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AKO 0.9 22.1 21.1 20.1 18.2
  • Architecture
    • Overview
    • Clouds
      • Clouds Overview
      • AWS
      • Microsoft Azure
      • GCP
      • Linux Server Cloud
      • OpenStack
      • VMware
      • VMware NSX-T
    • Ecosystem Support
    • Hardware Requirements
    • Management Ports
    • Controller Cluster IP
    • Virtual Services
    • Service Engine Group
    • Pools
      • What is a Pool?
      • Pool Page
      • Pool Analytics Page
      • Pool Logs Page
      • Pool Health Page
      • Pool Servers Page
      • Pool Events Page
      • Pool Alerts Page
      • Pool Groups
      • SNI Extension in TLS Handshakes
  • Features
    • Load Balancing
      • Autoscaling Service Engines
      • Virtual Service Scaling
      • BGP Support for Scaling Virtual Services
      • Load Balancing Algorithms
      • Persistence
        • Overview
        • HTTP Cookie
        • App Cookie
        • Custom HTTP Header
        • Client IP
        • TLS
        • Custom DataScript
        IPAM / DNS
        • DNS Architecture and Features
        • Avi DNS Policy
        • Custom DNS Profile
        • Custom IPAM Profile
        • NS Records in Avi DNS
        • Adding Custom A Records to an Avi DNS VS
        • Authoritative Domains, NXDOMAIN Responses, NS and SOA Records
        • EDNS Client Subnet Option Insertion
        • DNS Health Monitor
        • DNS Queries Over TCP
        • Common DNS VS for TCP and UDP Requests
        • DNS / NTP Settings
        • DNS Provider (Avi Vantage)
        • DNS Provider (AWS)
        • IPAM Provider (Avi Vantage)
        • IPAM Provider (Google Cloud Platform)
        • Service Discovery Using IPAM and DNS
        • Adding DNS Records Independent of Virtual Service State
        GSLB
        • Overview
        • Architecture, Terminology, and Object Model
        • Service and Health Monitors
        • Config and Operations
        • Third-party Sites
        • GSLB Service Configuration
        • GSLB Wildcard FQDNs
        • How to Change a Follower Site to the New Leader Site
        • How to Set GSLB Algorithms at Both Service and Pool Levels
        • Upgrades in GSLB Environments
        • Avi DNS for GSLB
        • Changing VIP of a Local VS Member of a GSLB Pool
        • GSLB Integration with F5 GTM
        • NAT-aware Public-Private GSLB Configuration
        • Geolocation-based Load Balancing Algorithm for GSLB Members
        • Geolocation Database
        • Troubleshooting GeoDB Issues
        • Site Persistence
        • Site Selection with Fallback and Preferred-Site Options
        • Selective Assignment of a GSLB Service to DNS Virtual Services
        • GSLB in an AWS Multi-Region, Multi-AZ Deployment
        • GSLB in Azure DNS Private Zones
    • Server Autoscale
    • Health Monitoring
      • Overview of Health Monitors
      • HTTPS Health Monitor
      • Ping Health Monitor
      • TCP Health Monitor
      • UDP Health Monitor
      • DNS Health Monitor
      • External Health Monitor
      • Health Monitor Profile
      • Virtual Service Health
      • Server Flapping
      • Marking a Server Down
      • Health Monitor Troubleshooting
    • High Availability
      • Overview
      • Control Plane
        • Overview
        • Impact of Controller Failure
        • Clustering Controllers in Different Networks
        • Configuration Backup and Restore
      • Data Plane
        • Overview
        • Elastic HA
        • Legacy HA
        • Anti-affinity for SE Placement
    • Security
      • Overview
      • SSL
        • Virtual Service Security
        • SSL Visibility and Troubleshooting
        • Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
        • SSL/TLS Termination
        • SSL/TLS Version Support
        • App Transport Security (ATS)
        • SSL/TLS Profile
        • SSL Everywhere
        • SSL Performance
        • Multi-level Domain Support
        • Client SSL Cert Validation
        • Physical Security for SSL Keys
      • Server Name Indication
        • Overview
        • Wildcard SNI Matching
      • RSA, ECC, PFS
        • EC versus RSA Cert Priority
        • App Transport Security (ATS)
      • Cert Management
        • Notification of SSL Certification
        • CSR Automation
        • Full-Chain CRL Checking
      • HSM Support
        • SafeNet Network HSM
        • Thales nShield HSM
        • Package Upload
      • Denial of Service
        • DDoS
        • DDoS Attacks Mitigated
      • Policies
        • HTTP App Profile Security Tab
        • Auth Profile
      • User Access Controls
        • User Accounts
        • User Account Roles
        • Super User Accounts
        • User Account Security
        • LDAP Authentication
        • Securing Management IP Access
      • SAML
      • PingAccess Agent Configuration
      • App Isolation/Micro-Segmentation
        • Tenancy
        • All Tenants View
        • Switching Between Tenants
    • WAF
      • Configuring
      • Monitoring
      • Upload Handling in iWAF
    • Rate Shaping and Throttling
    • Acceleration
      • HTTP Acceleration
      • HTTP Caching
      • Compression
      • Connection Multiplexing
    • Analytics
      • Alerts
        • Notifications Overview
        • Events Overview
        • Events List
        • Alerts Overview
        • Alert Config
