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How to activate and understand SKUDONET HTTP(S) profiling timers

SKUDONET Profiling timers When it comes to operationalising your log data, SKUDONET  provides a wide range of information related to...

How to Migrate from SKUDONET 6.3 to SKUDONET 10

Contents1 Intro2 New Features3 Environment3.1 Current Production Environment with SKUDONET v6.3:3.2 New Environment4 Create Backup of SKUDONET v6.3 and Apply...

Ultimate Guide: Sending SKUDONET Logs to Grafana with Loki and Promtail

SKUDONET offers a high volume of information through logs, this information can be stored and used to perform searches, such...

Understanding SKUDONET WAF Logs

Contents1 Introduction to WAF1.1 Benefits and Drawbacks of WAF Logs1.2 Log Configuration and Fields1.3 Log Analysis Tools2 A real WAF...

How SKUDONET WAF Audits HTTP(S) traffic

Contents1 How SKUDONET WAF Audits HTTP and HTTPS Traffic2 WAAP Security in SKUDONET ADC2.1 The Owasp Core ruleset3 Auditing in...

Expect: 100-continue in Modern Proxies

We’ve all been there, uploading a large file, only to have it fail halfway through. Say, uploading a 4K video...

How to load balance Oracle JD Edwards for high availability

Contents1 How to load balance Oracle JD Edwards2 Overview3 Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne4 Before starting to configure the Weblogic replication...

How SKUDONET Transforms a Linux General Purpose OS into a Networking Powerhouse

Contents1 Introduction2 Summary of Our Simple LAB3 Test 1: Debian 10 with SKUDONET HTTP(S) Proxy4 Test 2: SKUDONET Application Delivery...

How to migrate ZEVENET 6 to SKUDONET 6.3

Contents1 A brief SKUDONET introduction2 Overview3 Checklist before migrating4 Execute the migration script A brief SKUDONET introduction ZEVENET was a...

How to keep SKUDONET Application Delivery Controller appliances up-to-dated

Contents1 Overview2 Architecture3 Configuration Procedure4 Applying package updates and hotfixes5 Offline updates6 Considerations7 Compatibility and Security Overview The goal of...

Load Balancer Optimization: DSR Implementation

Contents1 Introduction2 DSR Communication Flow3 Why Use DSR For Your Network Infrastructure4 SKUDONET Configurations for Linux and Windows backend servers4.1...

Content Switching: Traffic Routing for Business Growth

Contents1 Introduction2 Content switching forms.3 Path-Based Traffic Routing: Customizing User Experience.4 Step-by-step guide: path-based content switching with SKUDONET ADC.4.1 Network...

How Priority Algorithm works

Contents1 What is Priority used for1.1 Backend Priority setup in L4 Farms1.2 Backend Priority setup in L7 Farms with New...

Load Balancer Installation in OpenStack

OpenStack as an open-source cloud computing infrastructure software enables users to create and manage resources, networks, and virtual machines. As...

Discover how to implement WAAP – WEB Application and API Protection with SKUDONET

Contents1 What are a WEB Application and API Protection (WAAP)2 Why A WAAP is required3 Which features a WAAP can...

How to migrate ADC configurations from Sangfor to SKUDONET

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic Concepts4 Example configurations: IPSEC VPN4.1 Sangfor configurations4.1.1 Create VPN Interface4.1.2 Create Basic Configurations4.1.3 Add Local Users4.1.4...

How to Migrate from Brocade ADC to SKUDONET ADC

Contents1 Migrate from Brocade ADC to SKUDONET ADC. Overview2 Prerequisites. Broadcom’s Traffic Manager3 Basic Concepts4 Example configurations: High Availability5 Brocade configurations6...

Configurations: ADC Migration from Barracuda to SKUDONET

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic Concepts4 Example configurations: Session persistence4.1 Barracuda Configurations4.2 SKUDONET Configurations5 Example configurations: Content rules(Header Rewrites)5.1 Barracuda Configurations5.2...

How to Migrate configurations from Radware to ZEVENET ADC

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic Concepts4 Example Configurations: DDoS and API Protection4.1 RADWARE configurations4.1.1 Configure the Network4.1.2 Create a BDoS Profile4.1.3...

How to migrate ADC services from Fortinet to SKUDONET

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic Concepts4 Example configurations: Link load balancing4.1 Fortinet configurations4.1.1 Add Gateway Links4.1.2 Add a Link Group4.1.3 Add...

