Citrix StoreFront Gateway Virtual Service
- Last Updated: April 7, 2025
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From the Virtual Services > Add New in the main menu of the LoadMaster UI, select a template that meets your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment.
This Virtual Service IP address will be configured for your external DNS record, for example citrix.domain.com 10.1.154.202 which will resolve to a Public IP address where it will be NATed to the Virtual Service IP address. Enter the Virtual Address and click Add this Virtual Service.
The Citrix StoreFront Gateway Virtual Service consists of either two, three, four, or five SubVSs depending on the selected template. These SubVSs are used to authenticate and rewrite your ICA file. The template also creates multiple Secure Listeners which are used to connect securely to your VDI servers.
Expand the SubVSs section and click Modify on the StoreFront Browser Auth ESP SubVS. Expand the Real Servers section and click Add New to add your StoreFront servers. Select the Add to All SubVSs check box (as shown above) so your StoreFront servers will be added to all SubVSs.
After Adding your StoreFront servers, update the health check Citrix Store Name URL. Replace STORENAME with the name of your Store. Modify all SubVSs to update the health check URL (as shown above).
On the StoreFront Browser Auth ESP & StoreFront Workspace-Receiver Auth ESP SubVS, update the ESP Options settings of SSO Domain, Allowed Virtual Hosts, Logoff String and Form Authentication Path. For the Logoff String and Form Authentication Path, replace STORENAME with your StoreFront name (as shown above).
For non-ESP deployments, simply update your health check URL in each SubVS.
Logoff String: /Citrix/STORENAMEWeb/Authentication/Logoff
Form Authentication Path: /Citrix/STORENAMEWeb/PostCredentialsAuth/Login