Friday, January 31, 2014

Steps to install and configure XenDesktop 7.1 and publish Application.



I am a big fan of installing and testing software on my laptop.

Check feasibility for different set of environments.

I have windows 7 64 bit laptop on which I have installed VMware Workstation.

Infrastructure requirements:-

1:- Installed windows 2003 machine , Install role  DC and DNS Domain name “dc.com”. 

Reason for choosing Windows 2003 as it takes less memory and CPU.

2:- Installed Two Windows 2008 R2 SP1 machines named as xend7 and xendapp

Once the installation of OS is complete Enable Remote Desktop

Disable Windows Firewall.

3:- Join server in Domain.

Once server is up mount xendesktop7.1 iso on xend7 machine and start installation.

4:-  It will automatically start the installation of .NET 3.5 SP1

 










 5:- Click on Start















6:- Click on Delivery Controller , you can see that Virtual Delivery Agent for Windows Desktop OS is greyed out, as it is not and desktop OS.

















7:- Accept License Agreement and click on Next
















8:- As I have limited number of servers so I will be installation all the core components on one server ie xend7. Click Next. 














9:- it will automatically install SQL server 2012 as a Database for store front and Delivery controller. Click Next














10 :- Click Next














11:- Click Install














12:- Click Finish














13:- It will launch Citrix Studio and click on Create Site.













14:- Select  “Configure the site and start delivering application and desktops t  users”  and Enter site Name like  I entered xend. Click Next













15:- It will automatically choose the Database location and Database name. Click Next.















16:- Click Ok.













 17:- As I have downloaded Evaluation license , so I will be selecting  “ use the free 30-day trail” and click Next. 


 











18:- I don’t have any Virtual infrastructure like Hyper –V,  Xenserver or Vmware, so I select None and click Next.














19:-I don’t have any App-v server so I select No and click Next.














20:- Click Finish.


















20:- On XENDAPP server start the installation of Virtual delivering agent for window server OS, It will automatically start the installation of .NET 3.5 SP1.











 










21:- Click on Start.















22:- Click on Virtual Delivery Agent for Windows Server OS.

















23:- Select  “ Enable connections to server machine” and click next.














24:- It will install Virtual Delivery Agent and Citrix Receiver , click Next

 


25:- Enter the Name of Controller address, in this case its “xend7.dc.com”, click on “Test connection”.














26:- Click on Add

















27:- Click on Next



















28:- Click Next


















29:- click on Next















30:- Click on Install.





















31:- Click on Close and it will reboot machine.

  


















32:- Once machine is UP it will install all the components and Reboot Machine.

33:- On xend7  server open Citrix Studio Create Catalog










 34 :- Click on Next


  




 











35:- Select “Windows Server OS” and click Next.
















 36:- Select Another Service or technology and click Next.


















37:- Click on Add Computers and Enter the Server Name on which we installed Virtual  Deleviry Agent for Server OS  ie xenappd and click next.































38:- Enter the Machine Catalog Name “ First Catalog “ and click Finish
















39:- Click Finish

















40 :- Click on Delivery Group, Applications and Assign Users.














40:- Click on Next.
















41:- Select First catalog and click on + to add machine.
































42:- Select Applications and click on Next.


















43:- Click on Add users and Enter Domain users for testing purpose. Click Next






























44:- It automatically discover all the installed application, select Notepad and click on Next.






























45:- Enter Delivery Group Name like ” Notepad” and click on Finish.




























46 :- open Webpage like http://xend7.dc.com/Citrix/StoreWeb.


47:- Enter credentials and add application to your Favorite Apps.





















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