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Application Delivery Control 4

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Course Description

This course focuses on providing users the necessary skills to implement 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.

 

Class Structure

  • Classroom Discussion     40%
  • Lab Exercises     60%

 

Prerequisites

  • A10 Networks SysAdmin Course OR equivalent ACOS CLI, aVCS, and VRRP-A experience

 

Audience

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

 

Outline

TOPICLABTIME (Hours)

Load balancing concepts

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

X3.00

HTTP Protocol

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

X1.50

HTTPS Protocol

L7 HTTPS Virtual Server
SSL Off-Load
HTTPS Redirect
Certificate Creation

X1.50

ACOS Acceleration

SSL Offload
Connection Reuse
HTTP compression
RAM Caching

0.50

Policy Based Server Load Balancing (PBSLB)

Built-in DDoS protection*
PBSLB with Black-White Lists and Class Lists
Access Control Lists

X1.00

ACOS Monitoring & Troubleshooting

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

X1.00

Introduction to aFleX

Purpose of aFleX
Modify, import and execute aFleX scripts

X1.00

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

GSLB DNS Options
Server Mode Configuration
GSLB Policy Overview
GSLB Configuration

X1.50

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

WAF Options

X1.00