Citrix Systems Network Router NETSCALER 9.3 User Manual

The following figure illustrates a basic Web interface session.

Following is a typical set of interactions among a user device, a NetScaler running the
Web interface, and a server farm.

1. A user authenticates to the Web interface through a Web browser or by using the

XenApp plug-in.

2. The Web interface reads the user's credentials and forwards the information to the

Citrix XML Service running on servers in the server farm.

3. The Citrix XML Service on the designated server retrieves from the servers a list of

resources that the user can access. These resources constitute the user's resource
set and are retrieved from the Independent Management Architecture (IMA) system.

4. The Citrix XML Service then returns the user's resource set to the Web interface

running on the NetScaler.

5. The user clicks an icon that represents a resource on the HTML page.

6. The Web interface queries the Citrix XML Service for the least busy server.

7. The Citrix XML Service returns the address of this server to the Web interface.

8. The Web interface sends the connection information to the Web browser.

9. The Web browser initiates a session with the server.

The following prerequisites are required before you begin installing and configuring the
Web interface.

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XenApp or XenDesktop farms are set up and running in your environment. For more
information about XenApp, see the XenApp documentation at 

Chapter 6

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