        • Avi Controller Alerts Log
        • Example Controller Alerts Log
        • SNMP Support in Avi Vantage
      • Logs
        • Avi Controller Events Log
        • Virtual Service Logs
        • Significant Logs
        • Avi Controller Alerts Log
        • Client Log Levels
        • Logging All Headers in HTTP Traffic
        • Excluding Unwanted Client Log Entries
        • Saving Log Searches
      • Metrics
        • Metrics List
        • Metrics Retention Period
        • Metrics for Autoscaling SEs
        • User-defined Metrics
      • Real-Time Visibility and Traffic Inspection
        • VS Client Information
        • Navigation Timing for Client Insights
        • Geo Location Database
        • View Security Insights
        • Traffic Capture
    • Ecosystem Integration
      • Orchestrator Access Modes
    • Administration
      • User Account Management
        • Overview
        • Local User Accounts
        • User Account Self-Service
        • Default System Accounts
        • Super User Accounts
        • User Account Security
        • Password Recovery
      • Remote User Authentication
        • LDAP Authentication Profile Testing
        • LDAP Configuration Examples
        • TCACS+ Authentication
        • TCACS+ Configuration Examples
        • Keystone Authentication
        • CLI Access and Remote Auth
      • Multitenancy
        • Tenants
        • Switch Between Tenants
        • Tenant and Role Mapping Examples
        • All Tenants View
      • Roles
        • User Account Roles
      • Templates
        • Profiles
        • Groups
        • Security
        • Scripts
  • Guides
    • Installation
      • Avi CLI Shell
      • AWS
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      • VMware Cloud on AWS
      • VMware NSX-T
      • VMware vCenter
    • Solution
      • VMware Horizon
        • VMware Horizon
      • Avi Reference Architecture for VCF
        • Avi Reference Architecture for VCF 4.1
          • Introducing Avi Reference Architecture for VCF 4.1
          • Architecture and Design for the Avi Vantage Platform
            • Architectural Overview of Avi Vantage Platform
            • Detailed Design of the Avi Vantage Platform
          • Planning and Preparation for the Avi Vantage Platform
            • Avi Vantage Platform Planning and Preparation
          • Deployment of the Avi Vantage Platform in the First Region
            • Deployment of Avi Controllers in the First Region
            • Stretched Cluster Deployments of the Avi Controllers for the Avi Vantage Platform
            • Advanced Configurations of the Avi Controller for the Avi Vantage Platform
            • Deployment of Avi Service Engines in the First Region
            • Stretched Cluster Deployments of the Avi Service Engines for the Avi Vantage Platform
        • Avi Reference Architecture for VCF 3.9.1
          • Introducing Avi Reference Architecture for VCF 3.9.1
          • Architecture and Design for the Avi Vantage Platform
            • Architectural Overview of Avi Vantage Platform
            • Detailed Design of the Avi Vantage Platform
          • Planning and Preparation for the Avi Vantage Platform
            • Avi Vantage Platform Planning and Preparation
          • Deployment of the Avi Vantage Platform in the First Region
            • Deployment of Avi Controllers in the First Region
            • Stretched Cluster Deployments of the Avi Controllers for the Avi Vantage Platform
            • Advanced Configurations of the Avi Controller for the Avi Vantage Platform
            • Deployment of Avi Service Engines in the First Region
            • Stretched Cluster Deployments of the Avi Service Engines for the Avi Vantage Platform
    • Configuration
      • Applications Overview
      • Virtual Services
      • Virtual Services Scaling
      • Virtual Services Policies
      • Pools
      • Service Engines
        • Service Engines Overview
        • SE Quick Info Popup
        • Create an SE
        • Delete an SE
        • Servers
    • Operations
      • Operations Overview
      • Alerts
      • Events
      • Notifications
      • Traffic Capture
    • Templates
      • Templates Overview
      • Profiles
      • Application
      • TCP/UDP
      • Persistence
      • Health Monitor
      • Analytics
      • IPAM/DNS
      • GSLB Health
      • Groups
      • Security
      • Scripts
    • Infrastructure
      • Infrastructure Overview
      • Dashboard
      • Clouds
        • Clouds Overview
        • Cloud Creation
      • Service Engines
        • Service Engines Overview
        • SE Quick Info Popup
        • Create an SE
        • Delete an SE
        • Servers
      • Administration
        • Administration Overview
        • User Authentication and Authorization
        • User Accounts
        • Controller Administrative Settings
        • Upgrading Avi Vantage
        • Servers
    • CLI
      • CLI Guide
      • Script Mode
      • Linux Command Line Mode
    • DataScript Guide
      • Overview
      • Object Model
      • Constructs
      • Precedence
      • Samples
      • Functions
    • REST API Guides
      • REST API Guide v22.1
      • REST API Guide v21.1
      • REST API Guide v20.1
      • REST API Guide v18.2
      • REST API Guide v18.1
      • REST API Guide v17.2
      • REST API Guide v17.1
    • Avi Annotation Guide
