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    HAProxy will hangs when I upgrade to pfsense 2.3.4

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      doktornotor Banned
      last edited by

      Hmmm. With a pretty simple setup with SSL offloading here, this works just fine as always. Then I have another fairly complicated one with lots of backends, multiple frontends and the pfSense GUI itself behind HAproxy plus the LUA ACME plugin, this works perfectly fine as well.

      Both have HAproxy on 80/443 and GUI at 4443, the HTTP => HTTPS redirect disabled for webGUI.

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        cjbujold
        last edited by

        here is my binding if it can help.

        Automaticaly generated, dont edit manually.

        Generated on: 2017-05-08 11:51

        global
        maxconn 10000
        stats socket /tmp/haproxy.socket level admin
        uid 80
        gid 80
        nbproc 1
        chroot /tmp/haproxy_chroot
        daemon
        tune.ssl.default-dh-param 2048
        server-state-file /tmp/haproxy_server_state

        listen HAProxyLocalStats
        bind 127.0.0.1:8080 name localstats
        mode http
        stats enable
        stats refresh 10
        stats admin if TRUE
        stats uri /haproxy/haproxy_stats.php?haproxystats=1
        timeout client 5000
        timeout connect 5000
        timeout server 5000

        frontend httpWEBSites
        bind 127.0.0.1:8080 name 127.0.0.1:8080 
        mode http
        log global
        option socket-stats
        option dontlog-normal
        option log-separate-errors
        option httplog
        option http-keep-alive
        option forwardfor
        acl https ssl_fc
        http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto http if !https
        http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto https if https
        timeout client 30000
        errorfile /var/etc/haproxy/errorfile_httpWEBSites__
        #remove header that expose security-sensitive information
        rspidel ^Server:.*S
        rspidel ^X-Powered-By:.*S
        rspidel ^X-AspNet-Version:.*S

        redirect scheme https if (hdr(Host) -i www.filopto.com ) !{ssl_fc }

        acl nas_acl hdr(host) -i famille.accra.ca
        acl syncbox_acl hdr(host) -i syncbox.accra.ca
        acl syncbox_acl hdr(host) -i securebackup.accra.ca
        acl remotehelp_acl hdr(host) -i remotehelp.accra.ca
        acl ftpserver_acl hdr(host) -i ftpweb.accra.ca
        acl demofilopto_acl hdr(host) -i demo.filopto.com
        acl accra_acl hdr_end(host) -i accra.ca
        acl filopto_acl hdr_end(host) -i filopto.com
        acl dragondreams_acl hdr_end(host) -i dragondreams.ca
        acl dragondoodles_acl hdr_end(host) -i dragondoodles.ca
        acl ajefnb_acl hdr_end(host) -i ajefnb.nb.ca
        use_backend NasWEBServer4_http_ipvANY  if  nas_acl
        use_backend Securebackup16_http_ipvANY  if  syncbox_acl
        use_backend RemoteHelp25_http_ipvANY  if  remotehelp_acl
        use_backend FiloptoDemoWEBSite103_http_ipvANY  if  demofilopto_acl
        use_backend WEBServer14_http_ipvANY  if  filopto_acl
        use_backend WEBServer14_http_ipvANY  if  dragondreams_acl
        use_backend WEBServer14_http_ipvANY  if  dragondoodles_acl
        use_backend WEBServer14_http_ipvANY  if  ajefnb_acl
        default_backend WEBServer14_http_ipvANY

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          Salient
          last edited by

          I'm having the same issue.  I run haproxy on port 4343 which doesn't conflict with any other ports.

          I'd also like to know more about these awesome domains:
            acl        dragondreams_acl  hdr_end(host) -i dragondreams.ca
            acl        dragondoodles_acl  hdr_end(host) -i dragondoodles.ca

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            @cjbujold:

            […]
            listen HAProxyLocalStats
            bind 127.0.0.1:8080 name localstats
            […]
            frontend httpWEBSites
            bind 127.0.0.1:8080 name 127.0.0.1:8080 
            […]

            Should your stats and a live frontend really be bound to the same port? Try moving the stats to port 2200. HAProxy may be smart enough to do the right thing there, but it's better not to tempt fate.

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              @gjurriens:

              Max SSL Diffe-Hellman size: 2018

              Is that a typo? That should probably be 2048. Otherwise it seems sane.

