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The project

The VirtualDesktopDevops initiative federates community integration efforts to build an highly available, secure, and production grade Citrix XenDesktopTT environment.

Build with Puppet and Powershell DSC configuration management software, the VirtualDesktopDevops modules fully automate the deployment of a Citrix XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR environment including sql server database, delivery controllers, storefront servers, director monitoring interface, and optimized windows 2012r2 or windows 10 vda, making possible to build an entreprise grade Citrix farm in only one day !

It integrates most of the Citrix community best practices available on Carl Stalhood - Filling gaps in EUC vendor documentation, Citrix Guru, and Citrix Support Knowledge center as well as VirtualEngine XenDesktop7 and Storefront Powershell DSC modules.

Puppet modules

sqlserveralwayson : Puppet module installing a fully working Microsoft SQL Server Always On cluster including : SPN creation, SQL server installation and initial configuration, windows failover cluster and SQL Always On Availability Group creation. xd7licenseserver : Module installing and configuring the Citrix and Microsoft licensing servers required for Xendeskop or XenApp enterprise deployment xd7deliverycontroller : Puppet module installing a production grade Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Delivery Controller, including Citrix XenDesktop site creation, high availability configuration, and administrator rights setup. xd7storefront : Install a fully working Citrix 7.x Storefront and a default Store. It provides puppet types configuration of additionnal stores as well as Netscaler Gateways for external access. xd7director : Install a Citrix 7.x Director, which provides citrix deployment monitoring capabilities, and links it to the XenApp/XenDesktop site Delivery Controllers. It configures Director for Kerberos SSO login, enhancing security level and speeding access to the monitoring interface. xd7vda : Install an optimized Windows 2012R2 SBC or Windows 10 VDI Citrix master image ready for Machine Creation Service deployment. wembroker : Install an enterprise production grade Citrix Workspace Environment Management 4.5

Getting started

Step 1 : Install a Puppet Master > 3.8 on your favorite linux distro

On Ubuntu or Debian, enable the Puppet Package Repository. Example on Ubuntu 14.4 Trusty:

wget https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-trusty.deb
sudo dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-trusty.deb
sudo apt-get update

Then, install Puppet on the Puppet Master Server

sudo apt-get install puppetmaster

Step 2 : Configure the Puppet master

Edit the /etc/puppet/puppet.conf file and replace the content with the following code. Change the reporting URL according to your environment.

[main]
logdir=/var/log/puppet
vardir=/var/lib/puppet
ssldir=/var/lib/puppet/ssl
rundir=/var/run/puppet
factpath=$vardir/lib/facter
prerun_command=/etc/puppet/etckeeper-commit-pre
postrun_command=/etc/puppet/etckeeper-commit-post

[master]
# These are needed when the puppetmaster is run by passenger
# and can safely be removed if webrick is used.
ssl_client_header = SSL_CLIENT_S_DN
ssl_client_verify_header = SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY
autosign = false
environment=production
reports = store, http
reportsurl = http://puppet.domain-test.com/reports/upload
trusted_node_data = true
stringify_facts = false

Step 3 : Clone VirtualDesktopDevops modules on Puppet master

Clone all the XenDesktop deployment VirtualDesktopDevops modules using git on /etc/puppet/modules directory

cd /etc/puppet/modules
git clone https://github.com/virtualdesktopdevops/puppetlabs-dsc.git
git clone https://github.com/virtualdesktopdevops/sqlserveralwayson.git
git clone https://github.com/virtualdesktopdevops/xd7deliverycontroller.git
git clone https://github.com/virtualdesktopdevops/xd7licenseserver.git
git clone https://github.com/virtualdesktopdevops/xd7storefront.git
git clone https://github.com/virtualdesktopdevops/xd7director.git
git clone https://github.com/virtualdesktopdevops/xd7vda.git

Step 4 : Create Puppet manifests for your Citrix XenDesktop infrastructure

Create the /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp file.

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