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  • Discussions about packages which handle caching and proxy functions such as squid, lightsquid, squidGuard, etc.

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    @johnpoz said in Please help to configure HAProxy to serve certifficate on internal LAN too: Yeah - what part do you not understand if you always resolve nextcloud.domain.tld so that it hits your haproxy on your pfsense wan IP are you not getting? You have 2 options - use a different domain internally and always go to nextcloud.publicdomain.tld, or use the same domain internally as external and run into the problem of what IP it resolves to.. Change your local domain to say home.arpa or .internal or atleast something different than the public domain your using to point to pfsense wan IP on the public internet. You are shooting yourself in the foot trying to use the same domain externally as internally. There are ways around it, but they complicate the setup. For example you might be able to use views in unbound as one way to work around the problem. You could use only host entries for all your resources. But then again you run into a problem of using the fqdn for this service, now always pointing to your wan IP.. And that is great when you want to access the service haproxy is doing - but if you want to access that resource on some other service that haproxy doesn't handle - like say simple file sharing.. You are going to have problems. Since you clearly do not understand how any of this works - the simple solution is change the local domain you are using so it is not the same as the public domain you want to use to get to your nextcloud. This tone is outrageous directed at somebody who acknowledged right off the rip that English is not their first language. How many languages do you speak, John? And safely assuming it's only one—English of course—take it from a fellow English native that you'd do well to say more with less words. You otherwise were directing OP in the right direction in my opinion.
  • Discussions about packages whose functions are Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention such as snort, suricata, etc.

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    Here. I think. Referenced as "github.com: vendor-provided URL vendor-advisory" in your link.
  • Discussions about packages that handle bandwidth and network traffic monitoring functions such as bandwidtd, ntopng, etc.

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    @kabeda If memory serves, that old version of ntopng did not run as user ntopng, but as user nobody. There are lots of problems in that old version. Anyway, check the ownership and permissions of /var/db/ntopng and make sure it matches the user that ntopng runs as. You may need to set ownership of the entire hierarchy. Example: /usr/sbin/chown -R nobody:nobody /var/db/ntopng However, the better choice would be to upgrade to a more recent version.
  • Discussions about the pfBlockerNG package

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    @netboy said in is something wrong with pfBlockerNG?: After my post, I "changed" DNSBL -> DNSBL mode from "unbound python mode" to "unbound mode" and so far i have no issues. Terrible idea. Moving backwards in development history there.
  • Discussions about Network UPS Tools and APCUPSD packages for pfSense

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    @fjmp24 said in Notification: UPS ups battery is low: If I remove ignorelb directive, my UPS shuts down after 16 seconds This means your UPS is signaling a low battery. Either your battery is bad, or your UPS is bad. Most likely battery, but you never know. I suggest reaching out to Eaton support.
  • Discussions about the ACME / Let’s Encrypt package for pfSense

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    I am using the DNS-Update method I have to use a DNS-Sleep of 5 minutes to let the letsencrypt txt dns record update propagate. During this 5 minutes the acme-webgui times out. when the acme-webgui times out the Action list is NOT executed. How can I solve this ? Would it maybe be an idea to let the acme.sh script execute the actions in the action list as a post-hook instead of the web-gui? Or maybe add an option to add post-hooks in the webUI ?
  • Discussions about the FRR Dynamic Routing package on pfSense

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    This one has been tricky still not sure what to try. Any ideas?
  • Discussions about the Tailscale package