ADC Migration from Microsoft Azure to SKUDONET

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic concepts4 Example configurations: DDoS Protection4.1 Microsoft Azure configurations4.2 SKUDONET Configurations5 Example configuration: Monitoring and Alerts5.1 Azure...

Migrate Your Load Balancer From AWS ELB to SKUDONET ADC

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic Concepts4 Example Configurations: SSL certificates4.1 Configuring a self-signed SSL cert for use on AWS4.2 Configuring a...

How to transfer ipvsadm settings from LVS to SKUDONET ADC

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisite3 Basic Concepts4 Example configurations: SNAT mode4.1 Ipvsadm configurations4.2 SKUDONET configurations5 Example configurations: DSR mode5.1 Ipvsadm configurations5.2 SKUDONET...

Advancing Loadbalancer.org services with SKUDONET ADC

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic concepts4 Example configurations: GSLB configurations4.1 Loadbalancer.org configurations4.1.1 Add members4.1.2 Add Pools4.1.3 Add Topology4.2 SKUDONET configurations4.2.1 Add...

Migrating ADC services from Citrix Netscaler to SKUDONET

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic concepts4 Example configurations: Highly Availability4.1 Netscaler configurations4.2 SKUDONET configurations4.3 SKUDONET configurations5 Additional Resources Overview Application delivery...

Layer 4 and Layer 7 Virtual Server Configuration

Contents1 Creating a layer 7 Farm1.1 VLAN setup1.2 Next: Virtual Interface setup1.3 Next: Add a Virtual server(LSLB farm)1.4 Next: Add...

Migrating From Haproxy to SKUDONET ADC

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic Concepts4 Example configuration: SSL offloading and Use of Ciphers4.1 HAproxy configurations4.2 SKUDONET configurations5 Example configurations: HTTP...

Migrating from Nginx Load balancer to SKUDONET ADC

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic concepts4 Example configurations: Enabling Sticky sessions4.1 Nginx configurations4.2 SKUDONET configurations5 Example configurations: creating redirect rules5.1 Nginx...

How to migrate ADC services from F5 Big-IP to SKUDONET

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic concepts4 Example configuration: Conditional Redirection4.1 BIG-IP configurations4.2 SKUDONET configurations5 Example configuration: DNS load balancing5.1 BIG-IP configurations5.1.1...

How to Migrate ADC services from Snapt Nova to SKUDONET

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic concepts4 Example configurations: SSL Termination4.1 Snapt configurations4.2 SKUDONET configurations5 Example configurations: Firewall configuration5.1 Snapt configurations5.2 SKUDONET...

Kemp LoadMaster Migrations to SKUDONET ADC

Contents1 Overview2 Prerequisites3 Basic concepts4 Example configurations: Content switching4.1 Kemp configurations4.2 SKUDONET configurations5 Example configurations: SSL Offloading5.1 Kemp configurations5.2 SKUDONET...

Mitigations for Apache Log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

Contents1 Understanding Log4j2 Delving into the Log4j Vulnerability3 Key Measures for Log4j Safeguarding4 Does the Log4j vulnerability impact SKUDONET?5 Securing...

Advanced Routing System in SKUDONET ADC

Contents1 Introduction2 Basics3 Exploring a Basic Routing Setup4 Exploring Advanced Routing in SKUDONET ADC5 Understanding a Practical Routing Scenario Introduction...

SKUDONET Multi-Layered Security Overview in the Edge

SKUDONET stands as a forward-looking entity deeply engaged in the Application Delivery Controller sector, exhibiting an unwavering commitment to safeguarding...

Advanced Load Balancing and Clustering in Azure

The following article describes how to set up advanced load balancing services with SKUDONET Load Balancer for high availability in Azure...

Load Balancing and high availability of web navigation Proxy services

Contents1 Intro2 Proxy network architecture3 Configuration for High Availability of Web Navigation Proxies3.1 Health Check for Web Navigation Proxies3.2 Setting...

Advanced Load Balancing and Clustering in Amazon Web Services

Contents1 Introduction2 AWS and SKUDONET Infrastructure3 Deploying two SKUDONET Instances in AWS Marketplace4 Configuring the network for the SKUDONET EC2...

ZEVENET Command Line Interface ZCLI User Guide

Contents1 What is ZCLI2 First steps with zcli2.1 Installation2.2 User Profiles2.3 Setup3 How it is used3.1 Commands3.2 Output Data4 Command...

