Appliance settings 编辑

The Citrix App Layering appliance is a virtual appliance that uses Enterprise Layer Manager (ELM) technology. The appliance coordinates communication and manages copies of your layers and image templates.

Based on CentOS, the appliance hosts the management console. The console lets you create and manage layers. It also lets you publish layered images using those layers.

You can log into the Appliance Configuration utility to modify the following administrator settings:

• Password
• Network address
• NTP servers
• Time Zone

Note

Appliance settings are not available for editing in Azure.

Before you start

Make sure that:

• The App Layering appliance is running in your hypervisor.
• You have the password for an account with administrator privileges

Log into the appliance using an account with administrator privileges

Using either your hypervisor console or SSH, log into the appliance as administrator. (The first time you log in, you use the default password, Unidesk1) The Appliance Configuration utility opens.

Configure networking (includes Static IP Address option)

You can change the appliance’s IP address and DNS servers. The default DNS settings are retrieved using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

If DHCP is not available and you select Static, you are prompted to enter the IP addresses for your DNS servers.

Note:

If you change your appliance’s IP address, you must Manually register the App Layering agent with the appliance so that the appliance can communicate with the agent.

To change the appliance IP address:

1. Using either your hypervisor console or SSH, log into the appliance as administrator. (The first time you log in, use the default password, Unidesk1) The Appliance Configuration utility opens.
2. At the Action prompt, enter C (for Configure Networking), and press Return.
3. At the next prompt, type D for Dynamic (DHCP) or S for Static. If you choose Static, you are prompted for the IP address and Subnet mask. Also enter the default addresses for the Gateway and DNS server.
4. When prompted, enter Y to save settings.
5. At the Action prompt, enter Q to quit.
6. Restart the appliance.

Synchronize the system clock with NTP servers

You can synchronize the system clock on the appliance by configuring NTP servers. You can specify:

• How many NTP servers you need, with 6 being the maximum.
• Add and remove NTP servers, as needed.

Where possible your existing servers are used as defaults.

1. Using either your hypervisor console or SSH, log into the appliance as administrator. (The first time you log in, you use the default password, Unidesk1) The Appliance Configuration utility opens.
2. At the Action prompt, enter N for NTP servers change, and press Return. A list of your current NTP servers is displayed.
3. At the prompt, specify how many NTP servers you need by typing a number from 0 to 6. 0 - All servers are removed (you receive a warning). 1–6 - You are prompted to accept or replace each of the current servers.
4. For each server, press Enter to accept the current value. Or, enter a new server address (Example: 3.pool.ntp.org). Once the last address is entered, an NTP Server Summary is displayed.
5. Enter S to save the settings.
6. At the Action prompt, enter Q to quit.
7. Restart the appliance.

Change the Time Zone

1. Using either your hypervisor console or SSH, log into the appliance as administrator. (The first time you log in, you use the default password, Unidesk1) The Appliance Configuration utility opens.
2. At the Action prompt, enter T for Timezone change, and press Return. The current time zone is displayed.
3. Press Enter to display available timezones. The time zones listed are in alphabetical order, starting with the
4. Advance through the timezone codes until you see yours: Enter - Advances one line at a time. Page Up Page Down - Displays the next or previous screen full of choices. Or search the timezones: Type Slash (/) and part of the name you are looking for.
5. When your timezone is displayed, press Q to get to the prompt.
6. Type the number for your timezone. The timezone you entered is displayed.
7. Press Enter to complete the change.
8. At the Action prompt, enter Q to quit.
9. Restart the appliance.