Ellucian Luminis Portal
Contents
1 Introduction
Ellucian Luminis Portal is a web services and delivery environment tailored for higher education. It enables you to provide an interactive and collaborative environment. It supports a richer, more personalized user experience, improved information and service delivery and simplified administration and technology management.
1.1 Document Purpose
This document provides the recommended LoadMaster settings used when load balancing the Ellucian Luminis Portal workload. The Kemp Support Team is available to provide solutions for scenarios not explicitly defined. The Kemp support site can be found at: https://support.kemptechnologies.com.
1.2 Intended Audience
This document is for anyone deploying Ellucian Luminis Portal with a Kemp LoadMaster.
2 Architecture
3 Configure the LoadMaster
Follow the steps in the sections below to configure the LoadMaster with the recommended settings to load balance the Ellucian Luminis Portal workload.
3.1 Enable Check Persist Globally
It is recommended that you change the Always Check Persist option to Yes - Accept Changes. Use the following steps:
1. Go to System Configuration > Miscellaneous Options > L7 Configuration.
2. Click the Always Check Persist drop-down arrow and select Yes - Accept Changes.
3.2 Enable Subnet Originating Requests Globally
It is best practice to enable the Subnet Originating Requests option globally.
In a one-armed setup (where the Virtual Service and Real Servers are on the same network/subnet) Subnet Originating Requests is usually not needed. However, enabling Subnet Originating Requests should not affect the routing in a one-armed setup.
In a two-armed setup where the Virtual Service is on network/subnet A, for example, and the Real Servers are on network B, Subnet Originating Requests should be enabled on LoadMasters with firmware version 7.1-16 and above.
When Subnet Originating Requests is enabled, the LoadMaster routes traffic so that the Real Server sees traffic arriving from the LoadMaster interface that is in that network/subnet.
When Subnet Originating Requests is enabled globally, it is automatically enabled on all Virtual Services. If the Subnet Originating Requests option is disabled globally, you can choose whether to enable Subnet Originating Requests on a per-Virtual Service basis.
To enable Subnet Originating Requests globally, follow the steps below:
1. In the main menu of the LoadMaster Web User Interface (WUI), go to System Configuration > Miscellaneous Options > Network Options.
2. Select the Subnet Originating Requests check box.
4 Configure the Luninis Portal Reencrypted Virtual Service
Follow the steps below to create and configure the recommended settings for the Luminis Portal Reencrypted Virtual Service:
1. In the main menu of the LoadMaster Web User Interface (WUI), go to Virtual Services > Add New.
2. Type a valid IP address in the Virtual Address text box.
3. Type 443 in the Port text box.
4. Enter a recognizable Service Name, for example, Luminis Portal Reencrypted.
5. Ensure tcp is selected as the Protocol.
6. Click Add this Virtual Service.
7. Configure the settings as shown in the following table:
Section |
Option |
Value |
Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Standard Options |
Persistence Mode |
Active Cookie |
You must enable SSL Acceleration before you can select Active Cookie |
|
Timeout |
1 Hour |
|
|
Cookie name |
jsessionid |
|
Scheduling Method | least connection | ||
Idle Connection Timeout | 660 | ||
SSL Properties | SSL Acceleration | Enabled | |
Reencrypt | Selected | ||
Supported Protocols |
TLS1.0 TLS1.1 TLS1.2 TLS1.3 |
While this workload may not support TLS1.3 yet, Kemp recommend enabling it for future proofing. |
|
Cipher Set | BestPractices | ||
Advanced Properties |
Add a Port 80 Redirector VS |
https://%h%s |
Click Add HTTP Redirector. This automatically creates a redirect on port 80. Note: This field disappears after it is clicked. |
Real Servers |
Real Server Check Method |
HTTPS Protocol |
|
|
Checked Port |
443 |
|
8. Add the Real Servers:
a) Expand the Real Servers section.
b) Click Add New.
c) Type the address of the Real Server.
d) Type 443 as the Port.
e) Click Add This Real Server.
f) Repeat the steps above to add more Real Servers as needed, based on the environment.
4.1 Configure the Luminis Portal Reencrypted HTTP Redirect Virtual Service
Clicking the Add HTTP Redirector button automatically creates a port 80 redirect Virtual Service. This is optional, but the purpose of this Virtual Service is to redirect any clients who have connected using HTTP to the HTTPS Virtual Service. Kemp also recommends changing the Real Server Check Method and Persistence Mode to None.
Last Updated Date
This document was last updated on 10 March 2022.