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    WPAD not detected while pfSense on https in "webConfigurator"

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    • L
      Legion
      last edited by

      This is how I do it - using monit

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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
        last edited by

        Sorry for the late reply.

        this is the way I'm doing using filer and cron package

        file /var/etc/lighty-proxy-js.conf

        #
        # lighttpd configuration file
        #
        # use a it as base for lighttpd 1.0.0 and above
        #
        ############ Options you really have to take care of ####################
        
        ## FreeBSD!
        server.event-handler	= "freebsd-kqueue"
        server.network-backend 	= "writev"
        
        ## modules to load
        server.modules              =   (
        
        									"mod_access", "mod_accesslog", "mod_expire", "mod_compress", "mod_redirect",
        									"mod_fastcgi", "mod_cgi"
        								)
        
        ## Unused modules
        #                               "mod_setenv",
        #                               "mod_rewrite",
        #                               "mod_ssi",
        #                               "mod_usertrack",
        #                               "mod_expire",
        #                               "mod_secdownload",
        #                               "mod_rrdtool",
        #                               "mod_auth",
        #                               "mod_status",
        #                               "mod_alias",
        #                               "mod_proxy",
        #                               "mod_simple_vhost",
        #                               "mod_evhost",
        #                               "mod_userdir",
        #                               "mod_cgi",
        
        server.max-keep-alive-requests = 15
        server.max-keep-alive-idle = 30
        
        ## a static document-root, for virtual-hosting take look at the
        ## server.virtual-* options
        server.document-root        = "/usr/local/www/wpad/"
        
        # Maximum idle time with nothing being written (php downloading)
        server.max-write-idle = 999
        
        ## where to send error-messages to
        server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd-prxy-js.error.log"
        accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd-prxy-js.access.log"
        
        # files to check for if .../ is requested
        server.indexfiles           = ( "index.php", "index.html",
                                        "index.htm", "default.htm" )
        
        # mimetype mapping
        mimetype.assign             = (
          ".pdf"          =>      "application/pdf",
          ".sig"          =>      "application/pgp-signature",
          ".spl"          =>      "application/futuresplash",
          ".class"        =>      "application/octet-stream",
          ".ps"           =>      "application/postscript",
          ".torrent"      =>      "application/x-bittorrent",
          ".dvi"          =>      "application/x-dvi",
          ".gz"           =>      "application/x-gzip",
          ".pac"          =>      "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
          ".swf"          =>      "application/x-shockwave-flash",
          ".tar.gz"       =>      "application/x-tgz",
          ".tgz"          =>      "application/x-tgz",
          ".tar"          =>      "application/x-tar",
          ".zip"          =>      "application/zip",
          ".mp3"          =>      "audio/mpeg",
          ".m3u"          =>      "audio/x-mpegurl",
          ".wma"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wma",
          ".wax"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wax",
          ".ogg"          =>      "audio/x-wav",
          ".wav"          =>      "audio/x-wav",
          ".gif"          =>      "image/gif",
          ".jpg"          =>      "image/jpeg",
          ".jpeg"         =>      "image/jpeg",
          ".png"          =>      "image/png",
          ".xbm"          =>      "image/x-xbitmap",
          ".xpm"          =>      "image/x-xpixmap",
          ".xwd"          =>      "image/x-xwindowdump",
          ".css"          =>      "text/css",
          ".html"         =>      "text/html",
          ".htm"          =>      "text/html",
          ".js"           =>      "text/javascript",
          ".asc"          =>      "text/plain",
          ".c"            =>      "text/plain",
          ".conf"         =>      "text/plain",
          ".text"         =>      "text/plain",
          ".txt"          =>      "text/plain",
          ".dtd"          =>      "text/xml",
          ".xml"          =>      "text/xml",
          ".mpeg"         =>      "video/mpeg",
          ".mpg"          =>      "video/mpeg",
          ".mov"          =>      "video/quicktime",
          ".qt"           =>      "video/quicktime",
          ".avi"          =>      "video/x-msvideo",
          ".asf"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf",
          ".asx"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf",
          ".wmv"          =>      "video/x-ms-wmv",
          ".bz2"          =>      "application/x-bzip",
          ".tbz"          =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
          ".tar.bz2"      =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar"
         )
        
        # Use the "Content-Type" extended attribute to obtain mime type if possible
        #mimetypes.use-xattr        = "enable"
        
        #### accesslog module
        #accesslog.filename          = "/dev/null"
        
        ## deny access the file-extensions
        #
        # ~    is for backupfiles from vi, emacs, joe, ...
        # .inc is often used for code includes which should in general not be part
        #      of the document-root
        url.access-deny             = ( "~", ".inc" )
        
