AWS-VPX support matrix
The following sections list the supported NetScaler VPX offerings, AWS regions, instance types, and services.
Supported VPX offerings on AWS
| Supported VPX offerings |
|---|
| NetScaler VPX - Customer Licensed |
| NetScaler VPX FIPS - Customer Licensed |
| NetScaler VPX FIPS ENA - Customer Licensed |
Supported AWS regions
| Region | Region code |
|---|---|
| US West | us-west-1, us-west-2 |
| US East | us-east-1, us-east-2 |
| Asia Pacific | ap-south-1, ap-southeast-4, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, ap-east-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-southeast-3, ap-south-2 |
| Canada | ca-central-1, ca-west-1 |
| EU | eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-south-1, eu-north-1 |
| South America | sa-east-1 |
| Israel | il-central-1 |
| Middle East | me-south-1, me-central-1 |
| Africa | af-south-1 |
| AWS GovCloud | us-gov-east-1, us-gov-west-1 |
| US Intelligence | us-iso-east-1, us-isob-east-1 |
| China | cn-north-1, cn-northwest-1 |
Supported AWS instance types
NetScaler recommends the following AWS instance types:
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M6i and C5n series for marketplace editions or bandwidth-based pool licensing.
| VPX with Pooled or Flexed licensing (Bandwidth licenses) | Recommended AWS instance |
|---|---|
| Up to 200 Mbps | m6i.xlarge |
| 1–5 Gbps | m6i.2xlarge |
| 5–8 Gbps | c5n.4xlarge |
| 8–25 Gbps | c5n.9xlarge |
To determine the right instance for your specific needs based on metrics such as packets per second or SSL transaction rates, contact your NetScaler representative for guidance.
| Category | Instance families |
|---|---|
| General Purpose | M3, M4, M5, M5a, M5n, M6i, M7i, M8i, T2, T3a |
| Compute Optimized | C4, C5, C5n, C6in |
| Memory Optimized | R7iz |
| Storage Optimized | D2 |
Supported AWS services
| Supported AWS services |
|---|
| EC2: Launches ADC instances. |
| Lambda: Invokes NetScaler VPX NITRO APIs during provisioning of NetScaler VPX instances from CFT. |
| VPC and VPC ingress routing: VPC creates isolated networks in which ADC can be launched. VPC ingress routing is used in the firewall load balancing solution. |
| Route53: Distributes traffic across all the NetScaler VPX nodes in the NetScaler Autoscale solution. |
| ELB: Distributes traffic across all the NetScaler VPX nodes in the NetScaler Autoscale solution. |
| Cloudwatch: Monitors performance and system parameters for NetScaler VPX instance. |
| AWS Autoscaling: Used for back-end server autoscaling. |
| Cloud formation: CloudFormation templates are used to deploy NetScaler VPX instances. |
| Simple Queue Service (SQS): Monitors scale up and scale down events in back-end autoscaling. |
| Simple Notification Service (SNS): Monitors scale up and scale down events in back-end autoscaling. |
| Identity and Access Management (IAM): Provides access to AWS services and resources. |
| AWS Outposts: Provisions NetScaler VPX instances in AWS Outposts. |