ADC CLI Commands

install

July 17, 2026

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The following operations can be performed on “install”:

install

Installs a version of Citrix ADC software on the system.

Synopsis

install [-async] [-y] [-L] [-A] [-fipsInstall] [-answerYesToAll [-dontReboot]] [-dontCheckNsConf] [-deleteSigFiles] [-ignoreNsapimgrErrors] [-exitOnLicServerConnError] [-preCheck] [-advancedOptions ] [-ignoreUnsavedConfig] [-ignoreUnsyncedConfig] [-ignorecertcheckerrors]

Arguments

url Url for the build file. Must be in the following formats: http://[user]:[password]@host/path/to/file https://[user]:[password]@host/path/to/file sftp://[user]:[password]@host/path/to/file scp://[user]:[password]@host/path/to/file ftp://[user]:[password]@host/path/to/file file://path/to/file

async Use this flag to return the install id when the nitro api request is sent. The id can be used later to track the installation progress via show ns job command. For the cli request of install the flag is by default set as false as the installation progress details can be tracked via cli

y Do not prompt for yes/no before rebooting.

L Use this flag to enable callhome.

A Use this flag to enable Citrix ADM Service Connect. This feature helps you discover your Citrix ADC instances effortlessly on Citrix ADM service and get insights and curated machine learning based recommendations for applications and Citrix ADC infrastructure. This feature lets the Citrix ADC instance automatically send system, usage and telemetry data to Citrix ADM service. View here [https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/13/data-governance.html] to learn more about this feature. Use of this feature is subject to the Citrix End User ServiceAgreement. View here [https://www.citrix.com/buy/licensing/agreements.html].

fipsInstall Use this flag to perform FIPS installation.

answerYesToAll Use this flag to answer yes to all prompts.

dontReboot Use this flag to prevent reboot after installation when answerYesToAll is true.

dontCheckNsConf Use this flag to skip ns.conf version equivalence check during downgrade.

deleteSigFiles Use this flag to delete all signature files and associated kernel images during installation.

ignoreNsapimgrErrors Use this flag to ignore nsapimgr symbols not found error(s) during installation.

exitOnLicServerConnError Use this flag to exit on license server connectivity errors.

preCheck Use this flag to run all installation pre-checks in a single step

advancedOptions Use this string to pass extra flags which are not yet supported. Example: -flag1 -flag2 -flag3

ignoreUnsavedConfig Use this flag to ignore unsaved config check during build update.

ignoreUnsyncedConfig Use this flag to ignore unsynced HA config check during build update.

ignorecertcheckerrors Use this flag to ignore certificate digest verification errors during build update.

Output

Id Job Id for install process

Example

install http://host.netscaler.com/ns-6.0-41.2.tgz

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July 17, 2026

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