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NetScaler / Citrix ADC Integration

Connect NetScaler (Citrix ADC) devices via the NITRO API — discovery, HA pairing, SSL certificates, and on-demand configuration backups.

Overview

NetScaler / Citrix ADC sits in the same ADC — HA Pairs vendor category as F5 BIG-IP, Kemp, A10, and Radware Alteon in the Add Device picker. Versus connects using the NITRO API — the native REST interface built into every NetScaler appliance — to discover configuration and pull certificates, and it can trigger on-demand configuration backups from the device detail page.

1Add a NetScaler device

From Versus Platform → Inventory → Device Inventory, click Add Device and fill in:

  • Management IP — the NetScaler's NSIP (not a SNIP or VIP)
  • Vendor — select Citrix NetScaler from the ADC — HA Pairs group
  • NITRO API Credentials — username and password; the field label changes to reflect NetScaler's NITRO API specifically

Click Discover Device to validate credentials before the device is saved.

Add Device form with Citrix NetScaler vendor selected
Add Device — Citrix NetScaler selected; the credential fields relabel to NITRO API Credentials
2Devices in inventory

This demo tenant has two NetScaler appliances, an active/standby pair, both tagged ADC in the Device Inventory list alongside the F5 BIG-IPs:

Device Inventory list filtered to NetScaler
Device Inventory, filtered to 'netscaler' — netscaler-1 (active) and netscaler-2 (standby)
3Device detail — Import History and Backups

A NetScaler's device detail page is organized differently from an F5's. Instead of a License/Upgrade/Vulnerabilities tab set, it shows:

  • Import History — a log of each discovery run with object counts (virtual servers, service groups, members, servers, certificates) and any per-run errors
  • Backups — every NITRO configuration archive Versus has pulled from this device, each with Inspect, download, and delete actions, plus a Create Backup button to trigger a fresh one on demand
NetScaler device detail page showing Import History and configuration Backups
netscaler-1 device detail — Import History (object counts per sync) and a running list of on-demand config backups
4Certificates

NetScaler certificates appear in the same cross-device Certificates view as F5 certificates — each row's Device column identifies which NetScaler (or BIG-IP) it came from, so auditing expiry across a mixed F5/NetScaler estate doesn't require switching screens.

Certificates list showing entries from both F5 BIG-IP and NetScaler devices
Certificates — the last two rows (ns-server-certificate, ns-sftrust-certificate) come from netscaler-1, alongside bigip1's certs in the same list
NoteHA pairing for NetScaler is not auto-linked into a single HA-group record the way F5 BIG-IP pairs are —netscaler-1 and netscaler-2 are two independent inventory entries whose HA column happens to show active / standby, reported per-device rather than as a linked pair object.

Quick Reference

ItemDetails
Vendor categoryADC — HA Pairs (alongside F5 BIG-IP, Kemp, A10, Radware Alteon)
ProtocolNITRO API over HTTPS
Credential labelNITRO API Credentials
Management addressNSIP — not a SNIP or VIP
DiscoveredVirtual servers, service groups, members, servers, SSL certificates (per Import History counts)
Config backupsSupported — on-demand Create Backup plus a retained list of prior NITRO archives, each individually inspectable
HA pairingEach unit reports its own active/standby role; not auto-grouped into one HA-pair record like F5 BIG-IP
CertificatesShown in the shared Certificates view, cross-linked by device
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