Practical Avi Load Balancer: Application Delivery and Security

Modern applications require reliable traffic distribution, robust security, and seamless scalability to deliver an optimal user experience. This text-based course guides you through the foundational concepts of Avi Load Balancer, showing you how to manage application traffic and secure your infrastructure. You will transition from understanding basic networking to confidently planning, configuring, and managing application delivery services. Through detailed written explanations and configuration examples, you will learn to implement advanced load balancing, web application firewalls, and modern service mesh concepts. What you'll learn: - Understand core load balancing architectures and virtual service configurations. - Configure intelligent traffic management and health monitoring for applications. - Implement Web Application Firewall policies to protect against common web vulnerabilities. - Explore service mesh integration and application delivery in containerized environments. - Analyze application performance and traffic analytics using built-in monitoring tools. - Apply declarative APIs and automation patterns to simplify load balancer deployment. The course begins with foundational networking and load balancing terminology before walking you through step-by-step configuration workflows. You will progress from basic virtual services to advanced security policies and automated multi-cloud deployments. This course is designed for IT professionals, network engineers, and system administrators who are new to Avi Load Balancer, with no prior experience with the platform required. Start reading today to master modern application delivery and secure your web applications.