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    • L
      Landmine
      last edited by

      Correction, it was working. I didnt change anything and I'm getting the 503 errors again  :(

      –---------- Update ------------

      I only get the 503 error on 1 of the 2 domains.

      ------------ Update ------------

      Removing the Backend mapping with the http:// on it seemed to fix the issue.

      ------------ Update ------------

      Down again after about 30 seconds.  >:(

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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
        last edited by

        That's probably a backend health url check problem.

        Add varnish widget to dashboard to see backend status.

        The 503 error means could not find any available backend.

        Also try to see backend configuration file on view configuration.

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        • L
          Landmine
          last edited by

          Here is my config

          
          # 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 < 1) {
          			restart;
          		}
          
          	set obj.http.Content-Type = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
          	synthetic {"
          "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
          
          <title>"} obj.status " " obj.response {"</title>
          
           **We are very sorry but an error occurred during this request.** 
          
          Please press refresh in your browser to try again.
          
          Varnish Error "} obj.status " " obj.response {"
          
          "} obj.response {"
          
          ### Guru Meditation:
          
          XID: "} req.xid {"
          
          "};
          	return(deliver);
          
          }
          
          backend MinecraftBACKEND {
          	# used in catch_all 
          	.host = "10.0.0.50";
          	.port = "80";
          	.first_byte_timeout = 300s;
          	.connect_timeout = 25s;
          	.probe = {
          		.url = "/index.php";
          		.interval = 5s;
          		.timeout = 3s;
          		.window = 5;
          		.threshold = 3;
          	}
          }
          
          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-For = client.ip;
          
          	if (req.http.host == "minecraft.domain.com") {
          		set req.backend = MinecraftBACKEND;
          	} 
          
          	#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|rtf|flv|swf|html|htm)$") {
          		return(pass);
          		}
          	if (req.request=="GET" && req.url ~ "\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|png|ico|img|tga|wmf|mp3|ogg)$") {
          		return(pass);
          		}
          	#Disable session cache
          	if (req.http.Cookie && req.http.Cookie ~ "(PHPSESSID|phpsessid)") {
          		return(pass);
          		}
          	if (req.http.Cookie && req.http.Cookie ~ "(JSESSION|jsession)") {
          		return(pass);
          		}
          	if (req.http.X-Requested-With == "XMLHttpRequest" || req.url ~ "nocache") {
          		return(pass);
          		}
          	#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);
          		}
          	if (beresp.http.X-Requested-With == "XMLHttpRequest" || req.url ~ "nocache") {
          		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 ) {
          		restart;
                  }
          
          	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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          • marcellocM
            marcelloc
            last edited by

            can you try to access backend test url?

            http://10.0.0.50/index.php

            Also, what you get on dashboard varnish widget?

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            • L
              Landmine
              last edited by

              The URL works get when I'm at home and here is a pic of what the widget looks like.

              Thank you for taking the time to help me.

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              • marcellocM
                marcelloc
                last edited by

                Varnish could not get this url from your web server.

                Can you try an static html, a full http request or something else?

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                • L
                  Landmine
                  last edited by

                  So far so good. Now if I wanted to add more servers to the list, I'd basically copy the settings and just change the Backend name, IP and Mapping?

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                  • marcellocM
                    marcelloc
                    last edited by

                    Yes.  :)

                    Just don't forget to check backend status on Dashboard.

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                      normtodd
                      last edited by

                      im having a strange issue that im sure is something easy that im not doing - im pretty sure everthing is working vis a vis varnish, but i am not getting any data on the varnish widget except that the backend is up and running - everything else (cache hits, cache hits pass, cache missed, conn accepted, req. received, and uptime) are empty.  ive attached a picture of the widget from the dashboard to illustrate.

                      right now i only have one machine (an atmail mail server) behind pfsense/varnish and want to confirm that everything is working before i deploy more machines behind pfsense.

                      here is my varnish config -

                      # 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 < 1) {
                      			return(restart);
                      		}
                      
                      	set obj.http.Content-Type = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
                      	synthetic {"
                      "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
                      
                      <title>"} + obj.status + " " + obj.response + {"</title>
                      
                      # Error "} + obj.status + " " + obj.response + {"
                      
                      "} + obj.response + {"
                      
                      ### Guru Meditation:
                      
                      XID: "} + req.xid + {"
                      
                      * * *
                      
                      Varnish cache server
                      
                      138	"};
                      	return(deliver);
                      
                      }
                      
                      backend atmailBACKEND {
                      	# used in catch_all 
                      	.host = "192.168.20.5";
                      	.port = "80";
                      	.first_byte_timeout = 300s;
                      	.connect_timeout = 25s;
                      	.probe = {
                      		.url = "/";
                      		.interval = 5s;
                      		.timeout = 1s;
                      		.window = 5;
                      		.threshold = 3;
                      	}
                      }
                      
