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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