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    Can pfsense detect requests and routing to set hostname

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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
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        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
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              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
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                      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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