        ######### Options that are good to be but not neccesary to be changed #######
        
        ## bind to port (default: 80)
        server.port = 80
        server.bind = "your_ip_address_here"
        
        ## error-handler for status 404
        #server.error-handler-404   = "/error-handler.html"
        #server.error-handler-404   = "/error-handler.php"
        
        ## to help the rc.scripts
        server.pid-file            = "/var/run/lighty-proxy-js.pid"
        
        ## virtual directory listings
        server.dir-listing         = "disable"
        
        ## enable debugging
        debug.log-request-header   = "disable"
        debug.log-response-header  = "disable"
        debug.log-request-handling = "disable"
        debug.log-file-not-found   = "disable"
        
        # gzip compression
        compress.cache-dir = "/tmp/lighttpdcompress/"
        compress.filetype  = ("text/plain","text/css", "text/xml", "text/javascript" )
        
        server.upload-dirs = ( "/root/", "/tmp/", "/var/" )
        
        server.max-request-size    = 2097152
        
        #### fastcgi module
        ## read fastcgi.txt for more info
        fastcgi.server = ( ".php" =>
        	( "localhost" =>
        		(
        			"socket" => "/tmp/php-fastcgi-proxy-js.socket",
        			"min-procs" => 0,
        			"max-procs" => 2,
        			"bin-environment" => (
        				"PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "2",
        				"PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "500"
        			),
        			"bin-path" => "/usr/local/bin/php"
        		)
        	)
        )
        
        #### CGI module
        cgi.assign                 = ( ".cgi" => "" )
        
        expire.url = (
        				"" => "access 50 hours",	
                )
        
        ## ssl configuration
        #ssl.engine = "enable"
        #ssl.pemfile = "/var/etc/cert.pem"
        
        #ssl.use-sslv2 = "disable"
        #ssl.cipher-list = "TLSv1+HIGH !SSLv2 RC4+MEDIUM !aNULL !eNULL !3DES #@STRENGTH"
        

        file /root/check_proxyjs.sh

        #!/bin/sh
        
        /bin/ps ax | /usr/bin/grep /var/etc/lighty-proxy-js.conf | /usr/bin/grep -v grep 
        if [ $? -eq 0 ];then 
          /bin/echo ok
        else
          /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-proxy-js.conf
        fi
        

        cron

                • root /root/check_proxyjs.sh

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        • A
          akha666
          last edited by

          Thank you for your effort
          I did your method ones with "Filer" and ones created manual file and upload them over sftp and did the Cron job
          but I have no luck
          I reboot the pfsense to execute cron job and change pfsense to https, clear client bowers still can't download the script when pfs on https
          should I change wpad config in DHCP-Server BOOTP to https like "https://wpad/wpad.dat" ??

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          • marcellocM
            marcelloc
            last edited by

            While using filer, you do not need sftp to transfer config files or or scripts.

            Do not forget to create a firewall rule to allow traffic on 80 and also check if you have disabled web gui redirect rule on system advanced.

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            • A
              akha666
              last edited by

              thank you
              the real working method for me I got from HERE http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,59073.msg317570.html#msg317570
              look for my setup in attachment
              after I did your steps I enabled HTTPS and unchecked "Disable webConfigurator redirect rule" the client browser can't download wpad script

              rule.png
              rule.png_thumb
              dhcp.png
              dhcp.png_thumb
              cron.png
              cron.png_thumb

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              • A
                akha666
                last edited by

                there is no other help for  issue

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                • L
                  Legion
                  last edited by

                  Can you download the script if you put it directly in your browser? E.g. http://wpad/wpad.dat for you or http://my_pfsense_ip/wpad.dat for me.

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                    akha666
                    last edited by

                    yes
                    everythings working fine , Browsers can download script with Server_IP or wpad/wpad.dat
                    my problem when change pfSense Web Access to HTTPS, the browsers can't read the wpad script

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                    • R
                      rmiddle
                      last edited by

                      Personally I found it easiest to just install the package vhost and then create vhost for wpad.

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                      • L
                        Legion
                        last edited by

                        Oh, duh, I know why. The only web server you have running is the one running the pfSense gui. So when you have your pfSense gui set up to serve via http, requests for wpad via http are also served. When you set your pfSense gui to https, you are reconfiguring your server to port 443 and clients on your network are requesting wpad via http but there is no server on port 80.

                        This is why I have a dedicated lighttpd serving port 80 running just for wpad (as detailed in the thread I linked). marcelloc does too, he mentioned it earlier in this thread (and others). My pfSense gui is run on https, but not port 443, another port so that I can have special 443 rules that don't affect the gui.

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                          akha666
                          last edited by

                          thank you all for helping me
                          vHost working for me
                          I create
                          Host: wpad.dat
                          Port : 80
                          Directory : /usr/local/www

                          but squidGuard error pages not working, can you u give any idea to configure this

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