How to configure Nginx in 2.3 for WPAD

Kalle13

Hey folks,

I have an issue with the new webserver wich is nginx.
This how to http://www.9ns.co.uk/blog/?p=116 describes how to set up pfsense for WPAD support.
But it refers on the 2.2.6 version of pfsense which has an other webserver installed.
The now present version 2.3 has nginx installed and I am stuck at the point where I have to configure the webserver (nginx) for the wpad.dat wpad.da proxy.pac files.

Can someone please help my with this?

Best
Regards
Kalle

Kalle13

;D

I have figured it out by myself.
To configure nginx to serve the wpad files you have to modify this file```
/usr/local/etc/nginx/mime.types

and add the following lines to it

application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig pac;
application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig dat;
application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig da;


Now you must put the three files **proxy.pac** + **wpad.da** + **wpad.dat** in this folder

/usr/local/www/nginx/

By default (on FreeBSD), nginx defaults to looking for content in /usr/local/www/nginx/.

With the how-to of this sites I am now able two to get auto configuration for my browsers throughout WPAD.
[http://www.9ns.co.uk/blog/?p=116](http://www.9ns.co.uk/blog/?p=116)
[https://www.cryptomonkeys.com/2014/07/automatic-http-proxy/](https://www.cryptomonkeys.com/2014/07/automatic-http-proxy/)

Hope my post is not to confusing and I could help someone with the same issue. ;)

Best
Regards
Kalle

chidgear

Trying, I'll tell you how it went. Thanks! :D

javcasta

Hello.

http://www.javcasta.com/pfsense-2-3-wpad-con-ngnix-sin-revertir-gui-a-http/

Regards.

rlrobs

Chome - ok
IE - ok
Firefox: It doesn't work. (dhcp and dns)
:(

javcasta

Hello

riribs, Like a proxy.pac, do you have wpad.dat, wpad.da files? (with te same javascript content tha proxy.pac, and declare mime-types for .dat and .da in ngnix)

Regards.

rlrobs

My script was with error.

:D

Thanks!

rlrobs

javcasta

Ok. :)

I do it : Once i have the proxy.pac, for wpad.dat and wpad.da, via shell (ssh)

ln -s /usr/local/www/nginx-dist/proxy.pac /usr/local/www/nginx-dist/wpad.dat
ln -s /usr/local/www/nginx-dist/proxy.pac /usr/local/www/nginx-dist/wpad.da

Regards.

Kalle13

Hi,

here is another manual for pfsense 2.3 in English.

pfSense 2.3 WPAD/PAC proxy configuration guide
https://nguvu.org/pfsense/pfSense-2.3-WPAD-PAC-proxy-configuration-guide/

Best regards