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    FRR seeing IPsec tunnels disappearing

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Hmm, OK so did those endpoints actually change? Are they FQDNs that resolve to several IPs?

      I'd guess there is some timeout there that has to add-up over those 4mins.

      Either way I agree it should not affect all IPSec tunnels.

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        michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in FRR seeing IPsec tunnels disappearing:

        Hmm, OK so did those endpoints actually change? Are they FQDNs that resolve to several IPs?

        Yep those endpoints do resolve to several IPs. One of those i know for sure because i remember the set up for that recently.

        I did open the redmine for it for tracking purposes. Dont think there is any workaround for this other than getting into the weeds of how IPsec is configured/built

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          tedquade @michmoor
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          @michmoor "...getting into the weeds..."

          I love that!

          Ted

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Hmm, do they all resolve IPs? Conversely do you have any that only resolve to one IP that doesn't cause this?

            Like is this being triggered because it's resolving a different IP address everytime or just because it is re-resolving at all?

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              michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 said in FRR seeing IPsec tunnels disappearing:

              do they all resolve IPs? Converse

              I have a few IPsec tunnels that are by IP only. I suspect this is being caused every time the it detects a change in the IP when pfsense goes to resolve the name.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Yup. Are you able to test that by adding a host override so it always resolves to the same IP?

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                  michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10 that’s a good idea. Setting up one now. I’ll observe overnight maybe for a few days.

                  Have you discussed this internally?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Yes, I think we've looked at this from other angles before. Just trying to pin down what's happening. I suspect there are several things open with the same root cause here.

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                      michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                      last edited by michmoor

                      @stephenw10

                      Lets give it two days or so. Searching on events /rc.newipsecdns: IPSEC: i noticed that this occurs either every day or every two days. I think we should know if the host override solves this problem by Wednesday

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                        mcury @michmoor
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                        Watching this topic closely, I'm also seeing this behavior.
                        It seems that BGP plays nicer with Ignore IPsec Restart option than OSPF.

                        dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                          michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 I monitored the dns change separately and although it did change because the host override is there the IPsec tunnels never bounced.
                          It's safe to say the host override suggestion worked.

                          That said, i would like to go back to using DNS for this. What are the next steps to get a fix?

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                            marcosm Netgate
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                            This could certainly be handled better. I don't think there's anything else you need to do, though any further details are welcomed. I'll try to take a closer look at this, but it will likely be some time.

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                              michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @marcosm
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                              @marcosm

                              https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15769

                              Thanks Marcos.

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