This article explains the steps to add second Citrix Storefront server for the high availability and load balancing (Called Storefront Server Group). Steps are straightforward. In this example, I am working on two storefront servers called Citrix1 and Citrix2. These two servers are already installed with Storefront 2.1 component.
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Login to the Citrix1 ( Storefront #1 server) and
open Citrix Storefront MMC from Start – Programs
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After opening, navigate to the Server Group and Click on “Add Server”, then it will generate an Authorization code
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Then login to Citrix2 ( Storefront #2 server)
and open the Citrix Storefront MMC from Start – Programs
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After opening, navigate to the Server Group and select
“ Join existing Server Group” and enter the first Storefront Server name ( Citrix1)
and Authorization code generated on
above steps then click on join
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As soon as you click on join, it starts adding
to the first Storefront server. When finished, you get message with
confirmation
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To verify the Storefront servers status, on Citrix1
server- Storefront console, you can see both Storefront server details as per
below screenshot
My recommendation is to do any changes to the Storefront
configuration, always perform changes on one server i.e. Citrix1 and propagate changes
to the secondary server by clicking on “Propagate
Changes” tab
These steps are captured on Storefront 2.1 and help to
achieve Citrix Storefront HA. To load
balance traffic between two storefront servers, there are multiple solutions
available like Netscaler, KEMP load balancers, F5 etc..
Refer to this article of you want to load balance Storefront servers using DNS round robin. It's free and easy solution for lab, development and test environments or if your cant afford to buy a paid solution for load balancing.
Refer to this article of you want to load balance Storefront servers using DNS round robin. It's free and easy solution for lab, development and test environments or if your cant afford to buy a paid solution for load balancing.
You can download Storefront software from here.
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Good article short but straight to the point
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Curran Mohan Padake
yes, its correct way for adding store front server...........
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Praveen
Thank you for the article. I have a question regarding adding server2 to a server group after it has been removed from a server group. I had server1 and server2 in a server group. I removed the store from server1 and server2 and recreated the store on server1. Now, on server2 I do not have the Join Existing Server Group option. I only have options to View or Change Stores, and Create Another Store. How do I join server2 to server1?
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