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Configuration of LBVIP

The document discusses configuring load balancing on a NetScaler Application Delivery Controller. It describes the typical traffic flow through an ADC and provides steps to add backend servers, create a service, and configure a virtual server for HTTP load balancing.

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Configuration of LBVIP

The document discusses configuring load balancing on a NetScaler Application Delivery Controller. It describes the typical traffic flow through an ADC and provides steps to add backend servers, create a service, and configure a virtual server for HTTP load balancing.

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Configuration of LBVIP

The NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) is a Citrix® Systems core


networking product. ADC improves the delivery speed and quality of applications for an
end user. The product helps business customers perform tasks such as traffic
optimization, L4-L7 load balancing, and web app acceleration while maintaining data
security.

Introduction
NetScaler ADC monitors server health and allocates network and application traffic to
additional servers for efficient use of resources. It also performs several kinds of
caching and compression. It can be used as a proxy server to process Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) requests instead of servers (SSL offloading).

This blog covers the basic Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) site load balancing
configuration.

Typical load balancing traffic flow


The following steps comprise the typical load balancing traffic flow for NetScaler:

1. A user enters a URL into their browser.


2. The URL's Domain Name Server (DNS) record points to one of the public Virtual Internet
Protocols (VIP) on NetScaler and identifies the traffic's protocol (such as HTTP port 80 traffic).
3. NetScaler then passes that traffic to one of the servers in the server pool, based on the
balancing method defined (such as round robin, persistence, and so on).
4. The servers send back the page or application that the user requested by using a Load
Balancing Virtual IP (LBVIP).
5. The LBVIP routes the traffic to the Internet by setting the source to LBVIP.
6. The web page or application displays on the user computer.
The following image shows this traffic flow:
Login to your citrix device with your credential
Configuration
To configure NetScaler load balancing, perform the following steps:

ADD BACKEND SERVERS


To add the backend servers, perform the following steps:

1. Connect to the management IP of your NetScaler.


2. Select Login > Configuration > Traffic Management > Load Balancing > Servers.
3. Click Add.

4. Choose a naming convention for the first server and enter its IP address. This example
uses `shadtest`. As shown below
5. Click Create.
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the other backend web servers.
CREATE A SERVICE
To create a service, perform the following steps:

1. Group these servers together in a service configuration by choosing Traffic Management > Load
Balancing > Service.
2. Click Add.
3. Name the service and select existing server than specify port.
4. Click OK.
CREATE A VIRTUAL SERVER
To create a virtual server, perform the following steps:

1. Create a virtual server by choosing Configuration > Traffic Management > Load Balancing >
Virtual Servers.
2. Click Add.
3. Give the virtual server a name.
4. Set the protocol to HTTP.
5. Specify the IP address, which should be the VIP that NetScaler presents to the outside world.
6. Set the port to 80.
7. Click OK.
8. Add the previously created group by clicking No load balancing Virtual Servers Service
Binding and click Select.
VIP configuration done now

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