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    • marcellocM
      marcelloc
      last edited by

      I've published a fix to widget download during instalation, please reinstall package, add the varnish dashboard widget and see backend status.

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        kegler
        last edited by

        @marcelloc:

        I've published a fix to widget download during instalation, please reinstall package, add the varnish dashboard widget and see backend status.

        do i need to do this again?

        cd /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/
        fetch http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/varnish64/varnish.widget.php

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        • marcellocM
          marcelloc
          last edited by

          @kegler:

          do i need to do this again?

          cd /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/
          fetch http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/varnish64/varnish.widget.php

          Just if you do not want to reinstall package.

          The fix I've published was just to fix this file path.

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            kegler
            last edited by

            @marcelloc:

            @kegler:

            do i need to do this again?

            cd /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/
            fetch http://www.pfsense.com/packages/config/varnish64/varnish.widget.php

            Just if you do not want to reinstall package.

            The fix I've published was just to fix this file path.

            oh…i still see the same widget

            ok let me recap, i disable all my NAT, i set any port80 to any port 80 on my rules and i set my backend servers on varnish. i still do not get thru, not even getting the error503. Just showing me the connection has time out after a 1-2min loading

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              maybe there is something missing on your varnish setup.

              try to run it from console to see if there are any erros

              /usr/local/etc/rc.d/varnish.sh start

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                kegler
                last edited by

                @marcelloc:

                maybe there is something missing on your varnish setup.

                try to run it from console to see if there are any erros

                /usr/local/etc/rc.d/varnish.sh start

                omg… u r right.... i couldnt start.... varnish.sh command not found

                but i do see varnish.sh when i ls

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/varnish.sh is generated when you enable varnish and save config.

                  Can you check your varnish settings tab?

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                    kegler
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                    Varnish configuration file

                    Automatically generated by the pfSense package system

                    This file is located in /var/etc/default.vcl

                    sub vcl_error {
                    if (obj.status == 503 && req.restarts < 2) {
                    restart;
                    }

                    set obj.http.Content-Type = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
                    synthetic {"
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
                    FAIL TO LOAD VARNISH"};
                    return(deliver);

                    }

                    backend kegwebBACKEND {

                    used in catch_all

                    .host = "192.168.1.95";
                    .port = "80";
                    .first_byte_timeout = 360s;
                    .connect_timeout = 5s;
                    .probe = {
                    .url = ""/"";
                    .interval = 5s;
                    .timeout = 1s;
                    .window = 5;
                    .threshold = 3;
                    }
                    }

                    backend kegapp3BACKEND {

                    used in catch_all

                    .host = "192.168.1.100";
                    .port = "80";
                    .first_byte_timeout = 360s;
                    .connect_timeout = 60s;
                    .probe = {
                    .url = ""/"";
                    .interval = 5s;
                    .timeout = 1s;
                    .window = 5;
                    .threshold = 3;
                    }
                    }

                    backend goldallianzeBACKEND {

                    used in catch_all

                    .host = "192.168.1.100";
                    .port = "80";
                    .first_byte_timeout = 360s;
                    .connect_timeout = 60s;
                    .probe = {
                    .url = ""/"";
                    .interval = 5s;
                    .timeout = 1s;
                    .window = 5;
                    .threshold = 3;
                    }
                    }

                    #Enable Per user session cache.
                    sub vcl_hash {
                    set req.hash += req.http.cookie;
                    }

                    sub vcl_recv {

                    #BASIC VCL RULES SETTING
                    #Fix gzip compression
                    if (req.http.Accept-Encoding) {
                    if (req.url ~ ".(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|png|ico|img|tga|wmf|gz|tgz|bz2|tbz|mp3|ogg)$") {
                    unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
                    }
                    else if (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "gzip") {
                    set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "gzip";
                    }
                    else if (req.http.Accept-Encoding ~ "deflate") {
                    set req.http.Accept-Encoding = "deflate";
                    }
                    else {
                    unset req.http.Accept-Encoding;
                    }
                    }
                    #set client balance identity
                    set client.identity = client.ip;

                    #set X-forward
                    set req.http.X-Forwarded-Varnish = client.ip;

                    if (req.http.host == "www.example.com") {
                    set req.backend = kegwebBACKEND;
                    }
                    else if (req.http.host == "kcrm1.example.com") {
                    set req.backend = kegapp3BACKEND;
                    }
                    else if (req.http.host == "kcrm2.example.com ") {
                    set req.backend = goldallianzeBACKEND;
                    }

                    #respect client wish to refresh the page
                    if (req.http.Pragma ~ "no-cache")
                    {
                    return(pass);
                    }

                    #BASIC VCL RULES ACTIONS
                    #Disable post cache
                    if (req.request == "POST") {
                    return(pass);
                    }
                    #Enable static cache
                    if (req.request=="GET" && req.url ~ ".(css|js|txt|zip|pdf|rtf|flv|swf|html|htm)$") {
                    return(lookup);
                    }
                    if (req.request=="GET" && req.url ~ ".(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|png|ico|img|tga|wmf|mp3|ogg)$") {
                    return(lookup);
                    }
                    #Be rfc2616 compliant
                    if (req.request ~ "^(GET|HEAD|PUT|POST|TRACE|OPTIONS|DELETE)$") {
                    return(lookup);
                    }
                    else {
                    return(pipe);
                    }

                    return(lookup);
                    }

                    sub vcl_pipe {

                    If we don't set the Connection: close header, any following

                    requests from the client will also be piped through and

                    left untouched by varnish. We don't want that.

                    set req.http.connection = "close";

                    Note: no "pipe" action here - we'll fall back to the default

                    pipe method so that when any changes are made there, we

                    still inherit them.