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    @luckman212 I had a nice chat with Netgate Support Bot, https://www.netgate.com/support. I added some highlights below: "Netgate Support Bot This is a known issue reported by multiple users: enabling Tailscale with sysrc tailscaled_enable="YES" does not always auto-start Tailscale after a pfSense reboot. The current workaround is to run the following after each reboot manually: service tailscaled stop && tailscale logout || true && service tailscaled start && tailscale up" "Netgate Support Bot Based on all available Netgate forum reports, there is no conclusive evidence that the failure to auto-start Tailscale after reboot when using sysrc tailscaled_enable="YES" is specifically due to Tailscale’s state being stored in a RAM disk. The root cause is still under investigation by the community. Most users confirm that a manual restart is required post-boot regardless of RAM disk settings." I will check the RAM Disk settings to learn more, but given others' lack of success, I will not experiment with it at this time. Here's what the Chatbot has to say: "Netgate Support Bot Yes, you can disable the RAM disk for /var to test if it helps persist Tailscale's state across reboots. Disabling the RAM disk for /var moves log files, RRD graph data, DHCP leases, and package data storage back to disk instead of volatile memory. Impacts and considerations: The firewall will write these files directly to disk, so settings and logs will persist through reboots and power losses. Packages that write to /var, including Tailscale and packages like pfBlockerNG, Snort, or Squid, will have better persistence. However, disk write activity will increase, especially for logging, RRD data, and DHCP leases. Disabling the RAM disk reduces the risk of data loss after an improper shutdown, but you may lose some of the benefits (e.g., lower disk wear) intended for devices with fragile storage (e.g., low-cost flash or SD cards). Some packages may behave differently on disk vs RAM disk and should be tested after reboot. To disable the RAM disk: Go to System > Advanced > Miscellaneous > RAM Disk Settings in pfSense. Uncheck 'Use RAM Disks' for /var, then Save and Reboot. If you use logging or packages that need persistent state (like VPNs, reporting, DHCP), disabling the RAM disk usually increases reliability but may wear storage more."" "Netgate Support Bot There is no direct evidence in available Netgate forum discussions that deleting the contents of /usr/local/pkg/tailscale/state resolves Tailscale's reboot persistence issue. Most reports focus on restarting the Tailscale service or re-running the 'tailscale up' command after reboot, rather than deleting state files. Deleting this directory could clear a corrupted state or force a fresh authentication. Still, it may also remove valid connections or authentication data, requiring you to re-authenticate Tailscale after reboot. This approach might temporarily resolve glitches caused by a stale state. It is still not an established solution for reboot persistence, and you should only try it with the expectation that re-authentication will likely be required afterward. Always back up any config or state you plan to remove, just in case."
  • Discussions about WireGuard

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    @subhan2k, I guess you only have issues with the domain name when trying to add the static route. What you could do is to add a static route like the following: us-bos.prod.surfshark.com resolves to 43.225.189.108 and 43.225.189.118. Regarding the static route in pfSense: destination network: 43.225.189.0 / 24 (/24 is the key here)
  • FreeRadius MySQL

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    @gertjan Yea, it's one of the first things on my list when I can afford anything.
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    @lightningbit said in Any mail from the pfsense appliance has "Arpwatch Notification" in the subject line, even when it is from a completely different package: I assume this is a bug? or is there another way to fix this? The issue is already known, and a solution is in the pipeline : read https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11366
  • Arpwatch - Telegram notifications

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    @drumsergio said in Arpwatch - Telegram notifications: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11972 There should be a new section on the Arpwatch service page to select whether to send notifications via e-mail or Telegram. The destination of notifications is set up here : System > Advanced > Notifications Notification can be mailed and/or telegrammed and/or Pushovered (whatever that might be). Btw : You can 'have it' right now : Edit : /usr/local/arpwatch/sendmail_proxy.php Close to the last line : Replace : send_smtp_message($message, "{$config['system']['hostname']}.{$config['system']['domain']} - Arpwatch Notification : {$subject[1]}"); For : $message = $config['system']['hostname']}.{$config['system']['domain']." - Arpwatch Notification : ".$subject[1]." - "; /* or something else - I didn't test with Telegram */ notify_via_telegram($message) ;
  • Serial Terminal emulator FROM pfsense

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    @kom Thanks for the info. I was not aware of tip or cu. I'll check them out. Thanks for the warning about installing external packages as well!
  • Cannot get PIMD to work

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  • Installation of packages failed

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    @stephenw10 Yes, I think 5GB is already enough. I will try your solution, but I created a new machine in VirtualBox and freshly installed Pfsense there, and it works perfectly. All specs are the same, which is weird.
  • check_mk v2

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    I use the pfSense Check with SNMP and CheckMK Client at the moment. But I'm trying to figure out, if theres a better way like checks over SSH. Very sad, that theres no agent installation over the package manager :(
  • Avahi causes a ton of ping chatter

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    What are you trying to accomplish exactly.. Why do you think you should bridge all your networks together? Why are you trying to use a tap vpn connection? The only point to such a setup would before allowing for L2 discovery.. Ie broadcast and multicast? Why would you want/need that? Do you want to control traffic between your wireless network and your lan?
  • Error node_exporter 0.18.1_1

