NetScaler is becoming more and more essential in many environments and is often crucial for many of the services it offers. Mastering NetScaler VPX™ is a book that covers many advanced topics, such as optimizing traffic, setting up redundant web services, and integrating with other Citrix products, as well as many best practices.
This book starts out with an easy introduction to the product, what it can offer, and how to do an initial setup on an on-premise deployment.
Later, it goes into some of the more advanced features, such as remote access against Citrix, different VPN features, and optimizing network services.
It also covers features of high availability such as GSLB, redirecting traffic using content switching, and different real-life scenarios and deployments.
Chapter 1, Configuring the Standard Features of NetScaler ®, covers the basic setup of NetScaler, load balancing, and integration with XenDesktop.
Chapter 2, Using the Features of NetScaler ® AppExpert, explains many of the different features found within AppExpert such as deployments of different templates, HTTP callout, rate limiting, rewrites, and responder policies.
Chapter 3, Integration with Citrix ® Components, covers different integration possibilities with products such as Insight Center, CloudBridge, and Command Center.
Chapter 4, Traffic Management, illustrates many traffic management features, such as compression/caching, how to use content switching, and setting up GSLB.
Chapter 5, Tuning and Monitoring NetScaler ® Performances, teaches you how to perform network optimization using TCP and SSL. This chapter also dives into the use of different tools for monitoring performance.
Chapter 6, Security Features and Troubleshooting, teaches you how to set up AAA, the use of security features such as HTTP DDoS, application firewalls, admin partitions, and lastly how you can troubleshoot using built-in tools and Wireshark.
Chapter 7, Real-World Deployment Scenarios, covers many real-life scenarios and shows how we can use NetScaler to set up a solution such as NetScaler Gateway for a small VDI environment, large web services spanning globally, and more.