                    }

                    sub vcl_fetch {

                    #Disable cache when backend is starting a session
                    if (beresp.http.Set-Cookie && beresp.http.Set-Cookie ~ "(PHPSESSID|phpsessid)") {
                    return(pass);
                    }
                    if (beresp.http.Set-Cookie && beresp.http.Set-Cookie ~ "(JSESSION|jsession)") {
                    return(pass);
                    }

                    Varnish respects the wishes of the backend application.

                    if (beresp.http.Pragma ~ "no-cache" || beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "(no-cache|no-store|private)") {
                    return(pass);
                    }
                        ## If the request to the backend returns a code other than 200, restart the loop
                        ## If the number of restarts reaches the value of the parameter max_restarts,
                        ## the request will be error'ed.  max_restarts defaults to 4.  This prevents
                        ## an eternal loop in the event that, e.g., the object does not exist at all.
                        if (beresp.status != 200 && beresp.status != 403 && beresp.status != 404 &&
                        beresp.status != 303 && beresp.status != 302 && beresp.status != 301 && beresp.status != 401 ) {
                    set beresp.saintmode = 60s;
                    restart;
                            }

                    set beresp.grace = 60s;
                    return(deliver);
                    }

                    sub vcl_deliver {
                    ##set resp.http.X-Served-By = server.hostname;
                      if (obj.hits > 0) {
                        set resp.http.X-Cache = "HIT";
                        set resp.http.X-Cache-Hits = obj.hits;
                      } else {
                        set resp.http.X-Cache = "MISS";
                      }
                    return(deliver);
                    }

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                    • K
                      kegler
                      last edited by

                      my pfsense management port i change to https

                      change domain name on conf only for security purpose

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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        The conf looks fine. Are you still unable to start varnish?
                        What files do you have on /usr/local/etc/rc.d ?

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                          kegler
                          last edited by

                          @marcelloc:

                          The conf looks fine. Are you still unable to start varnish?
                          What files do you have on /usr/local/etc/rc.d ?

                          varnish.sh
                          varnishd
                          varnishlog
                          varnishncsa
                          clamd

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                          • marcellocM
                            marcelloc
                            last edited by

                            The file is there and package is installed, it should work.  ???

                            Just to check, see if varnish package is installed with pkg_info on console.

                            ps ax | grep varnish will show if there is any varnish process running.

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                              kegler
                              last edited by

                              @marcelloc:

                              The file is there and package is installed, it should work.  ???

                              Just to check, see if varnish package is installed with pkg_info on console.

                              ps ax | grep varnish will show if there is any varnish process running.

                              18796  0  S+    0:00.00 grep varnish

                              looks like not running?

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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                What about pkg_info cmd?

                                What does returns /usr/local/etc/rc.d/varnish.sh start

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                                  kegler
                                  last edited by

                                  @marcelloc:

                                  What about pkg_info cmd?

                                  What does returns /usr/local/etc/rc.d/varnish.sh start

                                  sorry what is the cmd to check the above ?

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                                    kegler
                                    last edited by

                                    [2.0-RELEASE][admin@kegpfs.kegnet.com]/usr/local/etc/rc.d(6): varnish.sh start
                                    varnish.sh: Command not found.

                                    seems something not installed ?

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                                    • marcellocM
                                      marcelloc
                                      last edited by

                                      Do not chdir to rc.d, Run varnish.sh with full path

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                                        kegler
                                        last edited by

                                        @marcelloc:

                                        Do not chdir to rc.d, Run varnish.sh with full path

                                        kern.ipc.nmbclusters: 65536
                                        sysctl: kern.ipc.nmbclusters: Invalid argument
                                        kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384
                                        kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072
                                        kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856
                                        kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 4096 -> 4096

                                        wondering could it be due to my domain is host by no-ip.com?

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                                          kegler
                                          last edited by

                                          php: /pkg_edit.php: The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/varnish.sh' returned exit code '2', the output was 'kern.ipc.nmbclusters: 65536 sysctl: kern.ipc.nmbclusters: Invalid argument kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384 kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072 kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856 kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 4096 -> 4096 storage_malloc: max size 1024 MB. Message from VCC-compiler: Expected ';' got '/' (program line 369), at (input Line 28 Pos 26) .url = ""/""; –-----------------------#--- In backend specification starting at: (input Line 21 Pos 1) backend kegapp33BACKEND { #######------------------ Running VCC-compiler failed, exit 1 VCL compilation failed'

                                          saw this in my log… but i dont quite understand what went wrong

                                          and i kvm into my pfsense and saw this on the screen.... seems like its stucked at the loading of varnish....

                                          i think i messed up the pfsense somewhere

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            Remove quotes from your backend Test url

                                            .url = ""/"";

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