[SOLVED] Firewall rule on CARP interface keeps being deleted after sync

bitadmin

Yes. OVPNS1, OVPNC1, MGMT and RV are VLANs

I tried adding a description to the CARP-interface rule on the master and started the sync. After that my rule on the backup FW is gone (as always) but the rule from the master does not show up on any other interface.

Edit: I was wrong: the rule does show up (i had it not to replicate via "No XMLRPC Sync" option).
It appears on the "MGMT" interface

bitadmin

Here are 2 screenshots for my interfaces:

on master i got this:

an on backup i got this:

bitadmin

I even went further now and found out that the rules are synced on the wrong interfaces in several occasions:

Master -> Backup
OVPNS1 -> CARP
CARP -> MGMT
OVPNC1 -> RV
-> OVPNS1
-> OVPNC1

With all that i am surprised that WAN and LAN aren't synced on the wrong interface as well ;)

Edit: Looking at the screenshots i believe that the sync does not apply to the interface names but to their creation order.

jimp

That's what I was going to suggest checking.

The number and order of interfaces in carp cluster members must be the same. What you are seeing is the result of the interfaces not being assigned in the correct order on the slave.

bitadmin

Does that mean i have to remove and recreate my interfaces on the backup server to get the correct order?
OR can i simply update some config file through the console to get the same result?

The rules and settings for those interfaces should be synced automatically, shouldn't they?

jimp

Yes, unless you want to hand edit the config to swap things around.

podilarius

sometimes hand editing is the easiest. especially if you have to replace a lot of IPs. But in this case, prolly easier to just redo the slave.

bitadmin

Do you know which file i need to edit?

jimp

Diagnostics > Backup/Restore, make a backup file, edit the xml backup file, then restore it. If you aren't familiar with XML or can't find your way around it, you're probably better off making the changes in the GUI instead.

bitadmin

Thank you.
I think i can handle the xml and will give it a try.
(What's the worst that can happen ;D)

bitadmin

It worked.

Was pretty easy. Just export only the part for interfaces (which results in a very small XML) and change the tags for the interfaces the way the are labeled on the master. Import it again and voilá: chicken's done!

Thank you all for your help!!!!

Now: How do I mark this thread as resolved? No more loose ends left :)

Metu69salemi

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