Adding Virtual Services can be both repetitive and prone to error. Progress Kemp have developed a general template mechanism that provides consistency and ease-of-use when creating Virtual Services.

Using templates to set up and configure a Virtual Service is a two-stage process. Initially, you must import the template into the LoadMaster. When imported, you can use the templates when adding a new Virtual Service.

This document outlines the procedure to import the Progress Kemp Citrix Virtual Apps or Desktops template and configure it to control the flow of browser traffic and Citrix Workspace/Receiver traffic. The template creates Virtual Services, Secure Listeners, and content rules.

The downloaded template file contains the following templates:

  • Citrix StoreFront Gateway - With HTML5: Handles Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops traffic including Citrix StoreFront Gateway, HTTP redirect, and Connection Server VDI Listeners. Listener decrypts and forwards to VDI on ICA port 2598 or HTML 5 on port 8008.
  • Citrix StoreFront Gateway - Without HTML5: Handles Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops traffic including Citrix StoreFront Gateway, HTTP redirect, and Connection Server VDI Listeners. Listener decrypts and forwards to VDI on ICA on port 2598.

  • Citrix StoreFront Gateway - VDA-Encryption: Handles Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops traffic including Citrix StoreFront Gateway, HTTP redirect, and Connection Server VDI Listeners. Listener decrypts and re-encrypts to VDI on ICA port 443 or HTML 5 on port 443.

  • Citrix StoreFront Internal: This template handles internal StoreFront connections. No rewriting of the ICA file occurs. The majority of this document covers external configurations. For further details on internal configurations, refer to the Citrix StoreFront Internal Configuration section.