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    Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      What do you logged?

      Do you see states created on port 8006? For both front and back end?

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        sysbitnet @stephenw10
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        • sysbitnetS
          sysbitnet
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          @stephenw10

          I do the same as how i explained in my last post.

          I tried many other services that request custom ports and got the same.

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

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            So do you see states created?

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            • sysbitnetS
              sysbitnet
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              Yes, I set.

              When i do this just for testing
              Firewall-NAT-Port-Forward-pm.jpg
              How can i see if i correctly configured and tried to access it, this is working perfectly.

              IP_ProxMox is set localhost IP set inside Firewall / Aliases / IP

              When i disable this Port Forward and now testing to login again like https://pm.domain.com:8006 i get this result

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

              If i have a set like this inside HAProxy

              @sysbitnet said in Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname:

              Inside Services / HAProxy / Backend

              Name: PM_8006
              Mode: active
              Name: pm
              Forward to: Address+Port
              Address: 192.168.100.3
              Port: 8006
              Encrypt(SSL): yes
              SSL checks: yes
              And in the Health check method set: basic

              How i configure On the Frontend part.

              Services / HAProxy / Frontend
              Name: PM_Front
              External address
              Listen address: WAN address (IPv4)
              Port: 8006
              SSL Offloading: yes

              In Access Control lists inside the same
              Name: pm
              Expression: Host matches
              CS: empty
              Note: empty
              Value: pm.domain.com

              In part Actions inside the same

              Action Use Backend the name that i set on PM_8006
              Condition acl names: the same name that i set in Access Control lists pm

              And inside the same Additional certificates select SSL Offloading what i on System / Certificates / Certificates

              The same certificate and added inside proxmox, because is letsencrypt wildcard certificate

              And when i try to visit https://pm.domain.com:8006/ the result is like this below message.

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

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                But do you see states on port 8006 in Diag > States?

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                • sysbitnetS
                  sysbitnet @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10 said in Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname:

                  But do you see states on port 8006 in Diag > States?

                  If you mean on Diagnostics / States / States yes this is what i get as a result.

                  Diagnostics-States-States.jpg

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Ok. So what is the LAB interface? What are the IPs there?

                    I expect to see a port 8006 state on WAN whilst you're testing.

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                    • sysbitnetS
                      sysbitnet @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 said in Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname:

                      Ok. So what is the LAB interface? What are the IPs there?

                      I expect to see a port 8006 state on WAN whilst you're testing.

                      LAB interface is a local private network, 192.168.100.0./24

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Ok so I assume 192.168.100.254 is the LAN interface address.

                        That state could be the backend on-line check.

                        If you are trying to connect to it you should also see states on the WAN.

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                        • sysbitnetS
                          sysbitnet
                          last edited by

                          I just tested with mobile internet and have this result
                          Diagnostics-States-States-2.jpg

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                          • sysbitnetS
                            sysbitnet @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10 said in Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname:

                            Ok so I assume 192.168.100.254 is the LAN interface address.

                            That state could be the backend on-line check.

                            If you are trying to connect to it you should also see states on the WAN.

                            I get this result with a local private network because i use the same IP and for that reason, i get a local IP

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Ok so you do see a state open on the WAN. Do you also see a new state open on LAB when that happens? That's what you would expect to see if HAProxy is opening the backend.

                              If it isn't then it's probably not trying because it thinks the backend is down.

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                              • sysbitnetS
                                sysbitnet @stephenw10
                                last edited by sysbitnet

                                @stephenw10 said in Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname:

                                Ok so you do see a state open on the WAN. Do you also see a new state open on LAB when that happens? That's what you would expect to see if HAProxy is opening the backend.

                                If it isn't then it's probably not trying because it thinks the backend is down.

                                This is how it configures Backend and Frontend
                                @sysbitnet said in Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname:

                                @stephenw10
                                I agree with you.

                                How can testing what is the problem only leave this service, for example, i used to test proxmox.

