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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

Persistency groups


In some cases, you might need to set up a load-balanced server based upon many different ports, and it is possible that a client needs to connect to that particular server using all the different ports. One scenario is RDP Gateway, which uses a mix of TCP 443 and UDP 3389; when an endpoint tries to connect to a server, we need to make sure that the client is redirected to the same gateway server instead of being redirected to another server on the other port. This is where persistency groups come in: they allow us to create a group of persisted connections against the same server.

To create persistency groups, navigate to Traffic Management | Load Balancing | Persistency Groups and click on Add. From here, give it a name and choose Persistency Type, and then add the servers that should be a part of the same group, as shown in the following screenshot: