VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Install, Configure, Manage [V21.x]

1 Course Introduction

• Introduction and course logistics

• Course objectives

2 Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer use cases and benefits

• Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components

• Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and their respective functions

3 Virtual Services Configuration Concepts

• Explain virtual service components

• Explain virtual service types

• Explain and configure basic virtual service components such as application profiles and network profiles

4 Virtual Services Configuration Advanced Concepts

• Explain the virtual service advanced components such as Wildcard VIP, Server Name Identification (SNI), and Enhanced Virtual Hosting (EVH)

• Explain the concept of virtual service VIP Sharing

• Explain different authentication mechanisms used for a virtual service such as LDAP, SAML, JSON Web Token, and OAUTH

5 Profiles and Policies

• Explain application profiles and types such as L4, DNS, Syslog, HTTP, and VMware Horizon VDI

• Explain and configure advanced application HTTP profile options

• Describe network profiles and types

• Explain and configure SSL profiles and certificates

• Explain and configure HTTP, network, and DNS policies

6 Pools Configuration Concepts

• Explain pools configuration options

• Describe the available load balancing algorithms

• Explain multiple health monitor types

• Explain multiple Persistence profiles

• Explain and configure pool groups

7 Modifying Application Behavior

• Design and apply application solutions by using application profiles

• Design and apply application solutions by using network, HTTP policies, and DataScripts

• Explain DataScript fundamentals

• Explain and use NSX Advanced Load Balancer analytics to understand application behavior

• Describe and configure client SSL certificate validation

• Describe and configure virtual service DDoS, Rate limiting, and Throttling capabilities

• Modify network profile properties such as TCP connection properties

• Design and apply application solutions by using Persistence profiles

8 NSX Advanced Load Balancer Infrastructure Architecture

• Explain management, control, data, and consumption planes and functions

• Describe control plane clustering and high availability

• Describe controller sizing and process sharing

• Describe Service Engine CPU and NIC architecture

• Explain tenants

• Configure properties of Service Engine groups

• Explain Service Engine group high availability modes

• Describe and configure active-standby high availability mode

• Explain Service Engine placement in multiple availability zones for public clouds

• Describe and configure elastic HA high availability mode (Active-Active, N+M)

• Explain Service Engine failure detection and self-healing

• Describe Service Engine as a router

• Explain virtual service scale-out options such as Layer 2 (Native), Layer 3 (BGP), and DNS-based

• Describe how to upgrade NSX Advanced Load Balancer

9 Introduction to Cloud Connector

• Explain cloud connectors

• Review cloud connector integration modes

• List cloud connector types

• Review the different Service Engine image types in different ecosystems

10 Installing, Configuring, and Managing NSX Advanced Load Balancer in No-Orchestrator Cloud

• Explain No-Access cloud concepts

• Configure No-Access cloud integration on bare metal

• Explain and configure Linux Server Cloud

• Explain and configure VMware No Orchestrator

• Describe the advanced configuration options available in bare metal (Linux Server Cloud)

11 Installing, Configuring, and Managing NSX Advanced Load Balancer in VMware Environment: Cloud Configuration

• Introduce VMware integration options

• Explain and configure VMware Write Access Cloud Connector

• Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer integration options in a VMware NSX environment

• Explain and configure NSX Cloud Connector for Overlay and VLAN-backed segments

12 AWS Cloud Configuration

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer public cloud integrations

• Explain different AWS components

• Explain and demonstrate AWS public cloud integration

• Deploy VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, SEs, and virtual services in AWS Cloud

• Review Multi-AZ Support for virtual services in AWS cloud

13 GCP Cloud Configuration

• Explain different GCP components

• Explain and demonstrate GCP public cloud integration

• Deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, SEs, and virtual services in GCP cloud

14 Azure Cloud Configuration

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer public cloud integrations

• Explain different Microsoft Azure components

• Explain and demonstrate Azure public cloud integration

• Deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, SEs, and virtual services in Azure Cloud

15 NSX Advanced Load Balancer Enterprise with Cloud Services (Avi Pulse)

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer public cloud services

• Explain different features of NSX Advanced Load Balancer Cloud Services

• Register the controller with Cloud Services

16 DNS Foundations

• Review, discuss, and explain DNS fundamentals

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer DNS and IPAM providers

17 Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

• Introduce Global Server load balancing concepts and benefits

• Explain and configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer infrastructure

• Explain and configure the DNS Virtual Service components

• Explain and configure GSLB Service Engine Group

• Describe and configure GSLB sites

• Explain and configure basic GSLB services to include pools and health monitors

• Describe GSLB Server Load Balancing algorithms

• Explain and configure health monitors based on data plane and control plane

• Describe GSLB Health Monitor Proxy

• Explain GSLB Site-Cookie Persistence

• Explain the different GSLB replication methods

18 Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Introduce local authentication in NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Introduce remote authentication in NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Review the different types of remote authentication

• Explain granular RBAC using labels

19 NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Troubleshooting

• Introduce infrastructure and application troubleshooting concepts

• Describe troubleshooting based on control plane and data plane

• Explain application analytics and logs

• Describe client logs analysis

• Explain headers troubleshooting and packet capture mechanism

• Describe how to use CLI for detailed data plane troubleshooting

• Explain Service Engine logs

• Explain health monitors troubleshooting

• Explain BGP session troubleshooting

• Describe control plane troubleshooting, clustering, and cloud connector issues

20 Events and Alerts

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer events

• Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer alerts

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer monitoring capabilities with SNMP, Syslog, and Email

21 Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer Rest API

• Introduce the NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API interface

• Describe REST API Object Schema

• Explain and interact with REST API interface with browser and command-line utility

• Explain Swagger-based API documentation

• Review the different types of SDKs available in NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Explain and configure VMware Write Access Cloud Connector

• Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer integration options in the VMware NSX environment

• Explain and configure NSX Cloud Connector for Overlay and VLAN-backed segments

• Introduce VMware integration options