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    pfsense 2.6.0 sshguard @ web gui bug/crash

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    • VioletDragonV
      VioletDragon @stephenw10
      last edited by VioletDragon

      @stephenw10 Hi i'm back, the problem has started again Web Gui is not working and comes up with ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED, top is not showing much any ideas? I believe either php or nginx is crashing and not restarting.

      Screenshot from 2022-04-17 00-48-36.png

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      • VioletDragonV
        VioletDragon @VioletDragon
        last edited by

        @violetdragon I have noticed that PHP is using some RAM and some CPU when the Gui works.

        23165 www           1  20    0    27M    16M kqread   1   0:59   0.11% haproxy
        71979 root          1  20    0    13M  3644K CPU1     1   0:00   0.10% top
        85706 root          1  27    0    60M    43M nanslp   1   0:31   0.09% php
        23709 root          1  20    0    30M  9612K kqread   0   0:00   0.06% nginx
        62037 root          3  41   20   538M   471M bpf      2   0:07   0.03% snort
        68274 root          1  20    0    20M  9396K select   3   0:00   0.02% sshd
        54051 dhcpd         1  20    0    25M    13M select   1   0:29   0.02% dhcpd
        39229 root          5  52    0    11M  2644K uwait    0   0:36   0.01% dpinger
        29141 root          1  20    0    21M  8408K select   1   0:04   0.01% mpd5
        65272 root          1  20    0    11M  2200K select   3   0:53   0.01% powerd
        95019 avahi         1  20    0    12M  3568K select   1   0:34   0.01% avahi-daemon
        38649 root          5  52    0    11M  2644K uwait    1   0:42   0.01% dpinger
         2502 root          1  20    0    11M  2700K select   2   0:29   0.01% syslogd
        31450 root          1  20    0    19M  7216K select   1   0:14   0.01% ntpd
        77306 root          1  20    0    11M  2212K kqread   0   0:13   0.01% tail_pfb
        85029 root          1  20    0    17M  7900K kqread   2   1:35   0.00% lighttpd_pfb
          372 root          1  20    0   101M    27M kqread   1   0:07   0.00% php-fpm
        60982 root          1  20    0    12M  3024K bpf      3   0:48   0.00% filterlog
        77510 root          1  21    0    77M    59M piperd   0   4:36   0.00% php_pfb
         5480 root          2  20    0    19M  7788K select   2   1:54   0.00% openvpn
        12965 uucp          1  20    0    12M  2864K select   1   0:37   0.00% usbhid-ups
        57324 root          1  52    0   134M    52M accept   3   0:19   0.00% php-fpm
        58571 root          1  52    0   134M    52M accept   1   0:19   0.00% php-fpm
        47138 root          1  20    0   132M    50M piperd   2   0:17   0.00% php-fpm
        85596 root          1  52    0   132M    50M accept   0   0:16   0.00% php-fpm
         8628 root          1  52    0   134M    51M accept   0   0:15   0.00% php-fpm
        
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        • VioletDragonV
          VioletDragon @VioletDragon
          last edited by VioletDragon

          @violetdragon Just thought i'd mention this, after having another look it's something on the home page that is causing the issue, when the home page does not load if i go to any of the tab it loads them but not the home page.

          (Edit)

          The problem is the Disks Widget, when the Disk widget is on the home page the problem appears home page does not load when removed off the home page problem disappears

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Huh, that's interesting. The disks widget is there by default on on 2.6 installs so I would have expected many more reports of similar behaviour.
            Do you have an unusual disk setup?
            Is there anything logged in the nginx or system logs when this happens?

            Steve

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            • VioletDragonV
              VioletDragon @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10 Hi, only disk setup I have are 2x 60GB Solid State Drives in a mirror, nope nothing in the logs, would it be possible to post a video so you can see it? It's strange ain't it.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Sure post a video, or link to it. I'd like to see it.

                I have systems with dual ZFS disks in a mirror but they are smaller.

                Steve

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @VioletDragon
                  last edited by

                  @violetdragon said in pfsense 2.6.0 sshgaurd @ web gui bug/crash:

                  @stephenw10 Hi, only disk setup I have are 2x 60GB Solid State Drives in a mirror, nope nothing in the logs, would it be possible to post a video so you can see it? It's strange ain't it.

