Cisco Unified Presence, Release 7.x -- How to Configure the Load Balancer for Redundancy

Update the federation routing parameter

Select Cisco Unified Presence Administration > System > Service Parameters > Cisco UP SIP Proxy from the Service menu and enter these values:

• Virtual IP Address-enter the virtual IP address set on the load balancer
• Server Name-set to the FQDN of the load balancer
• Federation Routing CUP FQDN-set to the FQDN of the load balancer.

Create a new TLS peer subject

1. Select Cisco Unified Presence Administration > System > Security > TLS Peer Subjects.
2. Click Add New and enter these values:

• Peer Subject Name- enter the external FQDN of the load balancer
• Description-enter the name of the load balancer

Add the TLS peer to the TLS peer subjects list

1. Select Cisco Unified Presence Administration > System > Security > TLS Context Configuration.
2. Click Find.
3. Click Default_Cisco_UPS_SIP_Proxy_Peer_Auth_TLS_Context.
4. Move the load balancer federation-TLS peer subject for the load balancer to the selected TLS peer subjects list.

Change the static PAT to use an arbitrary, unused port for the public CUP address.

Change: static (inside,outside) tcp <Public CUP IP address> 5061 <Routing CUP private IP address> 5062 netmask 255.255.255.255

to:

static (inside,outside) tcp <Public CUP IP address> 55061 <Routing CUP/Publisher private IP address> 5062 netmask 255.255.255.255

Add a new static PAT to allow messages sent to the public Cisco Unified Presence address to be forwarded to the virtual port address (on whichever port the load balancer is listening for TLS messages).

static (inside,outside) tcp <Public CUP address> 5061 <Load Balancer VIP> 5062 netmask 255.255.255.255

Add a new access list for the load balancer virtual IP address. You must add an access list for each foreign domain that Cisco Unified Presence needs to access.

access-list ent_lber_to_foreign_ocs extended permit tcp host <subscriber private ip address> host <foreign domain public IP address> 5061

Add a new access list for a foreign domain to initiate messages to a Cisco Unified Presence server when the load balancer virtual IP address is in place. You must add an access list for each foreign domain that needs to access Cisco Unified Presence.

access-list ent_lcs_to_lber_routgcup extended permit tcp host <foreign domain public ip address> host <cup public ip address> 65061

A Cisco Unified Presence server federating with one or more foreign domains

Add a new access list for the new load balancer virtual IP address. You must add an access list for each foreign domain that Cisco Unified Presence needs to access.

Publisher:

access-list ent_lber_to_foreign_ocs extended permit tcp host <Virtual IP address> host <foreign domain public IP address> 5061

Subscriber:

access-list ent_lber_to_foreign_ocs extended permit tcp host <subscriber private ip address> host <foreign domain public IP address> 5061

Add a new access list for a foreign domain to initiate messages to a Cisco Unified Presence server when the load balancer virtual IP address is in place. You must add an access list for each foreign domain that needs to access Cisco Unified Presence.

Publisher:

access-list ent_lcs_to_lber_routgcup extended permit tcp host <foreign domain public ip address> host <cup public ip address> eq 55061

Subscriber:

access-list ent_lcs_to_lber_routgcup extended permit tcp host <foreign domain public ip address> host <cup public ip address> eq 65061

For each access list, add a new class to incorporate the new access list.

class ent_lber_to_foreign_ocs match access-list ent_lber_to_foreign_ocs

For each class, make an entry in the policy-map global_policy for messages initiated by Cisco Unified Presence.

policy-map global_policy class ent_lber_to_foreign_ocs inspect sip sip_inspect tls-proxy ent_cup_to_foreign

For each class, make an entry in the policy-map global_policy for messages initiated on a foreign domain.

policy-map global_policy class ent_lcs_to_lber_routgcup inspect sip sip_inspect tls-proxy ent_foreign_to_cup

Cisco Unified Presence to Cisco Unified Presence Federation, where the foreign domain has added one or more intercluster Cisco Unified Presence servers</td>

The foreign domain ASA must allow access to the arbitrary ports which have been chosen for our local domain publisher and the subscriber.

access-list ent_cup_to_foreignPubcupwlber extended permit tcp host <foreign domain private CUP address> host <public CUP address of our local domain> 55061 access-list ent_cup_to_foreignSubcupwlber extended permit tcp host <foreign domain private CUP address> host <public CUP address of our local domain> 65061

For each access list, add a new class to incorporate the new access list.

For each class, make an entry in the policy-map global_policy.

