Introduction

Citrix Virtual applicationss and Desktops provides virtualization solutions that give IT control of virtual machines, applications, and security while providing anywhere access for any device.The service allows you to manage on-premises data center and public cloud workloads together in a hybrid deployment.

Available resources under Citrix Virtual applications and Desktops are as follows:

• Citrix Site: A site is the name you give to citrix Cloud deployment. It comprises the Delivery Controllers and other core components, Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs), connections to hosts, machine catalogs, and delivery groups.
• Delivery Group: A delivery group specifies one or more machines from a catalog.
• Machine Catalog: A Machine catalog is a collection of virtual or physical machines that have the same operating system type (for example, Windows multi-session, Ubuntu single-session).
• Citrix Desktop: A virtual desktop is a software computing platform with applicationss and data that is accessible from multiple devices and locations over a network.
• Citrix Application: Citrix Workspace application provides users with quick, secure, self-service access to documents, applications, and desktops. Citrix Workspace application provides on-demand access to Windows, Web, and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications.
• Citrix Machine:Citrix Machine Creation Services is a component of the XenDesktop virtual desktop infrastructure platform that IT administrators use to design and deliver virtual desktop images.

Citrix Architecture diagram:

Get Customer ID and Region

1. Login to Citrix Cloud portal.

2. Once you log in, you can find the Customer ID on the right pane as shown below:

   

3. In Profile, navigate to Account Settings.

4. Locate the Region or Data Residency information associated with your Citrix Cloud tenant.

Citrix Cloud Region Mapping

Get Client ID and Secret Key

1. Login to Citrix Cloud portal.

2. Once you log in, on the left pane, click Menu.

3. Click Identity and Access Management. In the Identity and Access Management page, select the API Access tab.

4. In Secure Clients screen, enter the client name and click Create Client as shown below:

   

5. From the create client details page, copy or download the client ID and secret key.

   

Configure the integration

1. From All Clients, select a client.
2. Go to Setup > Account.
3. Select the Integrations and Apps tab.
4. The Installed Integrations page, where all the installed applications are displayed.
   Note: If there are no installed applications, it will navigate to the ADD APP page.
5. Click + ADD on the Installed Integrations page. The Available Integrations and Apps page displays all the available applications along with the newly created application with the version.
   Note: You can even search for the application using the search option available. Also you can use the All Categories option to search.
6. Select Citrix Cloud VDA Service.

7. Enter your account information:

8. Click Next.In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:

   • ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
   • SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.

9. In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select Recurrence Pattern to add one of the following patterns:

   • Minutes
   • Hourly
   • Daily
   • Weekly
   • Monthly

     

10. Click Finish.
    The application is now installed and displayed on the Installed Integration page. Use the search field to find the installed application.

11. After configuring the integration, Citrix Cloud metrics can be viewed from the Infrastructure > Resources page.

Available resources under Citrix CVDA are as follows:

• Citrix Site
• Citrix Delivery Group
• Citrix Machine Catalog
• Citrix Virtual Desktop
• Citrix Virtual Application
• Citrix VDI Machine Image

Supported Metrics

References

https://developer.cloud.com/citrix-cloud/citrix-cloud-api-overview/docs/get-started-with-citrix-cloud-apis