                  Is this a gmirror setup that's been upgraded over time or a ZFS mirror?

                  I have several ZFS mirrors and the disk widget works fine there but I don't think I have any gmirror setups on 2.6 currently.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    No problems on the test box I use for this:
                    Screenshot from 2022-04-18 14-41-35.png

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan @VioletDragon
                      last edited by

                      Probably not related, but :
                      @violetdragon said in pfsense 2.6.0 sshguard @ web gui bug/crash:

                      2020/09/08 04:19:59 [error] 4127#100429: *20842 upstream timed out (60: Operation timed out) while reading response header from upstream, client: 192.168.1.9, server: , request: "POST /acme/acme_certificates.php HTTP/2.0", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/var/run/php-fpm.socket", host: "violetdragon.ddns.net:10443", referrer: "https://violetdragon.ddns.net:10443/acme/acme_certificates.php"

                      Who is accessing what from where ?
                      Why is a LAN based client using "violetdragon.ddns.net" (the WAN IP ?? )- why not using the LAN IP of pfSense host name, which is 192.168.1.1 ?
                      Or is your pfsense really called "violetdragon" and your domain set to "ddns.net" ? So "violetdragon.ddns.net" is 192.168.1.1 (looks very wrong to me).

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        It's unusual but it should work fine that way. The disks widget shouldn't care.

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                        • GertjanG
                          Gertjan @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10

                          Sure thing.
                          It looked to me as if the request came from the 'outside' which means he opened up the GUI to the outside world. And that opens up a can of worms.

                          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                          • VioletDragonV
                            VioletDragon @Gertjan
                            last edited by

                            @gertjan If you look at the logs carefully, you will see that the 1.9 IP is my workstation, violetdragon.ddns.net was the DDNS Hostname of the firewall and I was internally wrapping it inside meaning, I was using the DDNS Hostname with DNS Resolver it is not unusual to do, I moved to two Static IPs for Ha on my WAN so now i am using a proper FQDN with DNS Resolver & Haproxy with SSL Offloading for Lets Encrypts for both Internal Services and External Services, I guess your not familiar with this kind of setup, and yes I have moved the IP of the Firewall from 1.1 this is what you do in the CCNA world. Web Gui is not publicly exposed I am not that dumb to publicly expose the Web Gui same with SSH on everything, for External use I use my FQDN and OpenVPN/IPsec for offsite Servers.

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                            • VioletDragonV
                              VioletDragon @jimp
                              last edited by

                              @jimp Hi, it is a ZFS Mirror.

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Mmm, not seeing any issues on systems with ZFS mirrors here.
                                Hopefully the video should clarify things.

                                Steve

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                                • VioletDragonV
                                  VioletDragon @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10 I will get the video to you in a few hours, I have had a busy weekend with it being bank holiday. Sorry for the delays.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    No worries, I'm glad you were able to narrow down the cause this far already.

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                                    • VioletDragonV
                                      VioletDragon @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10 Hi, Just to report back. Even after removing the Disk Widget the problem is still there cannot access the web gui at all then it starts working but can access different tabs. This is weird.

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                                      • VioletDragonV
                                        VioletDragon @stephenw10
                                        last edited by VioletDragon

                                        @stephenw10 Hi, Here is the Video, I had to put it on one of my Servers, Hopefully you will be able to play it. This is from one of my Firewalls in a different location, I have another with the same issue as well. (https://cloud.violetdragonscloudnetwork.co.uk/s/iCKFFgmqQ8jLQ5a)

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                                        • GertjanG
                                          Gertjan @VioletDragon
                                          last edited by

                                          @violetdragon

                                          What happens when you use the 'admin' user ?
                                          Jack is fine, but that's probably not an 'admin'.
                                          Dome info collected by the dashboard GUI page need 'admin' rights.

                                          Why creating a user like Jack ? pfSense is a router firewall, not some file server.

                                          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                                          • VioletDragonV
                                            VioletDragon @Gertjan
                                            last edited by

                                            @gertjan Security, admin is a easy username to guess. Admin user does the exact same. But I have a ton of PHP-FPM processes when this happens. I've also triggered the problem by attempting brute-forces via SSH. I have va feeling that maybe something is going on.

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