Reliable and scalable VPN secure tunneling

Contents1 Introduction2 Creating a Scalable VPN Environment3 Configuring VPN Virtual Service with SKUDONET4 DDoS Attack Mitigation with IPDS Module4.1 Allowing...

How to create highly available and scale Blackboard services

Contents1 What is Blackboard?2 Blackboard high available environment3 Blackboard load balancing configuration3.1 Requirements3.1.1 Blackboard configuration for high availability3.1.2 Blackboard virtual...

Web Application Firewall security protection for HTTP and HTTPS applications

Contents1 Overview2 Environment3 HTTP virtual service configuration4 Blacklists configuration5 Web Application Firewall ruleset configuration6 Testing the Web Application Firewall ruleset7...

How to migrate from A10 Networks vThunder ADC to SKUDONET

Contents1 Overview2 Basic Concepts3 Simple L4 Load Balancing Service3.1 A10 Networks ADC Configuration3.2 SKUDONET ADC Configuration4 References Overview A10 Networks...

How to migrate from Zevenet 5.2 to Zevenet 6

Contents1 Overview2 Preparations3 Migration process3.1 Considerations3.2 Migration of configuration files4 Cluster migration5 Reverting changes Overview This article describes how to...

How to use Let’s encrypt SSL Certificates for HTTPS farms

Contents1 Overview2 How does Let’s encrypt validation work?3 Let’s Encrypt Automation Commands3.1 Zevenet Let’s Encrypt certificate creation3.2 Zevenet Let’s Encrypt...

How to create a highly available Redis database with Sentinel monitoring

Contents1 Overview2 Redis load balancing environment3 Redis load balancing configuration4 Redis monitoring and advanced health checking5 References Overview Redis is...

How to load balance and create highly available SIP and PBX services

Contents1 Overview2 How does the SIP protocol work?3 SIP load balancing environment4 SIP load balancing configuration5 Advanced SIP Health Checks6...

How to configure subscriptions for SKUDONET (former ZEVENET) Enterprise Edition

Contents1 Overview2 Architecture3 Configuration Procedure4 Applying package updates and hotfixes5 Offline updates6 Considerations7 Compatibility and Security Overview This article aims...

Understanding SNMP in a SIEM environment and Monitoring SKUDONET Appliance

Contents1 An introduction to SNMP2 MIB – Management Information Base3 SNMP – Architecture4 Configuring SNMP in SKUDONET Appliances4.1 SNMP OIDs...

How to Load Balance FileCloud with Zevenet Load Balancer

Contents1 FileCloud Overview2 FileCloud Scalable Architecture2.1 Load Balancing with HTTP farm2.2 Load Balancing with L4xNAT farm FileCloud Overview FileCloud enables...

Load balancing of webapps with IIS authentication NTLM and ASP.NET Impersonation

Contents1 Overview2 How does NTLM work?3 How to load balance web applications using NTLM authentication?3.1 Simple NTLM load balancing at...

High availability and site resilience for Microsoft Exchange 2016 (OWA, CAS Array and DAG)

Contents1 How does Exchange 2016 work?2 Microsoft Exchange 2016 scalable environment2.1 Requirements3 Create the Exchange virtual services3.1 Create SMTP/S Virtual...

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) load balancing, high availability and automated disaster recovery

Contents1 What is ADFS and how does it work?2 ADFS scalable environment3 ADFS load balancing configuration4 ADFS in high availability...

Remote Desktop Gateway and RD Web high availability for RDS in Windows Server 2012

Contents1 What is RD Gateway2 How RD Gateway works3 High available RD Gateway scenario4 RD Gateway virtual service configuration5 Enhanced...

How to configure a cluster in SKUDONET Community Edition v7

SKUDONET Cluster Service can be configured like an independent piece of software outside of the SKUDONET CE core package, this...

How Global Service Load Balancing GSLB works

Contents1 GSLB Overview2 When to use GSLB3 How does GSLB work4 Configuring GSLB for Disaster Recovery of data centers5 Configuring...

How to optimize Virtual Machine performance for NFV load balancing

Contents1 Description2 Performance differences between hardware and virtual appliances3 VM optimizations for networking and load balancing4 Performance between hypervisors5 Defining...

SSL hardware offloading in physical and virtual SKUDONET load balancers

Contents1 Description2 How does HTTPS Offloading work in SKUDONET physical or virtual appliances?3 How to use it4 Benchmark numbers Description...

