A10ADC4.1 - ADC 4.1

Overview

Duration: 2.0 days

Instructs Application Engineers, Development Operations, and Architects on implementing common Application Delivery Control scenarios for A10 ACOS deployments in data center environments.

Objectives

From a three-device ACOS cluster pre-configured with a Layer 2-3 base environment, students deploy these system attributes:

• Layer 4 and 7 virtual servers with associated configuration elements
• Compression, caching, and connection reuse
• Global server load balancing

Students also use device tools that monitor, diagnose, and restore these attributes.

Content

Load Balancing Concepts

• Integration topologies: routed, one-armed, DSR
• L4 SLB options and configurations
• Source IP Persistence
• SLB Source NAT

HTTP Protocol

• L7 HTTP Virtual Server
• HTTP Health Monitor
• HTTP Header rewriting
• Cookie Persistence
• Failover

HTTPS Protocol

• L7 HTTPS Virtual Server
• SSL Off-Load
• HTTPS Redirect
• Certification Creation

ACOS Acceleration

• SSL Offload
• Connection Reuse
• HTTP compression
• RAM caching

Policy-Based Server Load Balancing (PBSLB)

• Built-In DDoS protection
• PBSLB with Black-White Lists and Class Lists
• Access Control Lists

ACOS Troubleshooting & Monitoring

• ACOS Troubleshooting tools
• Session-related commands
• Packet capture
• SNMP for SLB objects
• aXAPI for SLB

Introduction to aFlex

• Purpose of aFlex
• Import and execute aFlex script

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

• GSLB DNS Options
• Server Mode Configuration
• GSLB Policy Overview and Configuration

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

• WAF Options

Audience

• Network Operations (NetOps)
• Development Operations (DevOps)
• Application Engineers (AppEng)
• Network Security (NetSec)
• Architects (Arch)

Prerequisites

A10 Networks Sys Admin Course OR equivalent ACOS CLI, aVCS, and VRRP-A experience.

Certification

This course is part of the following Certifications: