NetScaler Console service

Licenses

Starting from NetScaler Console service release 14.1-21.x, the concept of licensed VIPs is removed. An unlimited number of VIPs are now available in NetScaler Console service. You no longer have to purchase NetScaler Console virtual server licenses because VIP license SKU will be End of Sale (EOS) and End of Renewal (EOR) shortly.

The changes to NetScaler Console service storage are as follows:

  • NetScaler Console service storage SKU will be End of Sale (EOS) & End of Renewal (EOR) shortly.
  • The default NetScaler Console service storage entitlement is now 5GB.
  • Any NetScaler Console service storage purchased in the past is honored until the term ends.
  • Any NetScaler Console VIP licenses purchased in the past that entitled you to a proportionate entitlement of NetScaler Console service storage are honored until the term ends.
  • If you purchase a different package that entitles you to a higher NetScaler Console storage entitlement, the default 5GB is changed to match the entitlement.

Note:

If you have purchased a virtual server earlier, 500 MB of storage applies per virtual server until the end of the subscription term.

NetScaler licensing required for NetScaler Console features

The following table lists the NetScaler licenses that are required to use some of the NetScaler Console features.

NetScaler Console Feature Group NetScaler Console Features NetScaler and Gateway License Requirement
Analytics HDX Insight Advanced (reporting < 1 hour) Premium (reporting = Unlimited)
Analytics Security Insight Premium (or) Advanced with App Firewall license
Analytics Gateway Insight Advanced (reporting < 1 hour) Premium (reporting = Unlimited)
Applications Application Statistics (App Dashboard, App Security Dashboard) NetScaler Web App Firewall related information on App dashboard, and app security dashboard needs Premium (or) Advanced with App Firewall license
Applications API gateway Premium (or) Advanced license
Applications StyleBooks N/A
Applications Inventory Management – Infrastructure Dashboard, Instance groups, Instance dashboards and Sites N/A
Applications Event Management and Syslog N/A
Applications Configuration Jobs, Configuration Audit, and Configuration Advice N/A
Applications Network reporting (Instance level) N/A
Applications Network reporting (virtual server level) N/A
Applications Network Functions (Plain visibility and Management of virtual servers, services, service groups, servers) N/A
Applications SSL certificate management (Instance level) N/A
Applications SSL certificate management (virtual server level) N/A
System RBAC and External Authentication (instance level) N/A
System RBAC and External Authentication (virtual server level) N/A

View expiry checks for virtual server subscriptions

You can view the status of installed licenses with the expiry and the allowed storage limit to the licenses in NetScaler Console.

To view the status of the licenses:

  1. Navigate to Account > Subscriptions.

  2. In the Entitlements section, you can view the details of licensed virtual servers and the days to expiry:

    • Entitled Virtual Servers: Number of virtual servers available to license.

    • Entitled Third Party Virtual Servers: Number of third party virtual servers you can manage with the license.

    • Entitled Storage: Storage limit of the license.

    • Days to Expiry: Number of days remaining before the license expiry.

View the type of analytics enabled on the virtual servers

After you enable AppFlow on the selected virtual servers, you can view the type of analytics enabled on the licensed virtual servers or third-party virtual servers from the Subscriptions page.

  1. Navigate to Account > Subscriptions.

  2. In the Virtual Server Analytics Summary section, select the type of licensed virtual servers.

  3. The licensed virtual servers page displays the list of licensed virtual servers. On this page, the Analytics Status column displays the type of analytics enabled on the virtual servers.

Licenses