Citrix NetScaler LB Virtual Server API
Load balancing virtual servers accept incoming traffic and distribute it across backend services using configurable load balancing methods such as round robin, least connections, and more.
Citrix NetScaler LB Virtual Server API is one of 9 APIs that Citrix NetScaler publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include LB Virtual Server. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, a changelog, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes 8 operations across 4 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 14.1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{nsip}/nitro/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Citrix NetScaler LB Virtual Server API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the cookie as NITRO_AUTH_TOKEN (nitroAuthToken).
An API key is passed in the header as X-NITRO-USER (nitroBasicAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
nitroAuthToken— Session-based authentication token obtained via the /config/login endpoint. Provided as a cookie with each request.nitroBasicAuth— Per-request authentication using X-NITRO-USER and X-NITRO-PASS headers as an alternative to session-based tokens.
Paths & Operations 8
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 2 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Load balancing virtual servers accept incoming traffic and distribute it across backend services using configurable load balancing methods such as round robin, least connections,…
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are LbVserver (66 properties), LbVserverServiceBinding (8 properties), NitroErrorResponse (3 properties), NitroResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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