Default Parameters for CtxSFSimTest

Using this test administrators can measure the logon experience of users connecting via Citrix StoreFront. This test emulates accesses to specific resources such as applications/desktops published on StoreFront. In the process, the availability, authentication, and enumeration of each application and/or desktop is reported. These metrics offer insights into certain key factors that may influence a StoreFront user's logon experience. This includes the availability and responsiveness of the StoreFront home configuration, the authentication method, the availability of the ICA file and the time taken to download it, and more! These statistics help Citrix administrators to track the complete journey of a Citrix StoreFront user through the Citrix application/desktop delivery landscape and accurately isolate bottlenecks prior to launching the application/desktop.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the CtxSFRecWebTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• Specify the URL of the target Citrix StoreFront server being accessed in the STOREFRONT URL text box. For instance, you can specify the URL in the following format: http://192.168.9.17/citrix/store.

• Here, provide a comma-separated list of Published resources to be launched in PUBLISHED RESOURCE NAMES. The resource can be an application / desktop. When providing application/desktop names, make sure you provide the same name using which the applications/desktops are displayed in the StoreFront web console. Also, make sure that the User you specify is authorized to launch all the applications/desktops configured in the comma-separated list of Published resources

• To enable you to log into a Citrix farm via StoreFront and launch a resource, provide the DOMAIN, USER NAME and PASSWORD of a user who has the right to launch all the resources specified against Published Resource Names parameter. Then, confirm the Password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• WEB REQUEST TIMEOUT is used to indicate the duration (in seconds) for which this test should wait for a response from the StoreFront for the web request. By default, this is set to 30 seconds.

• Once the above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.