Introduction to NetScaler ADM service connect for NetScaler SDX appliances

NetScaler ADM service is a cloud-based solution that helps you manage, monitor, orchestrate, automate, and troubleshoot your NetScaler SDX appliances. It also provides analytical insights and curated machine learning based recommendations for your applications health, performance, and security. For more information, seeNetScaler ADM service.

NetScaler Application Delivery Management (ADM) service connect is a feature to enable seamless onboarding of NetScaler SDX appliances onto NetScaler ADM service. This feature helps NetScaler SDX appliances and NetScaler ADM service to function as a holistic solution, which offers customers multi fold benefits.

NetScaler ADM service connect feature lets the NetScaler SDX instance automatically connect with NetScaler ADM service and send system, usage, and telemetry data to it. Using this data, the NetScaler ADM service gives you some insights and recommendations on your NetScaler SDX infrastructure - like quick identification of performance issues, and high resource usage.

To harness the power of NetScaler ADM service, you can choose to onboard your NetScaler SDX appliances to NetScaler ADM service. The onboarding process uses ADM service connect, and makes the experience seamless and faster for you.

Points to note

• NetScaler ADM service connect is now available on NetScaler MPX, SDX, and VPX instances, and NetScaler Gateway appliances.

• NetScaler ADM service connect is not yet available on the NetScaler ADM service.

For more information, seeData governance.

How does NetScaler ADM service connect support with NetScaler ADM service?

Here is a high-level workflow of how the NetScaler ADM service connect feature on NetScaler interacts with NetScaler ADM service.

1. NetScaler ADM service connect feature on NetScaler SDX appliance auto connects with NetScaler ADM service using a periodic probe request.

2. This request has system, usage and telemetry data, using which the NetScaler ADM service gives you some insights and recommendations on your NetScaler infrastructure - like quick identification of performance issues, and high resource usage.

3. You can view the insights and recommendations and decide to onboard your NetScaler SDX appliances to the NetScaler ADM service to start managing your NetScaler SDX appliances.

4. 当你决定to onboard, the NetScaler ADM service connect feature helps complete the onboarding seamlessly.

What versions of NetScaler is NetScaler ADM service connect supported on?

NetScaler ADM service connect is supported on all NetScaler platforms and all appliance models (MPX, VPX, and SDX). Starting from NetScaler release 13.0 build 64.xx, NetScaler ADM service connect is enabled by default for NetScaler SDX appliances.

How to enable NetScaler ADM service connect?

If you are an existing NetScaler customer, and upgrade to NetScaler release 13.0 build 64.xx, NetScaler ADM service connect is enabled by default as part of the upgrade process.

If you are a new NetScaler customer, installing NetScaler release 13.0 build 64.xx, NetScaler ADM service connect is enabled by default as part of the install process.

Note

Unlike the new NetScaler appliances, existing NetScaler SDX appliances find the route through Citrix Insight Service (CIS) or Call Home.

How to enable and disable NetScaler ADM service connect?

You can enable and disable NetScaler ADM service connect from CLI, GUI, or NITRO API methods.

Using the CLI

To enable the NetScaler ADM service connect by using the CLI

At the command prompt, type:

设置autoreg_setting autoreg = true

To disable the NetScaler ADM service connect by using the CLI

At the command prompt, type:

set autoreg_setting autoreg=false

To display NetScaler ADM service connect settings by using the CLI

show autreg_setting autoreg: true is_banner_displayed: true Done

Using the GUI

To disable the NetScaler ADM service connect by using the NetScaler GUI

1. Navigate toSystem. On theSystempage, clickConfigure NetScaler ADM service connectunderSystem Settingssection.

2. On theConfigure ADM Parameterspage, clearEnable NetScaler ADM service connect, and clickOK.

   

Using the NITRO API

You can disable NetScaler ADM service connect by using the NITRO command.

curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type:application/json" http://192.0.2.10/nitro/v1/config/sdx_autoreg -d '{"sdx_autoreg":{"autoreg":"false"}}' -u nsroot:Test@1

NetScaler ADM built-in agent behavior

From NetScaler release 13.0 build 61.xx and higher, NetScaler SDX instances have built in agent with ADM service connect functionality. The NetScaler ADM built-in agent available on NetScaler SDX instances starts like an active daemon and communicates with ADM service. After communication with ADM service is established, the built-in agent auto-upgrades itself to the latest software version regularly.

References

For more information on NetScaler ADM service connect, see the following topics:

• Data governance:Data governance.

• NetScaler ADM service:NetScaler Application Delivery Management Service.