Category: NetScaler

Azure Traffic Manager for NetScaler Gateway Failover

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Azure Traffic Manager is designed to provide traffic routing to various locations based on a ruleset that you specify. It can be used for priority (failover), weighted distribution, performance, and geographic traffic distribution. The failover option is similar to GSLB – and works in a similar way, so I am going to demonstrate that in this post. I’ve started with the following environment already configured: Two Azure Locations (East US and South Central US), with a VPN between the sites […]

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GSLB for NetScaler Gateway across Azure Locations

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In this post I’ll be going through how I have configured GSLB for NetScaler Gateway in Azure, and the various elements required for this type of configuration. Firstly – I began by setting up the background infrastructure to demonstrate this test. Namely, 2x Active Directory DCs within two Azure Locations (Eastern US (EUS), and South Central US (SCUS)). These were on a Virtual Network setup for each location, joined with a Site to Site VPN utilizing Virtual Network Gateways. Next, I […]

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Quick Post! – Using NetScaler responder policies/actions and backup vServers to notify users of Service Downtime

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NetScaler, as I am sure you are aware, is a superbly powerful Application Delivery Controller. One of the most useful features is the use of Responder Policies/Actions, and Backup vServers to indicate that a service is down or to provide access to an alternative service for end users. Let’s say – you have a load balancer configured that balances two Web Servers, which you then present for users to access. This load balancer could be configured with monitoring to check […]

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Book Review – “Inside Citrix – The FlexCast Management Architecture” by Bas van Kaam

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Recently I have been reading the excellent “Inside Citrix – The FlexCast Management Architecture” by Bas van Kaam. I wanted to write a quick post up about this book – as it’s well worth a read for anyone working with Citrix Desktop Virtualization products. You can purchase the book here. What I really like about this book is how thorough the sections are – no area is left untouched. Each element of the FlexCast infrastructure is covered, including the history […]

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