Introduction
Last summer, when VMware acquired AVI Networks, I wasn’t quite sure how it would play out. I was excited for VMware bringing in this amazing technology, however, it was so far out of my scope of knowledge that I was somewhat overwhelmed with what a Load Balancer based on a Software Defined platform could do. Over the past 8-10 months, I have seen and heard the value, I have experienced the capabilities and through the exercise of building this content today, feel that I have a much better understanding of the power and flexibility that NSX Advanced Load Balancer can give an organization.
Product Introduction
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) provides multi-cloud load balancing, web application firewall, application analytics and container ingress services across on-premises data centers and any cloud. The software-defined platform delivers applications consistently across bare metal servers, virtual machines and containers to ensure a fast, scalable, and secure application experience. Learn how customers like Adobe, Deutsche Bank enjoy 90% faster provisioning and 50% lower total cost of ownership.
For Beginners (4 hours depending on how fast and how much you want to read)
- Avi Networks for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Worlds – https://info.avinetworks.com/hubfs/Avi_Website_Resource_Center/avi-for-hybrid-and-multi-cloud-infographic.pdf
- 7 Virtues of Next-Gen ADC (Application Delivery Controller – https://info.avinetworks.com/hubfs/Avi_Website_Resource_Center/Infographic_Next_Gen_ADC.pdf
- NSX TechZone NSX-ALB path – https://nsx.techzone.vmware.com/understanding-nsx-advanced-load-balancer
- What’s New with VMware Advance Load Balancer – https://info.avinetworks.com/webinars/new-vmware-nsx-load-balancer
- YouTube Videos
- Avi Networks YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/user/AviNetworks
- Core Building Block – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA3nvb56Fio
- Demo: VMware NSX Advanced Load Balanacer (Formerly Avi Networks) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC1Kex8X-QI
- NSX-ALB Virtual Workshops – https://info.avinetworks.com/workshops?utm_campaign=VMC&utm_source=WP&utm_medium=WP
- Marketing Stuff
- NSX Advanced Load Balancer Main VMware Page – https://www.vmware.com/products/nsx-advanced-load-balancer.html
- State of Load Balancing 2020 – https://info.avinetworks.com/webinars/state-of-load-balancing-2020
Intermediate (~4 to 8+ hours depending on how many videos you want to watch and how much you want to read)
- HOL-2037-91-NET – VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) Lightning Lab – http://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6886
- HOL-2037-01-NET – VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) – Getting Started – http://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/lab/6678
- VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer HOL – https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=nsx-avi-hol-adv-20
- General Content (mix of Webinars/Whitepapers/Case Studies) – https://avinetworks.com/resources/
- Enabling Remote Workers with Modern VDI – https://info.avinetworks.com/webinars/vdi-solution
- Kubernetes Ingress by Avi Networks – https://info.avinetworks.com/webinars/kubernetes-ingress
- Multi-Cloud
- Running Kubernetes on AWS EC2 – https://info.avinetworks.com/webinars/running-kubernetes-on-aws-ec2
- Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) – https://info.avinetworks.com/webinars/amazon-elastic-container-service-for-kubernetes
- Operationalize Kubernetes on Azure – https://info.avinetworks.com/webinars/operationalize-kubernetes-on-azure
- Integrating with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) – https://info.avinetworks.com/webinars/integrating-google-kubernetes-engine
Advanced (~4 to 8 hours depending on how fast you get through the labs)
- Architecture Workshops – https://info.avinetworks.com/workshops#allWorkshops
- Source NAT for Application Identification – https://avinetworks.com/docs/18.2/source-nat-for-application-identification/
- Avi Controller Sizing – https://avinetworks.com/docs/18.2/avi-controller-sizing/
- Patch Upgrade Process for Avi Vantage – https://avinetworks.com/docs/18.2/patch-upgrades/
- DPDK and NSX-ALB – https://avinetworks.com/docs/18.1/configuring-avi-vantage-for-application-delivery-in-linux-server-cloud/configuring-avi-vantage-for-application-delivery-in-linux-server-cloud.pdf
- Collecting Tech Support Logs in Avi Vantage – https://avinetworks.com/docs/18.2/collecting-tech-support-logs/
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