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Implementing NetScaler VPX??? - Second Edition

By : Marius Sandbu
Book Image

Implementing NetScaler VPX??? - Second Edition

By: Marius Sandbu

Overview of this book

With a large demand for responsive websites and availability of services, IT administrators are faced with an ever-rising need for services that are optimized for speed. NetScaler VPX is a software-based virtual appliance that provides users with the comprehensive NetScaler feature set. Implementing apps and cloud-based services is much easier with its increased service performance and integrated security features. This book will give you an insight into all the new features that NetScaler VPX™ has to offer. Starting off with the basics, you will learn how to set NetScaler up and configure it in a virtual environment including the new features available in version 11, such as unified gateway and portal theme customization. Next, the book will cover how to deploy NetScalar on Azure and Amazon, and you will also discover how to integrate it with an existing Citrix infrastructure. Next, you will venture into other topics such as load balancing Microsoft and Citrix solutions, configuring different forms of high availability Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), and network optimization. You will also learn how to troubleshoot and analyze data using NetScaler's extensive array of features. Finally, you will discover how to protect web services using an application firewall and will get to grips with other features such as HTTP, DOS, and AAA.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Implementing NetScaler VPX™ Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Binding the features together


We have three different features that we have gone through, and each of them gives us some functionality, for example, whether we want all the different features to be available to the user at the same time and give the users the option to choose between different features.

Note

An important point to note is that using all these features on the same vServer requires universal licenses for all the users connecting to it. So, in some cases, it may be more beneficial to create two vServers, where you have one for VPN services and one for ICA Proxy.

If we want to have a single web portal where we want to give the users the ability to choose the kind of resource they need, we need to make a change to the default session policy that they use. Under Session Policy, go to the request profile that is bound to it and then click on the Client Experience pane. Here, click on the Advanced button. In the menu, we have an option called Client Choices. By enabling this, the users...