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      PiBa
      last edited by

      I think it would have worked, mostly, maybe not exactly as described but well..

      • https-tcp frontend can do SNI to select some traffic and send it to a TCP backend. Likely the MSWAP would have been happy with that..
        Use a second frontend on localhost to pass the other traffic to and do offloading on that one as you currently already were doing.

      • Other option might be to re-encrypt the traffic from haproxy-backend-server to the MSWAP? But then it wouldn't receive a client-certificate if that is needed.. Other than that i think it 'should' work as well.. Could 'fake' the SNI send to the wasp with that what the client originally send if needed.. But client-cert, that cant be passed when offloading..

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      • senseivitaS
        senseivita
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        I didn't know about the client->server cert flow, thanks!! I will definitely do it because I do use certificates for identification.

        HAProxy in combination with pfSense and the ACME package unbelievable power though, I refuse to replace it by MSWAP. For instance, just to cover securing my domains I'd have to get 8 wildcard certs, just for starters, then it comes the fact that wildcards aren't that liked so next I'd have to hunt down the problematic sites which I do not remember anymore and issue more certificates. Then there's the load balancing ability that's just so freaking fast. I love it

        I have this piece of software to manage Linux servers akin to Webmin or cPanel, but only over SSH and it doesn't make major modifications on systems, it's called goPanel 2, as the others it can request LE certificates but using the connection method instead of the DNS methods--it failed over MSWAP, succeeded over HAProxy...it was when the connection attempts were spotty though.

        Missing something? Word endings, maybe? I included a free puzzle in this msg if you solv--okay, I'm lying. It's dyslexia, makes me do that, sorry! Just finish the word; they're rarely misspelled, just incomplete. Yeah-yeah-I know. Same thing.

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        • senseivitaS
          senseivita
          last edited by

          It worked !

          Thanks one more time, you advice was insanely helpful. Made it work, and though I was about to give up I slept it up and once refreshed it sort of everything clicked it became so easy and logical, it's just all the looping around server to server that makes it seem more complicated than it is, huh?! 🤓

          I also went a little further set it up to proxy internally as well to simplify web addresses. And the best yet is that I finally came up with a solution to both use the naked domain for Active Directory and to host a website in it without hosting it on the DCs.

          I'm leaving some screenshots, hopefully I can help somebody else too. :)

          BACKENDS
          0_1537223596787_Screen_Shot_2018-09-17_at_16_25_34.png

          LOOPAROUND BACKEND
          0_1537223985447_Screen Shot 2018-09-17 at 16.38.46.png

          FRONTENDS
          0_1537223584363_Screen_Shot_2018-09-17_at_16_22_39.png

          Missing something? Word endings, maybe? I included a free puzzle in this msg if you solv--okay, I'm lying. It's dyslexia, makes me do that, sorry! Just finish the word; they're rarely misspelled, just incomplete. Yeah-yeah-I know. Same thing.

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            zwck
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            @umademelosemyusernamepfsense
            @PiBa

            I have not updated my haproxy config in quite sometime and i used your @PiBa template for offloading and endpoint termination http config that's online in the wiki. is this still up to date or is could this be done differently now?

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              PiBa @zwck
              last edited by

              @zwck
              There are always options to do the same things differently. But there should not be a 'need' to do so unless you like that way better. Its not like the package changed significantly.

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                zwck @PiBa
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                @piba

                i'd really would love to see an updated tutorial from you, since you are by far the most advanced user of the package :D

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                  PiBa @zwck
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                  @zwck
                  What would you like to see updated? Is there something specifically that is missing that should be explained to basic users to get started?. If some pages are 'outdated' i can give it a go at creating a few new screenshots.. but really almost nothing has changed with regard to the basic frontend+acl&action>backend configuration stuff.. from whats already explained on my wiki pages..

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                    zwck
                    last edited by zwck

                    @Piba, well i am not sure, tbh as i am not to experienced with haproxy it self. I played around with map files, on a standalone system that seemed to work alright too. Not sure if that has an advantage in regards to sni vs offload.

                    I used haproxy mainly to serve a couple of webpages with subdomains, and i created a virtualip for haproxy 2.1.1.2, maybe you can check if i didnt build in some obvious mistakes or forgot to tick somethings on.

