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    • kiokomanK
      kiokoman LAYER 8 @iulianteodor
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      @iulianteodor
      you need Haproxy
      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/packages/haproxy.html
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkRHqxbWvAM

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      • iulianteodorI
        iulianteodor @kiokoman
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        @kiokoman
        Won't it affect the rest of my already created and functional NATs?

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        • kiokomanK
          kiokoman LAYER 8 @iulianteodor
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          @iulianteodor
          no, you need to nat 80 and 443 to pfsense itself, haproxy will take care of the rest, no other NAT rules will be affected

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            aduzsardi @iulianteodor
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            @iulianteodor you will basically setup pfSense to act as a http proxy for your servers
            you can also create a third internal server and designate that to act as the internal http proxy

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              viragomann @iulianteodor
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              @iulianteodor
              Yes, HAproxy is the way you can do this on pfSense.
              Another option is to run a proxy directly on one of your backend servers, so that it forwards traffic destined to the other.

              I run an Apache web server with some websites and run the proxy module on it to forward two other domains to different servers.
              The Apache proxy is quite simple to set up and does its job flawlessly.

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              • iulianteodorI
                iulianteodor @kiokoman
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                @kiokoman
                I tried. I can't get them to go:
                One WAN IP to
                "mail.domain.com" - LAN IP 192.168.1.3 -> 80 and 443
                "www.domain.com" - LAN IP 192.168.1.4 -> 80 and 443
                The truth is that I have never used HAProxy and I can't even find a step by step tutorial exactly on this situation.
                Something escapes me and I don't know what.
                I appreciate any help!

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                • DerelictD
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @iulianteodor
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                  @iulianteodor You are looking to do something more complicated than just a port forward so it will require more study.

                  This is probably a good place to start:

                  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=haproxy+on+pfsense+

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                  • iulianteodorI
                    iulianteodor
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                    @iulianteodor said in NAT for the same ports to different LAN IPs:

                    192.168.1.4

                    I managed to set it up but I have a problem.
                    "mail.domain.com" - LAN IP 192.168.1.3 -> 80
                    "www.domain.com" - LAN IP 192.168.1.4 -> 8080
                    4 sites in the 192.168.1.4:8080 backend are simple html sites and one is with mysql database.
                    The four html sites work for me to access, but in the fifth one with mysql I have the message:
                    "503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request."
                    Where am I wrong or what should I do?
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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @iulianteodor
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                      @iulianteodor said in NAT for the same ports to different LAN IPs:

                      503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request.

                      I have seen 503 when the backend doesn't pass the health check. You could try changing it to basic or just off.. Does it work then?

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                      • iulianteodorI
                        iulianteodor @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz said in NAT for the same ports to different LAN IPs:

                        have seen 503 when the backend doesn't pass the health check. You could try changing it to basic or just off.. Does it work then?

                        By simply NAT on WAN on port 80 to 192.168.1.4 port 8080 works

                        On the same IP (192.168.1.4:8080) there are 4 more sites (simple html) that go through HAProxy only one has mysql database (XAMP with mysql))

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @iulianteodor
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                          @iulianteodor you posted up haproxy - assumed all connections were going through haproxy.

                          I have seen 503 errors in haproxy when the backend check fails.

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                            iulianteodor @johnpoz
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                            • kiokomanK
                              kiokoman LAYER 8 @iulianteodor
                              last edited by

                              @iulianteodor

                              haproxy show 503 when it points to a non-existent backend server aka broken configuration

                              try with health check -> none anyway

                              Services / HAProxy / Settings
                              the last button is SHOW automatically generated configuration.
                              post that, hide sensitive data

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                                iulianteodor @kiokoman
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                                @kiokoman

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                                Generated on: 2022-06-03 22:53

                                global
                                maxconn 1000
                                stats socket /tmp/haproxy.socket level admin expose-fd listeners
                                uid 80
                                gid 80
                                nbproc 1
                                nbthread 1
                                hard-stop-after 15m
                                chroot /tmp/haproxy_chroot
                                daemon
                                server-state-file /tmp/haproxy_server_state

                                listen HAProxyLocalStats
                                bind 127.0.0.1:2200 name localstats
                                mode http
                                stats enable
                                stats admin if TRUE
                                stats show-legends
                                stats uri /haproxy/haproxy_stats.php?haproxystats=1
                                timeout client 5000
                                timeout connect 5000
                                timeout server 5000

                                frontend frontend80
                                bind xx.xx.xx.xx:80 name xx.xx.xx.xx:80
                                mode http
                                log global
                                option http-keep-alive
                                timeout client 30000
                                acl expressite var(txn.txnhost) -m beg -i www.expresxxxx.com
                                acl expresmail var(txn.txnhost) -m beg -i mail.expresxxxx.com
                                acl ramsite var(txn.txnhost) -m beg -i www.ramxxxx.ro
                                acl nappasite var(txn.txnhost) -m beg -i www.nappaxxxx.ro
                                acl emisite var(txn.txnhost) -m beg -i www.emimaragro.ro
                                acl expresrosite var(txn.txnhost) -m beg -i www.expresxxxx.ro
                                acl rammail var(txn.txnhost) -m beg -i mail.ramxxxx.ro
                                acl nappamail var(txn.txnhost) -m beg -i mail.nappaxxxx.ro
                                http-request set-var(txn.txnhost) hdr(host)
                                use_backend backend-http8080_ipvANY if expressite
                                use_backend backend-http80_ipvANY if expresmail
                                use_backend backend-http8080_ipvANY if ramsite
                                use_backend backend-http8080_ipvANY if nappasite
                                use_backend backend-http8080_ipvANY if emisite
                                use_backend backend-http8080_ipvANY if expresrosite
                                use_backend backend-http80_ipvANY if rammail
                                use_backend backend-http80_ipvANY if nappamail

                                backend backend-http8080_ipvANY
                                mode http
                                id 100
                                log global
                                option log-health-checks
                                timeout connect 30000
                                timeout server 30000
                                retries 3
                                option httpchk OPTIONS /
                                server website 192.168.1.4:8080 id 101 check inter 1000 weight 250

                                backend backend-http80_ipvANY
                                mode http
                                id 102
                                log global
                                timeout connect 30000
                                timeout server 30000
                                retries 3
                                option httpchk OPTIONS /
                                server webmail 192.168.1.3:80 id 103 check inter 1000

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