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In this blog post I will show you how to upgrade StoreFront 3.15 to version 3.16. There a few things you need to do before upgrading Citrix StoreFront 3.15 to Citrix StoreFront 3.16:
- Make a backup of you existing StoreFront before starting the upgrade.
- Check the issues Citrix fixed in this new release here.
- Check the known issues here and make sure you or your end-users will not be affected by them.
- Do this upgrade in a test environment. This enables you to test your complete configuration and specific customizations you might have.
- RFC2617 section 1.2 defines a Protection Space as the domain over which credentials can be automatically applied. If a prior request has been authorized, the same credentials may be reused for all other requests within that protection space for a period of time determined by the authentication scheme, parameters, and/or user preference.
- Citrix StoreFront is an enterprise app store that improves security and simplifies deployments, delivering a modern, unmatched near-native user experience across Citrix Receiver on any platform. StoreFront makes it easy to manage multi-site and multi-version Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments.
- A complete guide to deploy Citrix StoreFront 3.6 in DMZ with NetScaler Gateway. It’s been a while since CitrixGuru posted a lab article, but we are excited to go in depth with StoreFront once again, this time exploring DMZ implementation. Most large organizations protect their internal network using a DMZ. The purpose of having a DMZ.
- Citrix StoreFront Details. A friendly name for the connector (e.g. Citrix StoreFront), the name will help you identify the connector. This page is only available on “On-demand” connectors. Managed managed packages have an action set that is. This page contains all information.
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From the Virtual Services Add New in the main menu of the LoadMaster UI, select a template that meets your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment. This Virtual Service IP address will be configured for your external DNS record, for example citrix.domain.com 10.1.154.202 which will resolve to a Public IP address where it will be NATed to the Virtual Service IP address.
My 3.15 version of StoreFront is empty because I just started to rebuild my test-lab and then decided to upgrade to version 3.16. You of course may have a complete production environment running on version 3.15 so you have to make sure to test your upgrade before deploying it in production. Please note that StoreFront 3.16 is only supported on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. My StoreFront 3.15 is running on Windows Server 2016.
Citrix StoreFront 3.16 is now part of the new brand new Citrix is using: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7. The new name is part of their cloud strategy branding. You can download Citrix StoreFront version 3.16 as a separate component or download the full ISO of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7. Check the download section of their website here. Let’s get to it then.
If you have downloaded the ISO then start by mounting it using Windows Explorer. Right-click the ISO and then click on Mount.
Browse to the mounted ISO (the DVD drive in Windows Explorer) and double-click on AutoSelect.exe.
The installer will start and automatically detect that there are Citrix components running on the server. It will present you with the option to upgrade them. Click on Upgrade.
Accept the license agreement and click on Next.
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Next you will be presented with a checklist for a successful upgrade. After upgrading StoreFront you have to upgrade other components in this list as well. If you are ready check the box I’m ready to continue. Click then on Next.
The setup wizard will automatically configure the Windows Firewall. Leave the option on Automatically. Click then on Next.
The summary window will be displayed. Click on Upgrade.
When the upgrade starts you cannot cancel it. If you do this you might end up with a broken StoreFront server. Only if you are sure you are ready to continue with the upgrade click OK.
The upgrade will now start. All you have to do now is wait.
After the upgrade is finished you will be presented with the upgrade results. Check the box Open the StoreFront ManagementConsole to continue. Click on Finish.
You can now continue to check your configuration. Mine is empty. In upcoming posts I will show how to configure StoreFront to present desktops and applications to end-users.
This concludes this blog post. In following posts I will show you how to configure StoreFront to deliver desktops and applications. I will also show you how to connect it to Citrix NetScaler so stay tuned. Feel free to contact me of you have any questions or comments.
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A list containing the majority of Citrix StoreFront & Receiver for Web support articles collated to make this page a one stop place for you to search for and find information regarding any issues you have with the product and its related dependencies.
The page is updated daily with new support articles and information. Articles will change from time and if information here is outdated or incorrect please let me know using the comments. Links may also expire or change so if you find broken links, please again let me know. For each issue, known product versions affected are recorded however that does not mean product versions that aren’t listed are not affected.
There is a search box that you can use if looking for a specific fault. For example if you have an error code or error message, use that to perform a search. You can also use your browsers search feature which will perform a search against the whole page based on the words you enter.
StoreFront & Receiver for Web:
| wdt_ID | Brief Description of Issue | Brief Description of Fix | Applicable Product Versions Affected (if known) | Link to supplemental Support Article(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Workspace Control reconnects to only one application session instead of all the disconnected sessions. | This issue currently exists when using Chrome to access Receiver for Web. You must manually click on each disconnected application. | Citrix StoreFront 3.12 to Citrix StoreFront 3.15 and Google Chrome. | |
| 2 | An Active Directory account which is locked out can still access StoreFront if the site is setup using Web API/SDK. If the user tries to access StoreFront 30 minutes after the account is locked out, they are unable to log on. | This happens because StoreFront caches user tokens in order to reduce the amount of requests sent to Active Directory. Try adding a 'UserTokenTTL' DWORD to StoreFront with a value of '1' and restart IIS. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX208901 | |
| 3 | You receive error 'Cannot complete your request from external Access Gateway' and Event ID 7 is logged on StoreFront with error 'The authentication protocols could not be enumerated'. | This is a known issue in StoreFront 2.1, restart the 'Credential Wallet' service. | Citrix StoreFront 2.1. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220096 |
| 4 | During a StoreFront upgrade manual changes to the default.ica file are lost. | This is expected as when StoreFront is upgraded files get deleted and recreated. You need to manually take a backup of any modified files before upgrading. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX226419 | |
| 5 | The Desktop Viewer Toolbar is not available when launching virtual desktops using Receiver 3.1 and StoreFront Services 1.0. | The Desktop Viewer Toolbar is not enabled by default in a StoreFront Services store. Open web.config on StoreFront and set 'showDesktopViewer='True'. In newer versions of StoreFront this can be done via the StoreFront GUI. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131863 | |
| 6 | Favorites applications and desktops do not appear occasionally. | Certificates missing from the Digital Signatures store caused several issues such as favorites not appearing occasionally. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX226277 | |
| 7 | The change password option is shown for administrators but not for normal domain users. | Active Directory is locked down, which is the problem. You need to configure permissions in Active Directory as explained in the CTX article. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225873 | |
| 8 | Attempting to launch an application returns erorr 'Cannot start app'. StoreFront reports 'An SSL hostname is required but non was supplied'. | If you require internal SSL, make sure Delivery Controllers are configured correctly. If SSL is not required, make sure within 'Manage Delivery Controllers' that your controllers are not set to HTTPS. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225849 | |
| 9 | Within the StoreFront console you receive error 'An error occured during the compilation of a resource required to service this request' and 'System.Drawing.dll could not be opened'. | A few folders and files may be missing from the wwwroot folder on StoreFront. Cope the missing items from a working StoreFront server including the 'System.Drawing.dll' file and then run an iisreset. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX220273 | |
| 10 | When upgrading StoreFront from 3.5 to 3.6 you receive error 'An error occurred creating the snapshot' and 'The system cannot find the file specified'. | Open 'Citrix.DeliveryServices.ProtocolTransition.ServiceHost.exe.config' on your StoreFront server and change the version from '3.0.0.0' to '3.5.0.0'. | Citrix StoreFront 3.5. | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX223608 |