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      skipper
      last edited by

      hey marcelloc thnx a lot, it's working!!
      i cannot access the web-slave from internet but i can access it from web's network.
      do i have to create some nat or routing about that?

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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
        last edited by

        What status you have on loadbalance for the web-slave?

        status -> loadbalancer

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          skipper
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          the status is enable and accessible (green 100%) that's why i don't understand.

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            skipper
            last edited by

            i found out that when an https request is going to web-slave through the vpn, then the web-slave is trying to send the package through the wan interface and not back to vpn. can i somehow force this traffic to pass through the vpn connection?

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              @skipper:

              i found out that when an https request is going to web-slave through the vpn, then the web-slave is trying to send the package through the wan interface and not back to vpn. can i somehow force this traffic to pass through the vpn connection?

              You will need an outbound nat to "masquerade" client internet ip. This way the server can return the package through vpn instead of forwarding it to it's wan

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                skipper
                last edited by

                thnx for your help marcelloc!!
                how must the outbound nat look?
                these are the vpn IPs
                pfsense1 ip : 10.4.0.1
                pfsense2 ip : 10.4.0.2

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  It's on firewall -> nat -> outbound

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                    skipper
                    last edited by

                    i created an outbound nat but the traffic is still going to the wan interface and not back to vpn
                    here is my outbound nat rule

                    Interface webslavelan
                    Source      192.168.129.0/24
                    Source Port   443
                    Destination   10.4.0.0/30
                    Destination Port *
                    NAT Address *
                    NAT Port   443
                    Static Port   NO

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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      @skipper:

                      i created an outbound nat but the traffic is still going to the wan interface and not back to vpn
                      here is my outbound nat rule

                      Interface webslavelan
                      Source       192.168.129.0/24
                      Source Port    443
                      Destination    10.4.0.0/30
                      Destination Port *
                      NAT Address *
                      NAT Port    443
                      Static Port    NO

                      change source to any.
                      does webslavelan is the outgoing interface to reach 10.4.0.0/30?

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                        skipper
                        last edited by

                        thnx for your help man!
                        this is my network a bit more detailed,
                        i have tried to put different interfaces and IPs on the outbound configuration but the traffic goes still to my wan :/
                        now i put vpnsitetosite as interface and source any but it doesn't work.
                        what should the destination be? is there something else that i need to define? create a new gateway or something like that?

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          Try to go to console and do some package capture to find what interface pfsense is using to send traffic to remote host.

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                            skipper
                            last edited by

                            the request is going from vpnsitetosite–>webslavelan-->webslave
                            and the reply is going from webslave-->webslavelan-->wan
                            i need to send it back to vpnsitetosite interface

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              Can you select vpn interface on outgoing nat rule?

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                                skipper
                                last edited by

                                i can select OpenVPN but not the specific vpn interface.
                                do i need to create a virtual IP, a rule to 1:1, or something additional?
                                i have tried many combinations for the outbound rule but the http replies are keep going to the wan interface :/

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                                • marcellocM
                                  marcelloc
                                  last edited by

                                  What you get when you select openvpn as interface on outbound nat for this server?

                                  If you can't do it with load balance, consider using a reverse proxy like (varnish,squid-reverse,apache+mod_security)

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                                    skipper
                                    last edited by

                                    i get the same, nothing changes if i select openvpn as interface.
                                    i will try to find another solution as it seems that what i am trying to do it's not possible with load balance.
                                    thnx for your help!

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