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                Here is my basic test setup that works OK:

                # Automaticaly generated, dont edit manually.
                # Generated on: 2017-05-08 15:05
                global
                	maxconn			1000
                	stats socket /tmp/haproxy.socket level admin
                	uid			80
                	gid			80
                	nbproc			1
                	chroot			/tmp/haproxy_chroot
                	daemon
                	tune.ssl.default-dh-param	2048
                	server-state-file /tmp/haproxy_server_state
                
                listen HAProxyLocalStats
                	bind 127.0.0.1:2200 name localstats
                	mode http
                	stats enable
                	stats admin if TRUE
                	stats uri /haproxy/haproxy_stats.php?haproxystats=1
                	timeout client 5000
                	timeout connect 5000
                	timeout server 5000
                
                frontend doc-front
                	bind			0.0.0.0:4443 name 0.0.0.0:4443 ssl  crt /var/etc/haproxy/doc-front.pem  
                	mode			http
                	log			global
                	option			http-keep-alive
                	timeout client		30000
                	default_backend doc-back_http_ipvANY
                
                backend doc-back_http_ipvANY
                	mode			http
                	log			global
                	timeout connect		30000
                	timeout server		30000
                	retries			3
                	option			httpchk GET / 
                	server			doctor 10.20.0.10:80 check inter 1000  
                
                

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                  gjurriens
                  last edited by

                  @jimp:

                  @gjurriens:

                  Max SSL Diffe-Hellman size: 2018

                  Is that a typo? That should probably be 2048. Otherwise it seems sane.

                  Yeah, it was a typo  :-\

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                    lebernd
                    last edited by

                    I searched my log files from the long saturday night - the only message that I could find related and suspect are problems before reboot like

                    2017-05-06 23:40:30	Error (3)	PHP-CGI rc.initial.reboot: The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/haproxy.sh stop' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Stopping haproxy. Waiting for PIDS: 76571\. Stopping haproxy. No matching processes were found'
                    

                    My config is running fine after degrading to 1.7.2 - it's a very basic setup with two backends online and ssl/https frontend with sni.

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                      ringo
                      last edited by

                      I reproduced the issue on a fresh install. It seems that there is a problem with DNS resolvers of haproxy.

                      1. Install a fresh pfSense 2.3.4-RELEASE (amd64)
                      2. Install haproxy from package manager
                      3. Add a backend with your favourite web server
                      3. Add a HTTP frontend, listen to any:8080, set the default backend.
                      4. Check Enable HAProxy, Maximum connections: 500, Internal stats port: 2200
                      5. In the DNS servers section: click new server, Name: local, DNSserver:127.0.0.1, DNSport:53
                      6. Apply changes.
                      7. HAProxy looks like up and running.
                      8. Setup firewall rules and visit port 8080 / 2200. No response.
                      9. Visit haproxy stats page few times, and webConfigurator should hang now.

                      –
                      EDIT: amd64.

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        OK, that I can reproduce on 2.3.4 and 2.4. The key is having the DNS resolver configured inside haproxy. It appears to get hung up attempting to query the UNIX socket for stats. Even if I try to hit that manually, it never receives a response. If I start haproxy manually in the foreground (Disable daemon mode), the stats command succeeds.

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                          cjbujold
                          last edited by

                          I can also confirm that if I remove the DNS entries in Haproxy it no longer hangs pfsense.  However, it is still not routing the calls to any internal server.  I presume the daemon issue still exist.

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                            ringo
                            last edited by

                            @cjbujold:

                            However, it is still not routing the calls to any internal server.

                            Does it show a 503 service unavailable error?

                            –-
                            EDIT: Could you try disabling ssl offloading (if enabled) and see if it work or not?

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                              cjbujold
                              last edited by

                              Got it to work, Had a typo (SSL) and once fixed everything seems to work like normal as long as I do not add any DNS entries into haproxy.

                              Thanks for all the help, much appreciated.

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                              • jimpJ
                                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                last edited by

                                FYI- Same problem with haproxy 1.7.4 on plain FreeBSD, so not specific to our package. I did just copy over the config and adjust though, so it could be in one of the directives there but nothing seems obvious yet. Still trying things out.

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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  Same problem with 1.7.5 also on FreeBSD.

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                                  • jimpJ
                                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    OK, I reported the issue upstream and I have a lead on fixing our local copy until they can work on a fix. Won't be long now, at least for a temporary fix.

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      New version of HAProxy is up which has the problematic commits removed. Works OK here with resolvers configured in HAProxy.

                                      Update and give it a try.

                                      https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7533

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                                        ringo
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank you @jimp for the update, it works great for me!

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                                        • jimpJ
                                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                          last edited by

                                          @Cow:

                                          Thank you @jimp for the update, it works great for me!

                                          Thank YOU for finding the way to reproduce it!  ;D

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                                            gjurriens
                                            last edited by

                                            Thank you all for resolving this issue.
                                            It seemed I had the exact same problem with the DNSes in the HAproxy config.

                                            I'm glad it is resolved, now I don't need to keep a putty session open anymore to keep HAproxy running.

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