CARP not working [Communications error & older version]
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I've been attempting to get CARP to work on and off for about a week now using the tutorial available here, but I'm not getting past this problem.
Initial setup:
Installed with 08-01-2011 snapshot. Updated to most recent (Mar 13) Reset to factory defaults 2 systems. 3 NIC's per system: LAN, WAN, CARP WAN: 130.x.x.x LAN: 10.0.0.2 & 10.0.0.3 (static) CARP: 192.168.1.1 & 192.168.1.2 (static) Firewall rule on both systems: (only firewall rule on CARP interface). Action: Pass Interface: CARP Protocoll: any Source: any Destination: any No virtual IP's defined
Next, I try to set up the CARP syncing on the main system:
CARP settings master: Synchronize states: Enabled Sync interface: CARP pfsync Synchronixe Peer IP: 192.168.1.2 Synchronize Config to IP: 192.168.1.2 Password: <set>Synchronize virtual IPs: Enabled</set>
And on the slave:
CARP settings slave: Synchronize states: Enabled Sync interface: CARP pfsync Synchronixe Peer IP: 192.168.1.1 Synchronize Config to IP: <empty>Password: <empty>Synchronize virtual IPs: Enabled</empty></empty>
After these steps, the following appears in my log (after about a minute)
A communications error occured while attempting XMLRPC sync with username admin https://192.168.1.2:443\. New alert found: A communications error occured while attempting XMLRPC sync with username admin https://192.168.1.2:443\. A communications error occured while attempting XMLRPC sync with username admin https://192.168.1.2:443\. New alert found: A communications error occured while attempting XMLRPC sync with username admin https://192.168.1.2:443\. The other member is on older configuration version of pfSense. Sync will not be done to prevent problems!
Adding a virtual IP is no use, it does not get replicated. Also tried it with WOL, enabled syncing and added a WOL entry. Does not get replicated either.
Both systems are using https for the web interface
The firewall on the slave system is showing communicationPASS CARP 192.168.1.1:54569 192.168.1.2:443 TCP:S
Both systems have configuration version 7.7
Unfortunately, I cannot find any more debugging information. So my question is, does anyone know how to solve this and if not, how can I debug this?
Thank you!
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Is your GUI actually running on port 443?
Can you telnet to 192.168.1.2:443 from the master?