KnowledgeHub Article Index

ZXTM KnowledgeHub: News

• IP Transparency 1.5 released
• ZXTM 4.2r2 released
• Zeus-Users.org community
• ZXTM Global Load Balancer 2.1 released
• IP Transparency 1.4 released
• ZXTM 4.2r1 released
• ZXTM 4.2 released
• ZXTM Global Load Balancer
• ZXTM - now running on Windows
• ZXTM 4.1r3 released
• ZXTM 4.1r2 released
• ZXTM Virtual Appliance released
• ZXTM 4.1r1 released
• ZXTM 4.1 Released
• IP Transparency with the ZXTM software
• ZXTM 4.0r2 released
• Announcing the ZXTM Virtual Machine
• How fast can ZXTM go?
• ZXTM 4.0 released
• Zeus are recruiting!
• Introducing the ZXTM KnowledgeHub
• Zeus Wins Double at Industry Awards
• ZXTM 3.1r1 released
• ZXTM 3.1 released
• ZXTM 3.0 released

ZXTM KnowledgeHub: Articles

• Getting the best out of ZXTM and ESX
• On-hold music for your website
• Why ZXTM #3: Faster, more responsive applications
• Scaling Citrix Secure Gateway
• Why ZXTM? #2: Deeper intelligence with TrafficScript
• Why ZXTM? #1: Scalability and Managability
• Managing Website Growth
• Converting Snort Rules to TrafficScript
• Load-balancing an Enterprise Service Bus
• Using ZXTM as a Forward Proxy
• Geographic location detection using TrafficScript
• Managing XML SOAP data with TrafficScript
• Synchronizing SMTP
• Hex-encoded URLs, TrafficScript, and All That
• Detecting and Managing Abusive Referers
• Stop bandwidth theft!
• "Zeus offers load balancing for super-villians"
• Introducing ZXTM Global Load Balancer
• Hiding Application Errors
• How to stop 'login abuse', using TrafficScript
• No more 404 Not Found...?
• The "Contact Us" attack against mail servers
• Copyright 2006?
• Adding meta-tags to a website with ZXTM
• Running a JBOSS cluster with ZXTM
• Detailed response times with TrafficScript
• ZXTM Visio stencils
• ZXTM Spider Catcher
• Virtual Appliances at VMworld 2006
• Overcoming client firewall restrictions with port sharing
• Traffic Valuation and Prioritization
• Using ZXTM to load-balance Windows Media Services
• Setting up NAT on a ZXTM appliance
• How to invalidate cached items in ZXTM's Content Cache
• Make your applications run faster with ZXTM!
• Sun's CEO on the demise of ASICs
• Windows Terminal Services, Session Directory and ZXTM
• Extracting Historical Activity Graphs
• Deploying ZXTM with BEA WebLogic Server
• How to... launch a website at 5am
• Using Google Analytics on your web site - the easy way!
• A perl regexp wrapper for a C custom monitor
• Writing a custom monitor for MySQL in C
• Migrating support.zeus.com
• Generating Mandelbrot sets in TrafficScript
• Embedding RSS data using a TrafficScript rule
• Emacs mode for TrafficScript
• Using the Control API with Java
• Log rotation
• Achieving IP Transparency with ZXTM
• Sending custom error pages from ZXTM
• What's new in ZXTM 4.0?
• Making the most of Content Caching
• User Interface Demonstrations
• Tuning ZXTM for maximum performance
• What's the best way to integrate Apache with ZXTM?
• ZXTM Architecture
• Integrating Google Search
• Masking data (e.g. social security numbers) in HTTP responses
• Using MRTG to monitor ZXTM
• What to do when your apps run slow?
• ZXTM just got twice as fast...
• ZXTM and ZXTM LB
• Access control via ZXTM database authentication
• Using ZXTM as a transparent proxy
• RuleBuilder and TrafficScript comparison
• TrafficCluster Fault Tolerance
• TrafficScript examples: Fixing broken websites...
• Scripting your configuration changes
• Virtual hosting FTP services

ZXTM KnowledgeHub: Code Samples

• List running Virtual Servers using Ruby and SOAP
• Deleting Session Persistence records
• Using ZXTM as a Forward Proxy
• ZXTM Spider Catcher
• TrafficScript fact sheet
• Clearing ZXTM's Content Cache
• How do I restrict my website to certain IP ranges?
• Re-writing a client request from http:// to https://
• Transparently redirecting clients from http://domain.com/ to http://www.domain.com/
• Using ZXTM with htaccess authentication
• POP3 Stress Relief
• Logging slow connections
• Rewriting responses with "Generic Client First" and "Generic Server First" protocols
• Using low-bandwidth content during extreme load
• Emacs mode for TrafficScript
• Handling binary protocols
• Spoofing IP addresses when using web proxies
• List running Virtual Servers using PHP5
• List running Virtual Servers using Python and SOAPpy
• List running Virtual Servers using Java
• List running Virtual Servers using C#
• List running Virtual Servers using Perl
• String manipulation
• How does TrafficScript work?
• Routing requests based on the content of XML fields
• An introduction to TrafficScript
• Basic syntax
• Variables and Types
• if-then-else tests
• Loops
• Rules processing and flow control
• Setting an HTTP response header
• Inspecting HTTP request parameters
• Rewriting HTTP requests
• Rewriting HTTP responses
• Controlling session persistence
• Monitoring the response time of slow services
• Selective bandwidth management
• Querying an external datasource

