Insights from the load balancer experts

How-tos

A comprehensive guide to log monitoring with ModSecurity and HAProxy

With numerous options available, choosing and configuring the right tool can be daunting...

Kevin-Lucas Stroe

• 18 mins

HAProxy

How to limit connections with HAProxy, iptables or nftables

The app I was dealing with wouldn't allow me to rate limit the total number of connections going through it...

Andrei Grigoras

• 6 mins

Comparisons

Load balancer migration: The Citrix NetScaler alternative making waves

Citrix customers have been jumping ship in their hundreds, if not thousands, to this lesser-known competitor...

Greg Ashwell

• 9 mins

How to add SAML to your ADC Portal account

Note, SAML can only be added by the ADC Portal Admin for your Organization...

Greg Ashwell

• 3 mins

Microsoft

A comprehensive guide to setting up and using Always On VPN (AOVPN)

Always On VPN (AOVPN) provides a seamless always-on connection that boosts security and the user experience...

Teodor Dodita

• 25 mins

Security

Why load balance Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions?

SIEM is an organizational octopus, if you will, of log collection, with a tentacle in every corner...

Nicholas Turnbull

• 6 mins

Security

Effortlessly monitor load balancer SSL certificates with the ADC Portal

If you use HTTPS (SSL or TLS) for your frontend, you must deploy an SSL/TLS certificate on your load balancer to ensure your data remains encrypted...

Kyle Clinton

• 4 mins

Healthcare

Load balancer hardware for Enterprise Imaging: Refresh now to avoid costly outages

Our goal is to notify users, so they understand the risks of older appliances...

Harvey Lloyd

• 4 mins

GSLB

The ultimate guide to Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB): Benefits, uses, and configurations

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) enables you to distribute internet or corporate network traffic across servers in multiple locations, anywhere in the world...

Joe Robinson

• 22 mins

Automation

No one wants a backup — what they really need is guaranteed recovery

I couldn't agree more with David Bressler's fundamental point about jobs to be done and how companies often fail to solve the real problem for customers...

Malcolm Turnbull

• 3 mins

High Availability

What's the difference between load balancer node roles and states, and how do they contribute to high availability?

Understanding node states and roles both contribute in their own unique ways to achieving high availability...

Damian Pacuszka

• 4 mins

Security

SSH stands for SECURE SHell, not regreSShion Hell...

Security is important, but you shouldn’t be losing sleep over every single newly announced CVE...

Damian Pacuszka

• 3 mins

Storage

HPE Ezmeral and Loadbalancer forge strategic alliance to strengthen performance

We're thrilled to announce a groundbreaking alliance between HPE Ezmeral and Loadbalancer.org...

Joshua Turnbull

• 2 mins

GSLB

Active/active for N+1 redundancy and > 1Tbps of ADC throughput

I've been repeatedly asked how our load balancers scale. So, I have decided to write down your options for endlessly scalable, high-performance load balancing...

Joshua Turnbull

• 6 mins

10 things to try during your ADC Portal free trial: Centralized management made easy

During the 90-day free trial you can connect multiple ADCs, manage your connected appliances, and get real-time security alerts...

Kyle Clinton

• 8 mins

Reshaping storage architecture in the age of AI: HPE Discover 2024

As an HPE partner, we were thrilled to be a Startup Innovation Sponsor at this year's HPE Discovery Day in Las Vegas...

Joshua Turnbull

• 3 mins

Security

How to automate SSL/TLS certificate renewal with Let's Encrypt

How many engineers does it take to renew an SSL/TLS certificate? Several, you might joke. But you may not be far wrong!..

Damian Pacuszka

• 9 mins

F5 / Citrix / Kemp

F5 BIG-IP vulnerability remediation and mitigation

The identification of vulnerabilities can be done in several ways. Here are the methods proposed and supported by F5, and the steps needed to conduct them...

Azeddine Ait Kaddour

• 9 mins

How to overcome the peculiarities of load balancing Cisco ACI environments

A customer was having challenges deploying load balancers in their Cisco ACI environment. So we set to work finding a solution...

Greg Ashwell

• 7 mins

F5 / Citrix / Kemp

How to (proactively) manage Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities

How to stay on top of any NetScaler vulnerabilities to galvanize your network security...

Mick Hilhorst

• 5 mins

Open source

See who's really visiting your website: Achieving IP transparency with the Proxy Protocol

There are a few different ways to achieve IP transparency, but one of the most effective is with the help of the great Proxy Protocol...

Damian Pacuszka

• 5 mins

Security

Loadbalancer proud to announce ISO 27001:2022 compliance with NQA certification

Loadbalancer is proud to announce that it is now formally ISO 27001 compliant, cementing our position as a market-leader in Application Delivery solutions...

Ash Jenvey

• 3 mins

Security

The futility of vulnerability scans: Why they're not worth your time and energy!

We all want to protect ourselves from cyberattacks, and any tool that can help us proactively monitor our networks and systems has got to be a good thing, right?..

Damian Pacuszka

• 5 mins

Navigating the complexities of Citrix NetScaler pooled licensing

My objective is to offer an opinion on the complexities of their pooled license and highlight some important considerations to be aware of...

Joshua Turnbull

• 4 mins