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    • marcellocM
      marcelloc
      last edited by

      @cewjr9842:

      I am on 2.3.4(amd64). Am i doing something wrong?

      No. The package info on topic was updated before I had time to update the repo.

      https://github.com/marcelloc/Unofficial-pfSense-packages/commit/97a00996dfa0ef4b8dc60e48e9ddbe399eebb7d8

      I did it right now, so you can run the install script again.

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        Cino
        last edited by

        Thank you marcelloc for creating this package. I've been keeping the vhost package alive on my box just for this purpose.

        Question,  do you know of a quick way to suppress logging to the syslog? Notice its getting filled up as clients are accessing it for the wpad file. I need to dig deeper (wireshark) to see what is really causing it but figured I'd ask since I'm not familiar with nginx

        
        Jun 1 21:04:36 	pfsense.home.lan 		nginx: 2017/06/01 21:04:36 [error] 48243#100253: accept4() failed (53: Software caused connection abort)
        Jun 1 21:04:00 	pfsense.home.lan 		nginx: 2017/06/01 21:04:00 [error] 48243#100253: accept4() failed (53: Software caused connection abort)
        Jun 1 21:03:45 	pfsense.home.lan 		nginx: 2017/06/01 21:03:45 [error] 48243#100253: accept4() failed (53: Software caused connection abort)
        Jun 1 21:03:20 	pfsense.home.lan 		nginx: 2017/06/01 21:03:20 [error] 48243#100253: accept4() failed (53: Software caused connection abort)
        Jun 1 21:03:11 	pfsense.home.lan 		nginx: 2017/06/01 21:03:11 [error] 48243#100253: accept4() failed (53: Software caused connection abort)
        Jun 1 21:02:55 	pfsense.home.lan 		nginx: 2017/06/01 21:02:55 [error] 48243#100253: accept4() failed (53: Software caused connection abort) 
        
        
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        • marcellocM
          marcelloc
          last edited by

          @Cino:

          Thank you marcelloc for creating this package. I've been keeping the vhost package alive on my box just for this purpose.

          Thanks Cino!  :)

          @Cino:

          Question,  do you know of a quick way to suppress logging to the syslog?

          Take a look on /usr/local/pkg/wpad_nginx.template file. Change the log destination to a local file for example.

          # nginx configuration file
                  user  root wheel;
                  worker_processes  {$wpad_workers};
                  pid     /var/run/nginx_wpad{$wpad_index}.pid;
                  error_log  syslog:server=unix:/var/run/log,facility=local5;
                  events {
                      worker_connections  1024;
                  }
          .
          .
          .
          
          

          https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-logging-and-log-rotation-in-nginx-on-an-ubuntu-vps

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            Cino
            last edited by

            thank you sir!

            Would it be possible to insert the application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig MIME?

            /usr/local/etc/nginx/mime.types

            
                application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig     pac;
                application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig     dat;
                application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig     da;
            
            
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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              @Cino:

              Would it be possible to insert the application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig MIME?

              sure! check if new version is fine with mime types.

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              Help a community developer! ;D

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                Cino
                last edited by

                I see what you did there. Smart, it doesn't touch the defaults. Suggestion, remove /t and add 4 spaces. This way its consistent with the rest of the file layout. I dont see any tabs.

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                  techbee
                  last edited by

                  Hi Marcelloc,

                  Can you possible give us a full install documentation of this https filtering using wpad. I mean the whole setup.  I have not followed this topic since I am new here and I want to know more about this.  Thanks

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                  • marcellocM
                    marcelloc
                    last edited by

                    @techbee:

                    Hi Marcelloc,

                    Can you possible give us a full install documentation of this https filtering using wpad. I mean the whole setup.  I have not followed this topic since I am new here and I want to know more about this.  Thanks

                    The first topic has the install instructions. I prefer enabling the Unofficial repo and installing it using GUI, then access services -> wpad and configuring it typing suggested default settings.

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                      jopeme
                      last edited by

                      After configuring wpad it is necessary to configure something more like for example dns host overrides, dhcp, firewall rules or the package takes care of all that?

                      I am testing it from a subnet called vlan102 and if I configure it in the proxy configuration of url browsers http://pfsense.domain.local/proxy.pac file it works perfectly, but if I activate the autodectection in these browsers then it does not work.
                      In /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx_wpad0.conf i see this:

                      server {
                                      listen 10.0.0.1:80;
                                      server_name wpad.localdomain
                                      server name 127.0.0.1
                                      client_max_body_size 200m;

                      I think it is stranger that server name is wpad.localdomain? and 127.0.0.1 ? My lan ip address is 10.0.0.1

                      These are my rules in this interface (second rule is necessary to load http://pfsense.domain.local/proxy.pac) and all http and https go to 3128 squid port:

                      Thanks.

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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        For autodetect, you need to configure wpad.your.domain.local to resolve fw ip address and also define wpad records on dns.

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                        Help a community developer! ;D

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                          jopeme
                          last edited by

                          I know how to setting dns records on dns resolver services -> hosts overrides and i write :
                          host: wpad
                          domain: domain.local
                          ip: 10.0.0.1

                          I don't understand what do you mean "you need to configure wpad.your.domain.local to resolve fw ip address". How to ?

                          Sorry for my english.

                          Thanks again.

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                          • marcellocM
                            marcelloc
                            last edited by

                            That's exactly what you did. Client's browsers will look for proxy.pac file under wpad.you.domain.local/proxy.pac

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                              techbee
                              last edited by

                              I hope it would have been a full documented setup configuration and not only this unofficial wpad install because subsequently there will be follow up questions related to this setup which will be answered one by one which is unproductive.

                              ofcourse we do appreciate this wpad easily install.

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                                jetberrocal
                                last edited by

                                @marcelloc:

                                For autodetect, you need to configure wpad.your.domain.local to resolve fw ip address and also define wpad records on dns.

                                Marcelloc.  Please when you have the time, add a note to the Install instructions that we have to make the DNS or DHCP settings for auto-detection.  If possible giving an example for the sake of novice users.

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                                  Cino
                                  last edited by

                                  @jetberrocal:

                                  @marcelloc:

                                  For autodetect, you need to configure wpad.your.domain.local to resolve fw ip address and also define wpad records on dns.

                                  Marcelloc.  Please when you have the time, add a note to the Install instructions that we have to make the DNS or DHCP settings for auto-detection.  If possible giving an example for the sake of novice users.

                                  This should help:

                                  https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/WPAD_Autoconfigure_for_Squid

                                  https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=112335.0

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                                    jopeme
                                    last edited by

                                    If you would please, we would be very grateful for a more detailed guide.
                                    Thanks.

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                                      Bigdaddy168
                                      last edited by

                                      Nice! Can you make this package official?

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        @Bigdaddy168:

                                        Nice! Can you make this package official?

                                        I can submit a pull request to oficial repo. But need core team review to get merged.

                                        Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                                        Help a community developer! ;D

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                                          Bigdaddy168
                                          last edited by

                                          @marcelloc:

                                          @Bigdaddy168:

                                          Nice! Can you make this package official?

                                          I can submit a pull request to oficial repo. But need core team review to get merged.

                                          That would be great!

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                                            muhammet
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks, great !

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