Update TLS-PROXY

Change

tls-proxy ent_foreign_to_cup

server trust-point msoft_publicfqdn

client trust-point cup_proxy

client cipher-suite aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 3des-sha1 null-sha1

!

tls-proxy ent_cup_to_foreign

server trust-point cup_proxy

client trust-point msoft_publicfqdn

client cipher-suite aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 3des-sha1 null-sha1

to:

tls-proxy ent_foreign_to_cup

server trust-point msoft_publicfqdn

client trust-point msoft_publicfqdn

client cipher-suite aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 3des-sha1 null-sha1

!

tls-proxy ent_cup_to_foreign

server trust-point msoft_publicfqdn

client trust-point msoft_publicfqdn

client cipher-suite aes128-sha1 aes256-sha1 3des-sha1 null-sha1

Generate CA-signed certificate for the load balancer on the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance.

Use the crypto ca enroll command and specify the FQDN of the load balancer.

Import the CA-signed certificate from the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance to the load balancer..

Use the copy ssl command.

Generate a CA-signed certificate for the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance on the load balancer..

These steps provide an overview but refer to the CSS SSL Configuration Guide for details:

1. Enter global configuration mode (config).
2. Generate the RSA key pair used in the exhange (ssl genrsa).
3. Associate the generated RSA key pair with a file (ssl associate)
4. Generate the Certificate Signing Request (ssl gencsr).
5. Obtain a root CA certificate from the CA.
6. Transfer the CSR to the CA.
7. Re-import the signed cert into the load balancer (copy ssl and ssl associate).

Import the CA-signed certificate from the load balancer to the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance

Use the crypto ca trustpoint command.

To verify that the certificate was imported, use the show crypto ca certificate command.

Generate a CA-signed certificate on both the publisher and subscriber nodes.

Follow the instructions to exchange certificates using CA-signed certificates.

Import the CA-signed certificates (from the publisher and subscriber nodes) to the load balancer

Use the copy ssl and ssl associate commands.

Update all instances of the FQDN to correspond to the load balancer FQDN.

Update the domain name in the IM Provider list with the load balancer.

1. Select Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management on the external Access Edge server.
2. Right-click Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 in the left pane.
3. Click the IM Provider tab.
4. Click Add.
5. Check Allow the IM service provider.

Define the network address of the IM service provider as the public FQDN of the Load Balancer

Configure certificate exchange between Cisco CSS 11500 Content Services Switch and Cisco Unified Presence.

• CA or self-signed certificates can be used in the SSL module.
• You need to generate a certificate for the Cisco CSS 11500 Content Services Switch, and import this onto the remote server.
• You need to import the certificate from the remote server onto the Cisco CSS 11500 Content Services Switch.</td>

Configure certificate exchange between Cisco CSS 11500 Content Services Switch and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance.

You must define a virtual SSL server in an SSL proxy list for an SSL module to properly process and terminate SSL communications from the client and initiate a HTTP connection to the server.

• You must specify the IP address and port number that the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance points to.
• You must specify the name of the existing certificate and key pair for the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance.

Create a Back-End SSL server entry in SSL Proxy List for each Cisco Unified Presence server.

• You must specify the Cisco Unified Presence server address. Note that the Cisco Unified Presence servers (back-end servers) must be on a different subnet than the VIP address.
• The back-end server connection can be a different TLS cipher suite than the front-end, or can be TCP.
• You must specify the port to receive the TLS traffic on the Cisco CSS 11500 Content Services Switch.
• You must specify the port to send the TLS traffic to the Cisco Unified Presence servers.

Create an SSL service for SSL termination for each Cisco Unified Presence server.

• When specifying the keepalive port, ensure that the port number is the same as those you configured for the Back-End SSL server entries.
• The keepalive message type value should be `tcp'.

Create the SSL module.

• You must specify the physical slot number of the SSL module. Use the CSS command `show chassis' to retrieve this slot number.
• In the SSL module you must associate a Cisco Unified Presence server with an SSL service, for example add ssl-proxy-list called ssl_list1.

Create an internal content rule to route the decrypted data from the ASA to CUP server.

Create content rule to route TLS data to the SSL module for decryption and load-balancing.

Create a NAT association between the VIP and the back-end Cisco Unified Presence servers.

When using a Cisco CSS 11500 Content Services Switch directly between Cisco Unified Presence and Microsoft OCS (no Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance), you must be able to resolve the certificate Subject Common Name for the Cisco Unified Presence server to Cisco Unified Presence IP address from OCS. Also each Cisco Unified Presence server Subject Common Name must be in the OCS host authorization list.