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    Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname

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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
                last edited by

                @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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