                                Inside Services / HAProxy / Backend

                                Name: PM_8006
                                Mode: active
                                Name: pm
                                Forward to: Address+Port
                                Address: 192.168.100.3
                                Port: 8006
                                Encrypt(SSL): yes
                                SSL checks: yes
                                And in the Health check method set: basic

                                How i configure On the Frontend part.

                                Services / HAProxy / Frontend
                                Name: PM_Front
                                External address
                                Listen address: WAN address (IPv4)
                                Port: 8006
                                SSL Offloading: yes

                                In Access Control lists inside the same
                                Name: pm
                                Expression: Host matches
                                CS: empty
                                Note: empty
                                Value: pm.domain.com

                                In part Actions inside the same

                                Action Use Backend the name that i set on PM_8006
                                Condition acl names: the same name that i set in Access Control lists pm

                                And inside the same Additional certificates select SSL Offloading what i on System / Certificates / Certificates

                                The same certificate and added inside proxmox, because is letsencrypt wildcard certificate

                                And when i try to visit https://pm.domain.com:8006/ the result is like this below message.

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

                                The web interface can be reached via https://youripaddress:8006 or https://pm.domain.com:8006
                                proxmox-login.jpg

                                When i open Stats FS i see Green for this profile
                                Stats-FS.jpg

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Oh this is simply the Proxmox webgui. That should work Did you add the Proxmox CA cert to pfSense so it will allow connections?

                                  You should change the backend health-check to https. When that shows as available then proxied requests should do also.

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                                  • sysbitnetS
                                    sysbitnet @stephenw10
                                    last edited by

                                    @stephenw10 said in Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname:

                                    Oh this is simply the Proxmox webgui. That should work Did you add the Proxmox CA cert to pfSense so it will allow connections?

                                    You should change the backend health check to https. When that shows as available then proxied requests should do also.

                                    I have a Let's Encrypt wildcard certificate, which i add inside ProxMox

                                    Or you mean to add this from ProxMox to pfSenese proxmox-cert.jpg

                                    When i change on Services / HAProxy / Backend
                                    In the Health check method set: from Basic to HTTP when i have status Down

                                    For now, only add my Let's Encrypt wildcard certificate on Services / HAProxy / Frontend

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      I'm just speculating that HAProxy cannot open a connection to Proxmox because it refuses the cert. However it should be OK if Proxmox is using a LE cert.

                                      Try to open it from pfSense directly. It fails for me here because I'm using the self signed cert in Proxmox:

                                      [24.03-RELEASE][root@m270-2.stevew.lan]/root: curl https://172.21.16.250:8006
                                      curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
                                      More details here: https://curl.se/docs/sslcerts.html
                                      
                                      curl failed to verify the legitimacy of the server and therefore could not
                                      establish a secure connection to it. To learn more about this situation and
                                      how to fix it, please visit the web page mentioned above.
                                      
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                                      • sysbitnetS
                                        sysbitnet
                                        last edited by

                                        I back with this case, when i use like this
                                        Firewall-NAT-Port-Forward-pm.jpg

                                        Is not meather did i enter Public IP https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8006 or https://pm.domain.com:8006

                                        I get similar results on the ProxMox login screen
                                        proxmox-login.jpg

                                        In this case, the only SSL that it uses is the SSL that is installed inside ProxMox.

                                        When i disable rule inside Firewall / NAT / Port Forward

                                        And back inside HAProxy where in Frontend
                                        PM_Front rule

                                        Just inside SSL Offloading => Certificate use, for example, pfSense certificate and open in the same way first what i get is

                                        Your connection is not private
                                        Attackers might be trying to steal your information from pm.domain.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more
                                        NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

                                        And when i agree with that and want to continue again like the final point get

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

                                        And inside Diagnostics / States / States get this like result
                                        Diagnostics-States-States-2.jpg

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Did you try to open it with curl like I showed above?

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