Deploy a Citrix ADC BLX appliance
Deploying a Citrix ADC BLX appliance on a Linux host consists of first downloading and installing the Citrix ADC BLX appliance. Then, the installed Citrix ADC BLX appliance can be deployed either with or without DPDK support. A Citrix ADC BLX appliance can be configured in either shared or dedicated network mode. A Citrix ADC BLX appliance with DPDK support can be configured only in dedicated mode.
Before you Begin
Before you start deploying a Citrix ADC BLX appliance on a Linux host, the following table lists the pre-requisites and consideration points:
Download a Citrix ADC BLX installation package on the Linux host
Citrix ADC BLX installation packages are hosted on the official Citrix ADC BLX downloads page. A Citrix ADC BLX installation package bundles Citrix ADC feature packages including a package with DPDK support. A Citrix ADC BLX installation package is a TAR file and has the following name format:
blx-<release number>-<build-number>.tgz
Example:
blx-13.0-41.20.tgz
To download a Citrix ADC BLX installation package:
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Access the official Citrix ADC BLX downloads page.
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Navigate to the desired Citrix ADC Release > Citrix ADC BLX image build page.
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Download the Citrix ADC BLX installation package to the Linux host.
Install a Citrix ADC BLX appliance on the Linux host
To install a Citrix ADC BLX appliance on the Linux host:
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Untar the Citrix ADC BLX installation package and then change the working directory to the extracted Citrix ADC BLX installation directory:
tar -xvf blx-<release number>-<build-number>.tgz cd <path to the extracted Citrix ADC BLX installation directory>
Sample output:
The following sample output shows that a Citrix ADC BLX installation package
blx-13.0-41.20.tgz
, which is already downloaded to the/var/blxinstall
directory of a Linux host, is untared. Then, the working directory is changed to the extracted directoryblx-13.0-41.20
.> cd /var/blxinstall > tar -xvf blx-13.0-41.20.tgz > cd blx-13.0-41.20 > pwd /var/blxinstall/blx-13.0-41.20
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Install a Citrix ADC BLX appliance on a Red Hat enterprise Linux (RHEL) host or Debian based Linux host.
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Run the following command on a Red Hat enterprise Linux (RHEL) host:
yum install ./blx*.rpm
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Run the following command on a Debian based Linux host:
apt install ./blx*.deb
Note:
By default, the Citrix ADC BLX appliance is in Down state.
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Check the status of Citrix ADC BLX appliance by running the following command:
systemctl status blx