Citrix Systems, Inc.
Systems and methods for providing load balancing as a service

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed generally to systems and methods for providing load balancing as a service. A load balancer executing on a device intermediary to a server and a plurality of clients can receive a request from an agent executing on the server. The request can be to initiate establishment of a transport layer connection. The load balancer can accept the request to establish the transport layer connection with the server. The load balancer can receive a request to access the server from a client of the plurality of clients. The load balancer can forward the request to the server via the transport layer connection established between the load balancer and the server responsive to the request of the server.