System Requirements
System requirements of Citrix VDA for macOS contain both hardware and software aspects. The delivery model is Remote PC Access based on physical Mac devices and the product has been optimized to run exclusively on Apple Silicon. The underlying devices must be within the Apple product families listed below to guarantee support and proper operation.
To ensure access to the VDA from different platforms and be managed as other VDA types, both CWA (Citrix Workspace app) and DaaS version requirements have been specified below.
Supported Hardware Platforms
- Mac mini
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- iMac
- Mac Studio
- Mac Pro
Note :
Intel CPU based Mac devices are not supported.
Supported macOS Versions
Citrix VDA for macOS supports the recent three releases of macOS.
| macOS Name | macOS version |
|---|---|
| Venture | 13.* |
| Sonoma | 14.* |
| Sequoia | 15.x |
Note:
Citrix might be limited in its ability to test all the sub-versions under one major macOS revision.
Network Environment Configuration
- Network configuration generally follows the same requirements as section(s) listed in the article Citrix Cloud.
For both DaaS and CVAD customers
For VDA registration, HTTPS port 443 is open for outbound traffic.
For HDX traffic:
- UDP or TCP port 2598 and 1494 for inbound traffic is open when a session is launched from OnPremises StoreFront internally or from NetScaler gateway externally. UDP or TCP port 2598 and 1494 for outbound traffic is open when a session is launched from Citrix Workspace and Citrix Gateway Service over Rendezvous protocol.
- Proxy configurations are supported. The priorities are taken as the following orders: – Control traffic (VDA enrollment, registration): VDA registry configuration ‑> system proxy setting (from PAC configuration and so on, entries like BYPASS, WPAD,PAC, HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS will be parsed) – HDX session traffic: DDC policy (Rendezvous proxy configuration policy, DaaS only) ‑> VDA registry configuration ‑> system proxy setting (from PAC configuration and so on)
Note:
Currently we recommend enabling only one NIC (Network Interface Card) in the VDA machine.
Citrix Management Plane Requirement
- Existing DaaS subscription: Standard or above
- Existing CVAD subscription
- Citrix for Private Cloud (CPC)
- Citrix Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud (U-HMC)
- Citrix Platform License (CPL)
Citrix Workspace App (recommended)
- Citrix Workspace app 2402 for Windows or later
- Citrix Workspace app 2402 for Linux or later
- Citrix Workspace app 2402 for Mac or later
- Citrix Workspace app 2403 for ipadOS/iOS
- Citrix Workspace app 2403 for Android
- Citrix Workspace app 2408 for ChromeOS
- Citrix Workspace app 2404 for HTML5
Additional runtime libraries needed
Microsoft .NET 8.0 macOS ARM64 build is required. Refer to the installation part for further details. Tech Preview customers, please upgrade .NET 6.0 to .NET 8.0 to use the GA version.