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    @vukuze said in Error node_exporter 0.18.1_1: I am not some kind of pfSense guru and my advice may be wrong, but here is my solution of the same problem: mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/rc.conf.d cp /usr/local/etc/rc.d/node_exporter /usr/local/share/pfSense-pkg-node_exporter/node_exporter.sh My node_exporter 0.18.1_2 on pfsense 2.5.1 gave me the same could not open error. I used these commands verbatim and after reboot the service started up and the metrics were exposed as expected. Thank you
  • Some questions about APCUPSD

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    @whitetiger-it said in Some questions about APCUPSD: I have to display pop-ups, send an email and send a message with Telegram. So I have to use a script, but I can't get it to start when the state changes. Sorry - I have no Idea ...
  • Help I get this: "Unable to retrieve package information."

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    @dilan123 Looks like it's all working again today! You might want to see if it's working for you too.
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    Hello, this was not the trick! Removed the Database and reinstalled the Zabbix-Proxy and the Zabbix Client Nothing changed - the Problem is still there.
  • Email notifications with apcupsd not sent

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    @steveits I have been encountering the same issue and finally digested this setting in /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf: # The ONBATTERYDELAY is the time in seconds from when a power failure # is detected until we react to it with an onbattery event. # # This means that, apccontrol will be called with the powerout argument # immediately when a power failure is detected. However, the # onbattery argument is passed to apccontrol only after the # ONBATTERYDELAY time. If you don't want to be annoyed by short # powerfailures, make sure that apccontrol powerout does nothing # i.e. comment out the wall. ONBATTERYDELAY 6 The onbattery condition is immediately logged to the apcupsd event log and syslog, but the email notification is withheld until the ONBATTERYDELAY has transpired to eliminate unnecessary notifications for brief transients. I see that your outages were only on second long, so they would not have satisfied the default 6-second condition. If you want to be notified of brief outages, you might create a powerout script in /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/ similar to the onbattery script. Galen
  • UPS Manager with statistics (and graph)

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    @whitetiger-it You may want to look at MRTG. I'm sure someone has adapted it for UPSs (either APCUPSD or NUT). MRTG I have a FreeBSD NAS (Xigmanas) which has UPS monitoring that looks a lot like MRTG. Maybe you could spin up a minimal VM with it and monitor that way? The NAS uses NUT to monitor pfSense as slave, which in turn uses APCUPSD to monitor the USB-connected APC on the host... Simple! :/ [image: 1620669889413-a3a9005e-b53a-4829-aaa5-3e13bbf5de0b-image.png]
  • Freeradius authentication - multiple instances (OVPN & wifi)

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    @nogbadthebad Cool, looks interesting. Thank you. I'll try. Yes, the Google OTP is per user, so it looks like I'll have to create every user twice (not huge effort).
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    @skogs yes correct. But I am not doing the 2.6 devel release. The other day a new snapshot nuked my 2.6 devel lab install. It is absurd that this is still not fixed. Luckily pfsense is free ad I am glad I don’t have the plus appliances. Then again a similar fix was released within days for pfsense Plus for this same multi wan bug….makes you wonder My advice stay on 2.4.5 -p1 as long as you can. I am doing the same. I am using pfblockerng there but only ip blocking. I moved to dedicated AdGuard Home server on a raspberry pi for dnsbl blocking.
  • After an Installation Recovery, "Freeradius Package Won't Start"

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    @jahonix said in After an Installation Recovery, "Freeradius Package Won't Start": https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=129649.0 Go to: Services->FreeRadius EAP(Tab) Scroll down to: Certificates for TLS SSL CA Certificate-> Select Certificate(If you dont have need to create it System->Cert. Manager) SSL Revocation List-> Select Certificate SSL Server Certificate Start FreeRADIUS service
  • PfSense 2.3 Check_mk working with xinetd

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    Has anybody had success running check_mk 2.0 agent on pfSense 21.02? Do steps look exactly as described here: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/131967/check_mk-on-pfsense-2-4-w-update-persistence ? That post is almost 3 years old.
  • HAproxy maximum number of backend ?! stuck at 317

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  • How to reinstall packages on 2.4.5?

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    @taxilian this worked for me System / Update / System Update set branch to 2.4.5 DEPRECATED
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