Unable to create Hosting connection when proxy is enabled on the DDC hosted on Azure

Unable to create Hosting connection when proxy is enabled on the DDC hosted on Azure

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Article ID: CTX269542

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Description

Unable to create Hosting connection from DDC hosted in Azure when Proxy is enabled

Resolution

You can remove the Proxy from the DDC and allow temporary internet access , once the Hosting is created , you can edit the Hosting Connection and add the IP:Port to the Hosting connection .

or

On the DDC 

  1. Open File Explorer and navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Citrix\HCLPlugins\CitrixMachineCreation\v1.0.0.0\AzureRmPlugin
  2. Open the file Citrix.AzureRmPlugin.dll.config in your favorite text editor
  3. Inside the <configuration></configuration> element, add the element defined below and save the file. ( IP and port that customer’s proxy has )
  4. Restart all services for citrix on the DDC .

 

<system.net>

  <defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="true">

    <proxy proxyaddress="http://127.0.0.1:8888" usesystemdefault="false" />

  </defaultProxy>

</system.net>

 
please replace :http://127.0.0.1:8888 with your Proxy server and port Information .

Once the Hosting is created , you can add the details under Hosting Unit àConnections.


Problem Cause

Traffic is sent over to Azure Public URLs directly instead of through Proxy .