Show lb vserver | grep Appflow should show “Appflow logging: ENABLED” Now bind this policy to the vservers that needs to be monitored – > this step is critical without which no AppFlow records are generated.(Appflow can be some bound globally by command: bind appflow global )īind lb vserver -policyName log_all -priority 100Ĭheck to make sure the vserver and the services bound have appflow enabled ( by default appflow is enabled). Do remember to bind the appflow policies to the specific Vservers that you want AppFlow data to be generated.Īdd appflow collector solarwinds_OR_splunk -IpAddress 10.217.100.100 ( port is optional default is UDP 4739)Īdd appflow action log_appflow -collectors solarwinds_OR_splunkĪdd appflow policy log_all true log_all_records ( this is the simplest policy, one of the more useful ones is in the support article mentioned above)

The NetScaler version required would be 9.3.49.5 or higher and remember all such new features like AppFlow & DataStream are only available in the nCore builds. The recent inundating requests from customers and sales teams alike prompted me to write this blog outlining the installation instructions to implement NetScaler AppFlowTM with Splunk and/or Solarwinds.ĪppFlow is an advanced feature available on all NetScaler editions – standard, enterprise and platinum, for the NetScaler products.

Here we will focus on the technical aspects of NetScaler AppFlowTM . Steve Shah’s recent blogs Splunk and AppFlow & Changing the Market Landscape of APM call out the business drivers of NetScaler AppFlowTM. Unlike proprietary packet capture tools, AppFlow leverages in-place footprints within existing infrastructure, virtualized, cloud or otherwise, and delivers the APM data in an industry standard format that is modeled on the success of NetFlow/IPFIX. Network taps, span ports and aggregators are soon becoming defunct with the Cloud revolution picking up steam and making IT pros rethink their application performance monitoring (APM) strategy. This article describes how to configure NetScaler AppFlow for SolarWinds.

Solarwinds netflow collector