name: Citrix NetScaler
segments:
- Gateways
description: Citrix NetScaler is an application delivery controller (ADC) that provides load balancing, traffic management,
  application security, and application acceleration capabilities for web applications and services.
image: https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/images/logos/citrix-logo.svg
url: https://www.citrix.com/products/citrix-adc/
created: '2024'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.16'
tags:
- API Gateway
- Application Delivery Controller
- Application Security
- Load Balancing
- SSL Offloading
- Traffic Management
- Web Application Firewall
apis:
- name: Citrix ADC (NetScaler) NITRO API
  description: The NITRO API provides programmatic access to configure and monitor NetScaler appliances. It supports REST-based
    operations for comprehensive management of ADC features including load balancing, content switching, SSL, and more.
  image: https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/images/logos/citrix-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-nitro-api/current-release.html
  baseURL: https://<netscaler-ip>/nitro/v1
  tags:
  - Automation
  - Configuration
  - Monitoring
  - REST API
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-nitro-api/current-release.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/citrix-netscaler-nitro-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/citrix-netscaler-vserver-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/citrix-netscaler-context.jsonld
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-nitro-api/current-release/api-reference.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-nitro-api/current-release/performing-basic-netscaler-operations.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-nitro-api/current-release/before-you-begin.html
  - type: SDK
    url: https://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-adc/sdks/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-nitro-api/current-release/nitro-changes-across-releases/
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/nitro-authentication.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/nitro-cs-virtual-server.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/nitro-lb-virtual-server.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/nitro-ns-config.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/nitro-statistics.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/nitro-system.yaml
  contact:
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.citrix.com/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/
- name: NetScaler ADM NITRO API
  description: The NetScaler Application Delivery Management (ADM) NITRO API provides programmatic access to manage, monitor,
    and orchestrate multiple NetScaler instances from a centralized platform, covering analytics, configuration audit, and
    system management.
  image: https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/images/logos/citrix-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/citrix-adm-nitro-api-reference/
  baseURL: https://<adm-ip>/nitro/v1
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Management
  - Orchestration
  - REST API
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/citrix-adm-nitro-api-reference/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/citrix-adm-nitro-api-reference/configuration/system/Authentication/Authentication.html
  contact:
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.citrix.com/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/
- name: NetScaler SDX NITRO API
  description: The NetScaler SDX NITRO API provides programmatic access to configure and manage NetScaler SDX appliances via
    REST interfaces, enabling provisioning and management of multiple virtual NetScaler instances on a single hardware platform.
  image: https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/images/logos/citrix-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-sdx-nitro-api-reference/current-release.html
  baseURL: https://<sdx-ip>/nitro/v1
  tags:
  - Management
  - REST API
  - SDX
  - Virtualization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-sdx-nitro-api-reference/current-release.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-sdx-nitro-api-reference/adc-sdx-nitro-api-reference.html
  contact:
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.citrix.com/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/
- name: NetScaler Next-Gen API
  description: NetScaler Next-Gen API is a modern declarative RESTful API built on the OpenAPI 3.0 specification that allows
    developers to programmatically configure NetScaler with an intuitive application-centric interface, abstracting away low-level
    configuration complexities.
  image: https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/images/logos/citrix-logo.svg
  humanURL: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/nextgen-api.html
  baseURL: https://<netscaler-ip>/
  tags:
  - Application-Centric
  - Declarative
  - OpenAPI
  - REST API
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/nextgen-api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/nextgen-api/getting-started-guide.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/nextgen-api/apis/
  contact:
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.citrix.com/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.netscaler.com/platform/apis
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.netscaler.com/
- type: CLI
  url: https://developer-docs.netscaler.com/en-us/adc-command-reference-int/current-release.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.netscaler.com/blog/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/netscaler
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/citrix
- type: Support
  url: https://www.netscaler.com/resources/support
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.com/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://onboarding.cloud.com/
- type: Login
  url: https://citrix.cloud.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cloud.com/legal
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cloud.com/legal
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/NetScaler
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/netscaler
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://docs.netscaler.com/en-us/citrix-adc/current-release/citrix-adc-release-notes.html
- type: Features
  data:
  - Load balancing across multiple servers and protocols
  - Content switching for routing traffic based on request attributes
  - SSL offloading and acceleration
  - Web Application Firewall for application security
  - Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
  - Application acceleration and optimization
  - API gateway capabilities
  - Health monitoring and auto-scaling
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - Distributing web traffic across backend servers for high availability
  - Securing applications with WAF and DDoS protection
  - Offloading SSL processing from application servers
  - Routing API traffic through an application delivery controller
  - Managing multi-cloud and hybrid application delivery
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - Terraform
  - Ansible
  - Kubernetes (Ingress Controller)
  - Citrix Cloud
  - ServiceNow
  - Splunk
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.citrix.com/partners/
properties:
- type: Capabilities
  url: capabilities/adc-management.yaml
  title: ADC Management Capability
- type: Capabilities
  url: capabilities/shared/nitro.yaml
  title: NITRO API Shared Definition
include:
- name: Citrix Developer Portal
  url: https://developer.citrix.com/
integrations:
- name: Citrix Ready partners
maintainers:
- name: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com/