Lumeus

An extension for managing Secure Access to Servers, Kubernetes, Databases & AI.

Overview

Lumeus.ai enables secure, streamlined access to your organization's resources directly from Visual Studio or Cursor. It offers robust credential management and seamless connectivity to your infrastructure, ensuring enhanced security, simplified workflows, and session visibility.

Capabilities

• Rapid Secure Access Provisioning: Deploy secure access into resources within 5 minutes, utilizing integrations with standard IAM providers such as Okta, Azure AD, and Google Workspace. This ensures federated authentication, accelerated onboarding, and minimal workflow interruptions.

• Ephemeral Credential Management: Eliminate risks from persistent SSH, K8S, and other keys by generating ephemeral, short-lived certificates on-demand. Certificates are dynamically issued based on real-time multi-parameter risk assessments consistent with Zero Trust security best practices.

• Deep Session Inspection: Employ real-time, context-aware inspection of sessions accessing resources, providing detailed telemetry including user identities, device health, geographic location, connection types, and others. Lumeus.ai's inspection technology, specifically optimized for workloads, ensures negligible performance impacts, enabling robust continuous compliance monitoring for standards such as ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, and GDPR.

Prerequisites

• Kubectl: For Kubernetes connections
• AWS CLI: For AWS resource connections
• MongoDB Tools:
  • MongoDB Shell (mongosh)
  • MongoDB Compass (optional GUI client)
• PostgreSQL Tools:
  • psql command-line tool
  • pgAdmin (optional GUI client)
• Organization Setup: A valid Lumeus enterprise tenant must be onboarded, and resources added to your account for management

Usage Guide

Authentication

1. Open Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P), run "Lumeus: Sign In", or use the account icon in the Lumeus sidebar
2. Complete browser authentication
3. Authentication status displayed in the VS Code status bar

Resource Management

1. Open Lumeus sidebar
2. Browse categorized resources, select for details
3. Refresh to update the resource list

Connection Management

1. Connecting:

   • Select resource and click "Launch" (play icon)
   • Connection automatically configured, secured, and logged

2. Databases:

   • View details and generate connection strings
   • Open database connections via terminal
   • Copy connection strings easily

3. Kubernetes:

   • Auto-managed kubeconfig
   • Access namespaces based on roles

4. MCP (Model Context Protocol):

   • Secure access to MCP servers for AI model development
   • Manage model contexts and configurations through IDE integration

5. Managing Access:

   • Cancel requests (x icon)
   • Disconnect from resources
   • Monitor access expiry times

Dashboard Overview

• View all active connections and resource metrics
• Quick view of all resources and latest activity

Access Requests

• Track pending and approved access requests

Troubleshooting

Authentication Issues

1. Verify your account credentials
2. Check organization access permissions
3. Validate network connectivity
4. Contact enterprise support if issues persist

Connection Problems

1. Check if required tools are installed for specific connections
2. Verify your network connectivity
3. Check resource availability and access permissions
4. Review the extension logs for detailed error messages

General Issues

1. Check the extension logs using the Output panel (View > Output > Lumeus)
2. Verify your settings configuration
3. Try refreshing the resource list
4. Use "Lumeus: View Logs" command for detailed logs
5. Restart IDE if issues persist