VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) uses a software-defined architecture that separates the central control plane (Avi Controller) from the distributed data plane (Avi Service Engines). NSX Advanced Load Balancer is 100% REST API based, making it fully automatable and seamless with the CI/CD pipeline for application delivery. The Avi Controller is the “brain” of the entire system and acts as a single point of intelligence, management, and control for the distributed data plane. The Avi SE represent full-featured, enterprise-grade load balancers, web application firewall (WAF), and analytics that provide traffic management and application security while collecting real-time analytics from the traffic flows. The Avi Controller provides comprehensive observability based on closed-loop telemetry and presents actionable insights to make decisions based on application monitoring, end-to-end timing, searchable traffic logs, security insights, log insights, client insights, and more.
Follow the steps below for a quick start of the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer TestDrive environment.
Click GO
Once the login button is highlighted in blue, click GO! to start the experience.
Horizon Login
Use the Testdrive Credentials provided in the Login Credentials menu on the top right corner to sign-in to VMware Horizon.
- Click the copy icon next to the username to copy
- Paste it on the Horizon username field by clicking on it, followed by pressing CTRL+v (Windows) or Command (⌘) + v (macOS) on your keyboard
- Next, click the copy icon next to the password to copy
- Paste it on the Horizon password field by clicking on it, followed by pressing CTRL+v (Windows) or Command (⌘) + v (macOS) on your keyboard
- Click Login to access
Other pasting options:
- Windows: use right-click on your mouse/ trackpad and select Paste
- macOS: press and hold the control key while you click the Horizon username/password field and select Paste
Launch Desktop
Once logged in, search for 'TD-NSX-ADVANCED-LB' on the Apps Tab and click on the Horizon Desktop to launch it on your Browser.
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer RDSH Jumpbox
Now you'll be inside the TD-NSX-ADVANCED-LB RDSH desktop.