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

Outline

Course Introduction

• Introduction and course logistics
• Course objectives

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

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

Virtual Services Configuration Advanced Concepts

• Explain 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

Profiles and Policies

• Explain Application Profiles and types such as L4, DNS, Syslog, HTTP, and 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

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

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 profiles properties such as TCP connection properties
• Design and apply application solutions by using Persistence profiles

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

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

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

• Explain No Access Cloud concepts
• Configure No Access Cloud integration
• Explain and configure Linux Server Cloud
• Explain and configure VMware No Orchestrator
• Describe the Advanced Configuration options available in bare metal (Linux Server Cloud)

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

AWS Cloud Configuration

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer Public Cloud integrations
• Explain different AWS components
• Explain and demonstrate AWS Public Cloud Integration
• Deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, SEs, and Virtual Services in AWS Cloud
• Review Multi-AZ Support for Virtual Services in AWS cloud

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

Azure Cloud Configuration

• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer Public Cloud integrations
• Explain different Azure components
• Explain and demonstrate Azure Public Cloud integration
• Deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, SEs, and Virtual Services in Azure Cloud

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
• Registering Controller with Cloud Services

DNS Foundations

• Review, discuss, and explain DNS fundamentals
• Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer DNS and IPAM providers

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 Service Load Balancing algorithms
• Explain and configure Data and Control Plane-based Health Monitors
• Describe GSLB Health Monitor Proxy
• Explain GSLB Site-Cookie Persistence
• Explain the different GSLB replication methods

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

NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Troubleshooting

• Introduce infrastructure and application troubleshooting concepts
• Describe Control Plane and Data Plane-based Troubleshooting
• 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

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

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 VMware NSX environment
• Explain and configure NSX Cloud Connector for Overlay and VLAN-backed segments
• Introduce VMware integration options
• Explain and configure VMware Write Access Cloud Connector
• Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer integration options in VMware NSX environment
• Explain and configure NSX Cloud Connector for Overlay and VLAN-backed segments

Product Alignment

• NSX Advanced Load Balancer 21.x