Configuration

Citrix ADM manages all the Citrix ADC VPX clusters in Google Cloud. Citrix ADM accesses the Google Cloud resources using the Cloud Access Profile.

The following flow diagram explains the steps involved in creating and configuring an Autoscale group:

Prerequisites

This section describes the prerequisites that you must complete in Google Cloud and Citrix ADM before you Autoscale Citrix ADC VPX instances.

This document assumes you possess a Google Cloud account. For more information on how to create an account, see Google Cloud Documentation.

Set up Google Cloud components

Before provisioning Citrix ADC VPX instances in Citrix ADM, do the following tasks in Google Cloud:

1. Enable APIs
2. Create a Service Account
3. Create a VPC network
4. Create a firewall

Enable APIs

Citrix ADM requires programmatic access to deploy and provision the required resources in Google Cloud. So, enable the following APIs on your Google Cloud project:

• Compute Engine API

• Cloud DNS API

• Identity and Access Management (IAM) API

For more information about how to enable APIs in Google Cloud, see Enabling APIs.

Create a Service Account

The Citrix ADM uses a Service Account to access your Google Cloud resources. Do the following to create a service account:

1. Log in to your Google Cloud account.

2. Go to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.

3. Click +CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT.

   Create two service accounts, one service account is used for Citrix ADM. And, another is used for ADC instances. Do the following steps to create a service account.

   1. Specify the name, ID, and description and click Create.

   2. Assign the following predefined roles:

      • IAM roles required for Citrix ADM

         roles/iam.serviceAccountUser
         roles/compute.instanceAdmin.v1
         roles/compute.networkAdmin
         roles/dns.admin
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