                      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.coldhardmath.com") {
                      		set req.backend = atmailBACKEND;
                      	} 
                      
                      	#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);
                      		}
                      	#Disable session cache
                      	if (req.http.Cookie && req.http.Cookie ~ "(PHPSESSID|phpsessid)") {
                      		return(pass);
                      		}
                      	if (req.http.Cookie && req.http.Cookie ~ "(JSESSION|jsession)") {
                      		return(pass);
                      		}
                      	if (req.http.X-Requested-With == "XMLHttpRequest" || req.url ~ "nocache") {
                      		return(pass);
                      		}
                      	#Enable static cache
                      	if (req.request=="GET" && req.url ~ "\.(css|js|txt|zip|pdf|rtf|flv|swf|html|htm)$") {
                      		unset req.http.cookie;
                      		return(lookup);
                      		}
                      	if (req.request=="GET" && req.url ~ "\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|png|ico|img|tga|wmf|mp3|ogg)$") {
                      		unset req.http.cookie;
                      		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_hit {
                      	return (deliver);
                      }
                      
                      sub vcl_miss {
                      	return (fetch);
                      }
                      
                      sub vcl_fetch {
                      	set beresp.do_stream = true;
                      
                      	#Disable cache when backend is starting a session
                      	if (beresp.http.Set-Cookie && beresp.http.Set-Cookie ~ "(PHPSESSID|phpsessid)") {
                      		return(hit_for_pass);
                      		}
                      	if (beresp.http.Set-Cookie && beresp.http.Set-Cookie ~ "(JSESSION|jsession)") {
                      		return(hit_for_pass);
                      		}
                      	if (beresp.http.X-Requested-With == "XMLHttpRequest" || req.url ~ "nocache") {
                      		return(hit_for_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(hit_for_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 ) {
                      		return(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);
                      }
                      
                      sub vcl_init {
                      	return (ok);
                      }
                      
                      sub vcl_fini {
                      	return (ok);
                      }	
                      
                      

                      im sure there is something very simple that im missing and ive been staring at this so long im missing the forest staring at the trees.

                      anyone have any ideas?

                      all the best and thanks in advance
                      NT

                      ![Screen Shot 2012-04-13 at 2.53.37 PM.jpg](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2012-04-13 at 2.53.37 PM.jpg)
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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        Are you sure you do not have any nat or pfsense gui on port 80?

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                          normtodd
                          last edited by

                          thanks marcelloc for responding and for all of your wonderful work on pfsense

                          pfsense gui is on :81 and i removed the nat forwarding to port 80, just adding a rule on the wan opening port 80 (toward varnish)

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                          • marcellocM
                            marcelloc
                            last edited by

                            @normtodd:

                            just adding a rule on the wan opening port 80 (toward varnish)

                            Without this rule, varnish will get no traffic.  :)

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                            Help a community developer! ;D

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                              normtodd
                              last edited by

                              i apologize - i think im getting mixed up ! :)

                              per this thread, i removed the nat rule (which i previously had configured prior to installing varnish) for port 80

                              in order to have port 80 open (in order for traffic to reach varnish), i added a firewall rule on the wan for port 80 to be open

                              isnt this the correct config? :)

                              all the best and thanks for all

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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                Yes, the setup is this way.

                                Are you sure it's working through varnish?

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                                  normtodd
                                  last edited by

                                  i assume that varnish listens on port 80 and the wan firewall rule would allow access?

                                  how would i confirm that its working through varnish?

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    Well, widget should show it to you but you can try to stop varnish and see if you can access internal server or if publishing has stopped.

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                                    Help a community developer! ;D

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                                      normtodd
                                      last edited by

                                      per your suggestion i stopped varnish which made the website unreachable/not accessible

                                      is this the expected result?

                                      original problem of nonupdating widget remained when i restarted varnish (in case you were curious)

                                      all the best and thanks in advance

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        @normtodd:

                                        per your suggestion i stopped varnish which made the website unreachable/not accessible

                                        is this the expected result?

                                        Yes.

                                        @normtodd:

                                        original problem of nonupdating widget remained when i restarted varnish (in case you were curious)

                                        I have no idea how to help you right now.

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                                        Help a community developer! ;D

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                                          normtodd
                                          last edited by

                                          as a last ditch i uninstalled and resinstalled varnish.

                                          this is the part where i hang my head in shame for not doing proper troubleshooting before posting.

                                          [shame]

                                          i had installed and was working from the varnish3 package.  that was the package that was not populating the widget.  i uninstalled varnish3, installed varnish and it works great, which the widget updating as it should.

                                          [/shame]

                                          so that was the issue.

                                          thank you marcelloc for all of your work

                                          best
                                          BT

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            @normtodd:

                                            I uninstalled varnish3, installed varnish and it works great, which the widget updating as it should.

                                            Thanks for the feedback. I'll check if varnish3 changed something that widget can't read.

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                                            Help a community developer! ;D

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