NetScaler BLX

Overview

NetScaler BLX for bare metal runs as a Linux process on your hardware of choice. You get extraordinarily fast performance since there is no hypervisor or container overhead.

Best for:

High-throughput environments
Latency-sensitive workloads
Managing with common Linux deployment tools
Granular control of your ADC deployment

Key benefits:

Hardware agnostic
Cloud ready: No certificates needed to run in cloud
Super-fast performance and Economical: No hypervisor or container overhead
Other Linux-based applications can co-exist
Leverage standard Linux and open source tools to manage the NetScaler BLX appliances

Cloud-ready: NetScaler BLX provides day-zero support for running on cloud. NetScaler BLX appliances do not require any certifications to run on cloud because they run as a software application on Linux virtual machines provisioned on the cloud.
Easy-management: Standard tools available as part of the Linux operating system can be used to easily monitor and manage NetScaler BLX appliances. NetScaler BLX appliances can be easily plugged with an existing orchestration setup.
Seamless third-party tools integration: Open source tools (for example, monitoring, debugging, and logging) supported for Linux environment can be seamlessly integrated with NetScaler BLX appliances. There is no need to develop separate plug-ins for each integration.
Coexistence of other applications: Because NetScaler BLX appliances run as a software application, other Linux applications can also run on the same host.
Enterprise Grade ADC on a Linux server: Bring in the enterprise grade features including GSLB, WAF, SSL Offloading, Advanced Load balancing, AppFlow etc. from NetScaler ADCs on a Linux server.
Line-rate Performance: NetScaler BLX can provide line rate performance on your Linux server by leveraging DPDK technology.

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Resources

NetScaler BLX Overview A software form factor for application delivery designed to run natively on bare metal
NetScaler BLX Documentation NetScaler BLX - Product documentation
Superior Performance using NetScaler BLX NetScaler ADC BLX gives you lightning-fast performance on your Linux server
NetScaler BLX Terraform Guide Step by step guide to deploy BLX using Terraform
Convert Linux into NetScaler BLX Transforming a Linux Host into a NetScaler BLX with Terraform

Certifications

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Red Hat certified products are tested to meet Red Hat’s criteria and supported as defined in the Red Hat Collaborative Support Process.

Partner validated products are tested by Red Hat Partners and supported as defined in the Red Hat Third Party Component Policy.

Certification standards

Certified standalone application
Collaborative support

	Product	Level
	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Architecture: x86_64	Certified

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FAQs

Running the systemctl start blx command does not start the NetScaler BLX appliance?

Look for any logs related to BLX configuration file (/etc/blx/blx.conf) parsing error in the NetScaler BLX boot log file (/var/log/blx-boot.log).
Look for crash related logs or any error logs in the SYSLOG file (/var/log/messages).

Can a NetScaler BLX appliance run on a virtualised Linux virtual machine?

Yes, a NetScaler BLX appliance can be run on a virtualised Linux virtual machine.
BLX supports VMXNET3 driver in DPDK mode offering high performance on a virtual machine.

Certifications

Learn about Red Hat Certification and Partner Validation

Certification standards

Certified standalone application
Collaborative support

	Product	Level
	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Architecture: x86_64	Certified

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