update procedures that can be performed.

General Information

Here is some basic information about Citrix ADC.

Operating System and Architecture

Citrix ADC is based on the open source operating system FreeBSD. Unlike the very similar Linux, FreeBSD has a modular kernel and Citrix has taken advantage of this to modify FreeBSD’s Bash shell by removing the networking subsystem and replacing it with its own. The modifications were placed in a custom kernel module called NetScaler Core Packet Processing Engine (PPE).

Citrix ADC FreeBSD
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Upgrade to Virtual Apps and Desktops Version 1912 LTSR

On December 18, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) version 1912 was released. Following a little guide to the update to the latest version.

Link to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Documentation

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops EOM EOL Matrix
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Upgrade from Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Current Release

On September 29, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) version 2009 was released. Following a little guide to the update to the latest version.

Link to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Documentation

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Upgrade to Workspace Environment Management Version 1808

A few days ago, Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Version 1808 was published. Below an introduction to WEM and a guide to upgrade to version 1808.

Link to Citrix Documents Site

General Information


Workspace Environment Management is a Performance Management and UEM (User Environment Management) tool from Citrix. It is licensed to all customers with Virtual Apps/Virtual Desktop Advanced and Premium (formerly XenApp/XenDesktop Enterprise and Platinum) Versions, as well as an active customer success services. Workspace Environment Management is a Performance Management and UEM (User Environment Management) tool from Citrix.

WEM Infrastructure
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