      • Avi Vantage Annotation Guide for OpenShift
    • Release Notes
      • 22.1
      • 21.1
      • 20.1
      • 18.2
      • 18.1
      • 17.2
      • 17.1
      • 16.3, 16.4 & 16.5
    • Bulletins
      • Security Bulletins
    • Support
      • Support Overview
      • Customer Portal
      • Software Download
      • Upgrade
      • Collecting Logs
      • Configuration Backup and Restore
      • Rollback
    • Legal
      • Support Terms and Conditions
      • General Terms and License Agreement
      • Terms of Avi Vantage Software License
      • Release and End of Support Information
      • Notification of Avi Vantage License Expiration
      • Privacy Policy
    • Feedback/Questions
      • Email feedback to Avi Docs
      • Email questions to Avi Support
  • AKO
    • Version 1.5
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Version 1.5 Release Notes
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Compatibility Guide for AKO
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Deployment Guide
      • Tunables for AKO
      • Frequently Asked Questions for AKO
      • AKO in Azure
      • AKO in GCP
      • Install Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Install and Manage AKO using the AKO Operator
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Cloud Connector to AKO Migration
      • Tenancy in AKO
      • Troubleshooting Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Default Secret for TLS Routes
      • Default Secret for TLS Ingresses
      • Enhanced Virtual Hosting
      • Passthrough Ingress
      • Namespace Sync in AKO
      • Networking/v1 Ingress Support
      • Gateway and Gateway Class
      • Handling of Kubernetes/ OpenShift and Avi Objects
      • AKO Deployment in GKE, AKS, and EKS
    • Version 1.6
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Version 1.6 Release Notes
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Compatibility Guide for AKO
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Deployment Guide
      • Tunables for AKO
      • Frequently Asked Questions for AKO
      • AKO in Azure
      • AKO in GCP
      • Install Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Install and Manage AKO using the AKO Operator
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Cloud Connector to AKO Migration
      • Tenancy in AKO
      • Troubleshooting Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Default Secret for TLS Routes
      • Default Secret for TLS Ingresses
      • Enhanced Virtual Hosting
      • Passthrough Ingress
      • Namespace Sync in AKO
      • Networking/v1 Ingress Support
      • Gateway and Gateway Class
      • Handling of Kubernetes/ OpenShift and Avi Objects
      • AKO Deployment in GKE, AKS, and EKS
      • Kubernetes Events
    • Version 1.7
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Version 1.7 Release Notes
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Compatibility Guide for AKO
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Deployment Guide
      • Tunables for AKO
      • Frequently Asked Questions for AKO
      • AKO in Azure
      • AKO in GCP
      • AKO Deployment in OpenStack
      • Install Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Install and Manage AKO using the AKO Operator
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Cloud Connector to AKO Migration
      • Tenancy in AKO
      • Troubleshooting Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Default Secret for TLS Routes
      • Default Secret for TLS Ingresses
      • Enhanced Virtual Hosting
      • Passthrough Ingress
      • Namespace Sync in AKO
      • Networking/v1 Ingress Support
      • Gateway and Gateway Class
      • Handling of Kubernetes/ OpenShift and Avi Objects
      • AKO Deployment in GKE, AKS, and EKS
      • Kubernetes Events
      • Shared VIP
      • Multiple AKO Instances in a Cluster
    • Version 1.8
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Version 1.8 Release Notes
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Compatibility Guide for AKO
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Deployment Guide
      • Tunables for AKO
      • Frequently Asked Questions for AKO
      • AKO in Azure
      • AKO in GCP
      • AKO Deployment in OpenStack
      • Install Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Install and Manage AKO using the AKO Operator
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Cloud Connector to AKO Migration
      • Tenancy in AKO
      • AKO on Istio
      • AKO on TKGs with NSX-T
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Troubleshooting Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Default Secret for TLS Routes
      • Default Secret for TLS Ingresses
      • Enhanced Virtual Hosting
      • Passthrough Ingress
      • Namespace Sync in AKO
      • Networking/v1 Ingress Support
      • Gateway and Gateway Class
      • Handling of Kubernetes/ OpenShift and Avi Objects
      • AKO Deployment in GKE, AKS, and EKS
      • Kubernetes Events
      • Shared VIP
      • Multiple AKO Instances in a Cluster
    • Version 1.9
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Version 1.9 Release Notes
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Compatibility Guide for AKO
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Deployment Guide
      • Tunables for AKO