ZXTM KnowledgeHub: Frequently Asked Questions

• How do I import ZXTM VA into VMware ESX 3.5
• How do I configure ZXTM with Firefox 3?
• How do I run my ZXTMs in Active-Active mode?
• Why am I having startup issues on SLES?
• How do I connect ZXTM software to external SSL hardware?
• How do I connect a ZXTM Appliance to an nCipher NetHSM?
• How do I pass the client's IP address to my servers in an HTTP header?
• When does ZXTM send email alerts?
• How do I upgrade an Appliance to ZXTM 4.2?
• How do I perform a memory test ?
• Server-first and Client-first Protocols
• SSL offloading for JBOSS and Tomcat servers.
• Why doesn't failover work properly with my Cisco hardware?
• How many persistent sessions can ZXTM handle?
• Is ZXTM affected by the US Energy Policy Act?
• How do I get ZXTM system information through SNMP?
• What effect does ZXTM's connection processing have on CPU usage?
• TrafficScript fact sheet
• How do I upgrade my Appliance?
• How do I perform an unattended installation?
• I've successfully upgraded to 4.1, but get 'failed to join cluster' errors.
• Importing encrypted SSL certificates into ZXTM
• What does the error 'Channel 1 is not a LAN channel' mean?
• What does the 'use_prefix has been deprecated' error mean (ZXTM Control API)
• IP Spoofing protection may cause ZXTM Appliance to drop valid traffic
• How do I upgrade an appliance from ZXTM 4.0?
• How do I create a chained SSL certificate?
• Why is ZXTM pinging my back-ends when I don't have a PING health monitor attached?
• Microsoft Exchange and ZXTM :: Delivering a Secure Mobile Solution
• Integrating ZXTM with BEA Weblogic's T3 protocol.
• Why am I still seeing new connections connecting to my draining node(s)?
• I'm running FreeBSD -- do you have any tuning recommendations?
• How does Bandwidth Management work in ZXTM?
• How do I configure ZXTM with Internet Explorer 7?
• How does the perceptive algorithm ramp up the load on new servers in a pool?
• Conforming to the Payment Card Industry's Security Requirements
• How do I import certificates exported from Windows Server into ZXTM?
• TCP Checksum errors
• How do I use an nCipher nFast Ultra card with ZXTM?
• Zeus have provided me with my license key, yet ZXTM keeps rejecting it.
• I've run the ZXTM installer, but I can't get past the license agreement page.
• I'm running GNU/Linux: Why is ZXTM using most of my server's physical memory?
• Solaris 10 on x86-64 Systems May Lose Track of Time on DST Change
• What are the different license key options?
• How do I change the IP address my license key is bound to?
• Hardware Returns Procedure
• Preserving the Client IP address to iPlanet/SunONE/Sun Java System Web Server servers and Applications
• Preserving the Client IP address to Apache servers and Applications
• How do I upgrade my ZXTM software?
• Shared library problems on Solaris 8 and 9
• ZXTM FD fix patch
• How to recompile a FreeBSD kernel with SSE support
• Do I need to have more than one network card?
• Bandwidth Managment Requirements
• How many back-end servers can ZXTM address?
• How many distinct ports can I manage?
• Can I run SPECweb or other benchmarks through ZXTM?
• What sources of information are available?
• ZXTM seems to keep lots of HTTP connections open. Why is this?
• My web site or service isn't working - how can I tell if it is ZXTM that is at fault?
• When I plug a ZXTM in, why does it takes so long for it to come back into use?
• I'm familiar with other Zeus products - what do I need to know about ZXTM?
• What is $ZEUSHOME?
• Administration Best Practices
• Can ZXTM provide fault tolerance if a back-end server fails whilst sending data?
• How can I increase the number of connections that ZXTM can handle?
• How do File Descriptors affect ZXTM?
• What ZXTM settings are not exposed in the Admin Interface?
• ZXTM performance tuning

ZXTM KnowledgeHub: Product Documentation

• ZXTM GLB 2.1 Manual and Release Notes
• ZXTM 4.2 User Manual
• ZXTM 4.2 Release Notes
• ZXTM 4.2 Getting Started Guide (appliance)
• ZXTM 4.2 Getting Started Guide (software)
• ZXTM 4.2 Getting Started (Virtual Appliance)
• ZXTM 4.2 TrafficScript Manual
• ZXTM 4.2 Control API Manual
• ZXTM GLB 2.0 Manual and Release Notes
• ZXTM 4.1 Getting Started (Virtual Appliance)
• ZXTM 4.1 Release Notes
• ZXTM 4.1 Getting Started Guide (software)
• ZXTM 4.1 Getting Started Guide (appliance)
• ZXTM 4.1 User Manual
• ZXTM 4.1 TrafficScript Manual
• ZXTM 4.1 Control API Manual
• IP Transparency Module for ZXTM - Installation Guide
• ZXTM 4.0r2 README and RELEASE_NOTES
• ZXTM 4.0 Getting Started Guide
• ZXTM 4.0 User Manual
• ZXTM 4.0 TrafficScript Manual
• ZXTM 4.0 Control API Manual
• Migrating from Zeus Load Balancer to ZXTM
• ZXTM Network Planning
• ZXTM 3.1 README and RELEASE_NOTES
• ZXTM 3.1 Getting Started guide
• ZXTM 3.1 User Manual
• ZXTM 3.1 TrafficScript Manual

ZXTM Desktop Edition

• Desktop Edition - FAQs
• Using your ZXTM Desktop Edition
• ZXTM Desktop Edition license keys
• Installing and running the ZXTM Desktop Edition
• Download the ZXTM Desktop Edition
• ZXTM Desktop Edition