This is a simple command line interface for accessing a Netscaler load balancer. It is currently alpha software, so use with caution.

The command line tools can be installed with:

gem install netscaler-cli

The following commands are currently a part of the system:

• netscaler-vserver -- An interface for enabling, disabling, querying, and binding responder policies to a specific virtual server.
• netscaler-service -- An interface for enabling, disabling, querying, and binding servers to specific services.
• netscaler-server -- An interface for enabling, disabling, querying, and binding servers to virtual servers.

Each command requires at least the --netscaler flag (which can be the full netscaler host name in the configuration file, or its alias, see below).

All of the commands rely upon a configuration file in the YAML format. By default, it looks for a file in your home directory

~/.netscaler-cli.yml

Each load balancer requires an entry in the file in the form:

netscaler.loadbalancer.somecompany.com:
   username: 'some.username'
   password: 'super!duper!secret!'
   alias:  prod

Multiple entries can be in the file; the password and the alias settings are not required. An alias can be used as a shortcut name on the command line for a particular netscaler server. However, if no password is given in the file for a given configuration, the tool will ask you for it.