pfSense HAProxy Crashing Upon Running Configuration Change

BowersSystems

I am having an issue with the latest release for HAProxy (v0.61_10) and pfSense+ 23.05 running on x86 hardware (Xeon E3-1270v2). I was able to upgrade the OS and the package without issue. I had some trouble getting HAProxy to start, but re-installing the package fixed the issue and it was running.

I needed to add another entry into HAProxy and could not. I added an entry on the back end for the server(s) running the services. I had no issue with that. It was when I edited a running front end that the application crashed and restarted without taking the configuration change. The package service recovered and was running, but pfSense took note of the PHP8 crash.

I tried rebooting the router. No change.

I tried changing the distribution of haProxy to the development version (v0.62_13). The development build failed and could not start. Rebooting the router did not allow HAProxyDev to start. Removing and re-installing HAProxyDev would not start.

I moved HAProxy back to production version (v0.61_10). The package crashed and would not start. Reinstalling the package did not fix the crashing. Rebooting the router did not fix the issue.

I had to revert the boot environment back to pfSense+ 23.01 running HAProxy (v0.61_9) (thank you ZFS). I was then able to add the entry for the server.

I am not running any custom packages or updates that are not from the pfSense interface. My hardware is not the issue.

I have no clue if anyone else can repeat this issue. I have reached out to Netgate TAC which redirected me here. Logs and reports can be provided.

vcr58

Before upgrading to 23.05 you might want to upgrade all the packages first if you haven't done so already.

I am using haproxy-devel version 0.61_13 (latest) with pfSense+ 23.05 without issue currently.

BowersSystems

@vcr58 This is what happens when you try upgrading from haproxy v0.61_9 to v0.61_10 in pfSense 23.01

WARNING: Current pkg repository has a new PHP major
version. pfSense should be upgraded before
installing any new package.

So no, you cannot do that before upgrading pfSense.

HAProxy devel is currently on v0.62_13, not v0.61_13.

vcr58

My apologies I gave bad advice.

Documentation is opposite what I suggested. https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/upgrade-guide-prepare.html#packages

Yes I am using haproxy-devel v0.62_13