IT Asset Management
(Cloud)
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Use the following procedure to create a connection to Citrix Cloud on
the FlexNet Beacon. A connection is required to be configured for a single
connection to your Citrix site. The inventory beacon is responsible
for uploading the data to the central operations databases of IT Asset Management.
To create the Citrix Cloud connection in the FlexNet Beacon UI:
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Log into your selected inventory beacon.
Tip: Starting the FlexNet Beacon
interface requires that you are logged in with administrator privileges.
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Add the permitted URLs that are listed on the Citrix DaaS SDKs and APIs page to the
trusted sites on the inventory beacon. Access to these URLs are
required to use the Citrix DaaS Remote PowerShell SDK.
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Start the FlexNet Beacon interface.
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In the navigation pane on the left, select the Inventory
systems page. To create a new connection, click the down arrow
on the right of the New split button, and choose Powershell.
The
Create PowerShell Source Connection dialog
appears.
Tip: The New... button defaults to
creating a connection for Microsoft SQL Server. If you use the down arrow on the
split button, you can choose between SQL Server,
Spreadsheet,
PowerShell, and Other
connections. However, while you are creating a connection to a Microsoft SQL Server
database (regardless of the Source Type of the connection),
use only the SQL Server option.
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Complete the values in the dialog, as follows:
Control |
Comments |
Connection Name
|
A descriptive name for this
connection, such as Citrix VDI Data. The name may contain
alphanumeric characters, underscores or spaces, but must start with
either a letter or a number. When the data import through this
connection is executed, the data import task name is same as the
connection name. |
Source Type
|
Select Citrix Cloud from the list. |
Use Proxy |
Optionally, if you use a proxy server to enable Internet access,
complete (or modify) the values in the Proxy Settings section
of the dialog box in order to configure the proxy server
connection.
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Proxy Server |
Enter the address of the proxy server using HTTP, HTTPS, or an IP
address. Use the format
https://ProxyServerURL:PortNumber ,
http://ProxyServerURL:PortNumber , or
IPAddress:PortNumber) . This field is enabled
when the Use Proxy check box is selected.
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Username and
Password |
If your enterprise is using an authenticated proxy, specify the
username and
password of an account that has
credentials to access the proxy server that is specified in the
Proxy Server field. These fields are enabled when the
Use Proxy check box is selected.
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Customer ID |
Enter the customer ID of the Citrix Cloud account for which you want
to collect the VDI data. |
API Key |
Enter your Citrix Cloud API Key username. The key can provide
programmatic access. You must log into your Citrix Cloud account and
create an API client in order to generate the API Key. See here for more information on
how to get the API Key. |
Secret Key |
Enter your Citrix Cloud Secret Key. Similar to the API Key, you must
log into your Citrix Cloud account and create an API client in order to
generate the Secret Key. See here for more information on
how to get the Secret Key. |
Connection is in test mode (do not import results)
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Controls the uploading and importing of data from this
connection:
- When this check box is clear, the connection is in production
mode, and data collected through this adapter is uploaded to the
central server and (in due course) imported into the database
there.
- When the check box is set:
- The adapter for this connection is exercised, with data
written to the intermediate file in the staging folder
on the inventory beacon (%CommonAppData%\Flexera
Software\Beacon\IntermediateData)
- The immediate upload that normally follows data
collection is suppressed, so that you can inspect the
contents of the file
- The catch-up process that retries stalled uploads,
normally scheduled overnight, runs as usual and uploads
the file to the central server
- At the central server, the file contents are discarded
(and not imported into the central database).
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Overlapping Inventory
Filter |
This control does not apply to the Citrix Cloud adapter, and you may leave it at the default setting.
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Click Test Connection
This will make sure that you can successfully authenticate against the API and
the specified
Customer ID,
API Key
and
Secret Key are correct. Note: a request to log into
the API is part of the test connection.
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In the FlexNet Beacon PowerShell Source Connection dialog, click Save to
save the connection.
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Select your new connection from the displayed list, and click
Schedule....
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In the dialog that appears, select the name of your chosen schedule for
inventory collection through this connection, and click OK.
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At the bottom of the FlexNet Beacon interface, click Save, and if
you are done, also click Exit.
After a successful data import, existing VDI devices and templates, existing
delivery groups and application names where these VDI devices and templates are
installed and what user groups have access to these delivery groups and application
names are all visible in the appropriate pages of IT Asset Management.Note: To know
more about the operations available on the Inventory Systems page of FlexNet Beacon, see the Inventory Systems Page in the online help. For
scheduling data imports through this connection, see Scheduling a Connection,
also in the online help.
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