Hello Everyone
I'm Andrew Scott, a pre-sales engineer on the Commercial team at Cloud Software Group. One thing I've noticed in my role is the steady stream of questions and curiosity about NetScaler. To address this, I've created the 'NetScaler Times'. This update aims to provide you with valuable pointers to keep you up to date!
The world of NetScaler is ever-evolving, with builds constantly being refined and enhanced with new features and fixes. What's more, my fellow NetScaler colleagues frequently contribute their expertise through content and web sessions. I'll make sure to include links and dedicated sections for that valuable material.
You can expect a fresh issue every Monday, available on both Substack and LinkedIn. The archives and related posts are conveniently organized into sections here, making it easy for you to explore.
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Agenda for this week:
1. Build status & updates
The details for the various builds have been summarized below, as this helps plan for new releases in your environment. Starting from 13.1 there will be the following:
Firmware will have a 3-year upgrade cycle, where new features are added, called the ‘Feature Phase’.
The ‘Maintenance Phase’ then starts, and it is then supported for another 3 years with bug fixes and security updates.
There will then be 1 year of extended support with security fixes only.
Typically, the guidance for NetScaler & NetScaler ADM build releases is that the Management platform needs to be the same or newer than the NetScaler(s) that it manages. I typically, go with the latest for ADM.
The NetScaler has multiple form factors to support different environments. NetScaler is built on a single operating system with a software-based architecture, so the behaviour will be the same no matter which is used — hardware, virtual machine, bare metal, or container.
Current Build Versions:
NetScaler 13.1-50.23 Firmware updates
The release notes are here:Link
Big ticket items? New NIC driver for SDX appliances, SNMP Updated MIB and some changes to the support bundles.
ADM 13.1-50.23 Firmware updates
The release notes are here:Link
Big ticket items? Looks like stability and bug fixes.
ADM Service updates
The release notes are here: Link
Big ticket items? Customer dashboard updates, Tasks and SSL Cert store changes.
2. Support & Security bulletins
These are the latest articles on the support portal knowledgebase, sorted by modified date. Here is 7 useful articles (IMO). The site is located here.
AWS EIPs don't move after HA Failover if time is out of sync.
AWS EIPs don't move after Failover
Modified: 30 Oct 2023 | Citrix ADC,Citrix Gateway
"Unable to connect to license server"
"Unable to connect to license server". Golly, port issues!
Modified: 27 Oct 2023 | Citrix ADC
How to use HTTPS to access LOM port.
How to use HTTPS to access LOM port.
Modified: 27 Oct 2023 | Citrix ADC
MEP down troubleshooting
Modified: 27 Oct 2023 | Citrix ADC
In SSLVPN environment (no intranet IP setup), macOS Citrix SSO gets IP address 172.16.255.1
In SSLVPN environment (no intranet IP setup), macOS Citrix SSO gets IP address 172.16.255.1
Modified: 27 Oct 2023 | Citrix ADC,Citrix Gateway
How to re-register device profile on Citrix Cloud ADM for the Citrix cloud hosted Netscalers
Adaptive Authentication Netscaler is showing down in cloud ADM. To resolve the same we have to re-register device profile on Citrix Cloud ADM for the Citrix cloud hosted Netscalers. Punchy!
Modified: 27 Oct 2023 | CloudPlatform,Citrix ADC,User Profile Management,Citrix Application Delivery Management
How to find bandwidth consumed by a Virtual Server on Netscaler.
How to find bandwidth consumed by a Virtual Server on Netscaler. A handy doc! It might be even better if they included some ADM options for doing it across an estate of appliances. Maybe one for me..
Modified: 27 Oct 2023 | Citrix ADC
3. NetScaler Community Site
The main site is here, it has tips and helps with your NetScaler setup. Here are four events worth a look at in October. There are recordings of sessions already run there too, so you watch on demand.
Events
NetScaler Live Demo
Showcase the power of NetScaler Clustering!!!!! Yes!!!!!
Americas/Europe/Asia
Wednesday, Oct 04th, 2023 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PST / 5:00 PM CET
For more details click here. You can watch on demand.
Application and Infrastructure health monitoring with NetScaler Observability
Americas/Europe/Asia
Wednesday, Oct 18th, 2023 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PST / 5:00 PM CET
For more details click here, it looks like the recording is still coming for this one.
NetScaler Connect Webinar
Americas Wednesday, Oct 25th, 2023 11:00 AM EDT/ 8:00 AM PST
Europe/Asia Thursday, Oct 26th, 2023 10:30 AM CEST
1. Partner Perspective: “NetScaler, It’s not just for Gateway”- hear directly from XenTegra
2. Support Assist : Endpoint and Non-Endpoint communication
3. NetScaler ADM Updates
For more details click here, it looks like the recording is still coming for this one too.
4. Topical today
I see that Risky Business is talking about some serious impact issues for Citrix Bleed, the CVE from the other week. Naturally, new builds are out, plus there is a blog that offers a lot more details. You can read the NetScaler blog here:Link
You can get the details from Risky Business here
5. Feedback for this newsletter
Naturally, if there is something that you feel should be added/removed or called out, drop me a note; Andrew.Scott@cloud.com. Any mistakes are all mine.
I would be happy to get some feedback on what you could do with seeing more of or what you find hard to set up.
Have a great week!