      • Frequently Asked Questions for AKO
      • AKO in Azure
      • AKO in GCP
      • AKO Deployment in OpenStack
      • Install Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Install and Manage AKO using the AKO Operator
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Cloud Connector to AKO Migration
      • Tenancy in AKO
      • AKO on Istio
      • AKO on TKGs with NSX-T
      • AKO on vSphere with Tanzu with VDS
      • AKO Optimisation Recommendations
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Troubleshooting Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Default Secret for TLS Routes
      • Default Secret for TLS Ingresses
      • Enhanced Virtual Hosting
      • Passthrough Ingress
      • High Availability support in AKO
      • Namespace Sync in AKO
      • Networking/v1 Ingress Support
      • Multiple AKO Instances in a Cluster
      • Gateway and Gateway Class
      • Handling of Kubernetes/ OpenShift and Avi Objects
      • AKO Deployment in GKE, AKS, and EKS
      • Kubernetes Events
      • Shared VIP
      • Multiple AKO Instances in a Cluster
    • Version 1.10
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Version 1.10 Release Notes
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Compatibility Guide for AKO
      • Avi Kubernetes Operator Deployment Guide
      • Tunables for AKO
      • Frequently Asked Questions for AKO
      • AKO in Azure
      • AKO in GCP
      • AKO Deployment in OpenStack
      • Install Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Install and Manage AKO using the AKO Operator
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Cloud Connector to AKO Migration
      • Tenancy in AKO
      • AKO on Istio
      • AKO on TKGs with NSX-T
      • AKO on vSphere with Tanzu with VDS
      • AKO Optimisation Recommendations
      • Installing AKO on TKGI
      • Troubleshooting Avi Kubernetes Operator
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Default Secret for TLS Routes
      • Default Secret for TLS Ingresses
      • Enhanced Virtual Hosting
      • Passthrough Ingress
      • High Availability support in AKO
      • Namespace Sync in AKO
      • Networking/v1 Ingress Support
      • Multiple AKO Instances in a Cluster
      • Gateway and Gateway Class
      • Handling of Kubernetes/ OpenShift and Avi Objects
      • Cilium CNI Support with AKO
      • OVN-Kubernetes CNI plugin support on OpenShift
      • AKO Deployment in GKE, AKS, and EKS
      • Kubernetes Events
      • Shared VIP
      • Multiple AKO Instances in a Cluster
  • AMKO
    • Version 1.5
      • Avi Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Operator
      • AMKO Version 1.5 Release Notes
      • Install and Configure AMKO
      • Compatibility Guide for AMKO
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
    • Version 1.6
      • Avi Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Operator
      • AMKO Version 1.6 Release Notes
      • Install and Configure AMKO
      • Compatibility Guide for AMKO
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Federation
    • Version 1.7
      • Avi Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Operator
      • AMKO Version 1.7 Release Notes
      • Install and Configure AMKO
      • Compatibility Guide for AMKO
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Federation
    • Version 1.8
      • Avi Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Operator
      • AMKO Version 1.8 Release Notes
      • Install and Configure AMKO
      • Compatibility Guide for AMKO
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Federation
    • Version 1.9
      • Avi Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Operator
      • AMKO Version 1.9 Release Notes
      • Install and Configure AMKO
      • Compatibility Guide for AMKO
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Federation
    • Version 1.10
      • Avi Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Operator
      • AMKO Version 1.10 Release Notes
      • Install and Configure AMKO
      • Compatibility Guide for AMKO
      • Setting up Routing Rules using CRDs
      • Federation
  • Avi Pulse
    • Overview
      • Overview and Architecture
    • Getting Started with Avi Pulse
      • Getting Started
    • Services
      • Case Management
        • Case Management Service
        • File Upload Service
        • Proactive Tech Support Service
      • Security Threat Intelligence
        • Application Rules
        • IP Reputation
        • WAF Signatures
      • Other Services

Architecture

Overview

An overview of the general architecture of Avi Vantage.

Clouds

Applications managed by Avi Vantage are grouped into independently configurable "clouds."

Ecosystem Requirements

The specific technologies for which Avi Vantage is optimized.

Hardware Requirements
Hardware requirements and provisioning guidelines.
Controller Cluster IP

Best practices for Controller network configuration.

Virtual Services

The core of the Avi Vantage load-balancing and proxy functionality.

Service Engine Group

Service Engines handle all data plane operations. Service Engines are grouped together for common configuration and high availability.

Pools

Avi Vantage groups servers into pools to perform health monitoring, load balancing, persistence, and other functions.

 
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