Admin partitions

Admin partitions is one of the new features in NetScaler; it allows an appliance to be partitioned into logical entities called admin partitions, where each partition can be configured and used as a separate NetScaler appliance; we can then allow superusers to access and configure their own partition.

This allows for separated partitions to, for instance, Microsoft Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and web application owners, and so on.

Each partition has its own file structure where it stores configuration files for that partition, located under /nsconfig/partitions/<partitionName>. SSL certificates are stored under /var/partitions/<partitionName>/netscaler/ssl.

Also each partition has its own set of resources that is defined during setup.

Note

There are still some limits on what features that can be configured in admin partitions; this includes the application firewall, NetScaler gateway, AAA-TM, Load balancing for FTP, SIP, RADIUS, RDP, VXLAN, Cluster, DNS, GSLB, and so...