Maintenance best practices for ZEVENET ADC load balancer

Overview The Load Balancer or Application Delivery Controller is a consolidation solution for applications, networks and services that is used...

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) reliability and scalability

Contents1 Overview2 RADIUS Messaging Protocol3 RADIUS load balancing and high availability environment4 RADIUS Virtual Service Configuration5 RADIUS Advanced Health Check...

Static and dynamic web content traffic steering with SKUDONET as a CDN

Contents1 Overview2 Content delivery environment3 Static-Dynamic content switching configuration3.1 Create a new LSLB Farm with HTTP/S profile3.2 Create a new...

Active and passive FTP/TFTP services load balancing and high availability

Contents1 Overview2 FTP load balancing environment3 Active FTP Mode Configuration4 Passive FTP Mode Configuration5 TFTP configuration6 Secure FTP7 Advanced health...

How to update Skudonet Cluster with minimum downtime

Contents1 Overview2 Environment3 Requirements from EE 64 Update Process Overview This article outlines the process of updating Skudonet 6 Cluster...

How to re-enable serial console in ZNA64EE 3300

Overview The installation of zlbinstall_5.0.x.tgz triggers an update to grub configuration files resetting some system critical boot parameters which are...

Monitoring SKUDONET with Icinga or Nagios

Contents1 Overview2 Conventions3 SKUDONET (previously ZEVENET) Monitoring Plugins3.1 Install dependencies3.2 Grab latest version3.3 Copy check scripts3.4 Create a SKUDONET API...

Monitoring Zevenet with Zabbix

Contents1 Overview2 Conventions3 Installing Zabbix Agent in Zevenet ADC Load Balancer4 Configuring Zabbix Agent in Zevenet ADC Load Balancer5 Configuring...

Howto resize Zevenet ADC filesystem with LVM

Overview Zevenet Appliances are delivered in a lightweight format in order to make easy the deployment and installation in any...

How to install Oracle JD Edwards in high availability and ready for mass scalability

Contents1 Overview2 What is high availability?3 What is Oracle JD Edwards?4 Setting up Zevenet Load Balancer4.1 Step 0: Setting up...

How to configure APT repository for SKUDONET Community Edition

Contents1 Overview2 Setting UP SKUDONET APT repository for Community Edition2.1 1. Configure the APT public key2.2 2. Configure the official...

How to configure ZEVENET 5 and SKUDONET 6 cluster

We have made a major rebuild of the Zevenet Cluster looking into the future of seamless load balancing. With the...

Microsoft Print Server load Balancing, high availability and scalability setup

Contents1 Overview2 What is high availability?3 What is a print server?4 Setting up Zevenet Load Balancer4.1 Step 1: Create virtual...

Load Balancing and High Availability of Application Servers: Tomcat, Jboss and IIS

Contents1 Overview2 What is high availability?3 What is web-scale?4 What is an application server?5 Setting up SKUDONET Load Balancer5.1 Step...

How to install Odoo in high availability and ready for mass scalability

Contents1 Overview2 What is high availability?3 What is odoo?4 Setting up Zevenet Load Balancer4.1 Step 1: Create a virtual IP4.2...

SKUDONET Load Balancer (ADC) Installation Guide

INSTALLATION PROCESS The following article describes the step-by-step process for the installation of the SKUDONET Open Source Load Balancer, please...

How to migrate from Cisco ACE to SKUDONET

Overview Cisco ACE was one of the most popular vendor of hardware load balancers in the market years ago. After...

How-to load balance eClinicalWorks in high availability

Overview eClinicalWorks is a leader in ambulatory clinical solutions, whose intent is to get rid of paper and digitize the...

Create Certificates in PEM format

INTRODUCTION SKUDONET Load Balancer offers the capability to handle HTTPS connections through its HTTP Profile feature. Therefore, the administrator is...

Manage Certificates with Zen Load Balancer

This article is outdated as Zen Load Balancer product is the old commercial name for SKUDONET Open source Load balancer,...

Quick Start Guide For Uplinks Load Balancing

OVERVIEW Zen Load Balancer has been supporting the uplinks or providers load balancing since version V2RC2 was released in February...

FarmGuardian Quick Start Configuration

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Eliminate A Single Point Of Failure

Single point of failure is referred to a component in a system where it’s failure produce an outage of the...

Configure Zen Load Balancer for Exchange 2010

Prerequisites Before you start this process you need to ensure that you have the following: Configured an RPC CAS Array...

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