                    # Automaticaly generated, dont edit manually.
                    # Generated on: 2018-09-25 10:17
                    global
                    	maxconn			10000
                    	stats socket /tmp/haproxy.socket level admin  expose-fd listeners
                    	gid			80
                    	nbproc			1
                    	nbthread			1
                    	hard-stop-after		15m
                    	chroot				/tmp/haproxy_chroot
                    	daemon
                    	tune.ssl.default-dh-param	2048
                    	server-state-file /tmp/haproxy_server_state
                    	ssl-default-bind-ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
                    	ssl-default-bind-options no-sslv3 no-tlsv10 no-tlsv11 no-tls-tickets
                    	ssl-default-server-ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
                    	ssl-default-server-options no-sslv3 no-tlsv10 no-tlsv11 no-tls-tickets
                    	tune.ssl.maxrecord 1370
                    
                    listen HAProxyLocalStats
                    	bind 127.0.0.1:2200 name localstats
                    	mode http
                    	stats enable
                    	stats admin if TRUE
                    	stats show-legends
                    	stats uri /haproxy/haproxy_stats.php?haproxystats=1
                    	timeout client 5000
                    	timeout connect 5000
                    	timeout server 5000
                    
                    frontend http-https-redirect
                    	bind			2.1.1.2:80 name 2.1.1.2:80   
                    	mode			http
                    	log			global
                    	option			http-server-close
                    	timeout client		30000
                    	#redirect scheme https code 301 if !{ ssl_fc }
                    	redirect scheme https code 301
                    
                    frontend https_frontend
                    	bind			2.1.1.2:443 name 2.1.1.2:443   ssl crt-list /var/etc/haproxy/https_frontend.crt_list  
                    	mode			http
                    	log			global
                    	option			http-server-close
                    	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		90000
                    	acl			chatACL	var(txn.txnhost) -m reg -i ^chat.mydomain.io(?::443)?$
                    	acl			momACL	var(txn.txnhost) -m reg -i ^mom.mydomain.io(?::443)?$
                    	acl			homeACL	var(txn.txnhost) -m reg -i ^home.mydomain.io(?::443)?$
                    	acl			speedACL	var(txn.txnhost) -m reg -i ^speed.mydomain.io(?::443)?$
                    	acl			restACL	var(txn.txnhost) -m reg -i ^rest.mydomain.io(?::443)?$
                    	http-request set-var(txn.txnhost) hdr(host)
                    	use_backend backend-chat_ipvANY  if  chatACL 
                    	use_backend backend-test-copy_ipvANY  if  momACL 
                    	use_backend backend-home_ipvANY  if  homeACL 
                    	use_backend backend-speedtest_ipvANY  if  speedACL 
                    	use_backend backend-rest_ipvANY  if  restACL 
                    
                    backend backend-chat_ipvANY
                    	mode			http
                    	id			105
                    	log			global
                    	timeout connect		30000
                    	timeout server		30000
                    	retries			3
                    	server			chat 192.168.0.21:3000 id 106 check inter 1000  
                    
                    backend backend-test-copy_ipvANY
                    	mode			http
                    	id			123
                    	log			global
                    	http-response set-header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=31536000;
                    	timeout connect		30000
                    	timeout server		30000
                    	retries			3
                    	http-response set-header Content-Security-Policy  "default-src 'none'; font-src 'self'; connect-src 'self' wss: ws: https://mb3admin.com; media-src 'self' blob: data:; manifest-src 'self'; base-uri 'none'; form-action 'self'; frame-ancestors 'self'; object-src 'none'; worker-src 'self' blob:; script-src 'self'  https://www.gstatic.com; img-src data: https: http: ; style-src 'unsafe-inline' 'self'"
                    	server			test_34 192.168.0.112:8096 id 126  
                    
                    backend backend-home_ipvANY
                    	mode			http
                    	id			113
                    	log			global
                    	timeout connect		30000
                    	timeout server		30000
                    	retries			3
                    	server			homepi 69.0.0.150:8123 id 114 check inter 1000  
                    
                    backend backend-speedtest_ipvANY
                    	mode			http
                    	id			129
                    	log			global
                    	http-response set-header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=31536000;
                    	timeout connect		30000
                    	timeout server		30000
                    	retries			3
                    	#http-request set-header X-Client-IP req.hdr_ip([X-Forwarded-For])
                    	server			speed 192.168.0.19:2020 id 130 check inter 1000  
                    
                    backend backend-rest_ipvANY
                    	mode			http
                    	id			111
                    	log			global
                    	timeout connect		30000
                    	timeout server		30000
                    	retries			3
                    	server			rest 192.168.0.19:3580 id 112 check inter 1000
                    
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                      zwck
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                      @Piba,

                      I have a specific question regarding the HAProxy setup, In your wiki https://github.com/PiBa-NL/pfsense-haproxy-package-doc/wiki/pfsense_2_3_haproxy_sni_plus_offloading_backends you forward your request that arrive on wan side on port 80 and 443 to the address 192.168.0.133, my question here is, what is this ip, is it an ipalias in your network outside of the dhcp range that haproxy is listening on, or a virtual ip on the lan interface that haproxy is listening on. Would you mind guiding me.

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                        PiBa @zwck
                        last edited by PiBa

                        @zwck
                        In my case 192.168.0.133 a virtual-ip of type alias on the pfSense WAN interface, of a test VM that runs with its wan on a private network segment.. Usually you would use the wan-ip of pfSense for that listening. Or wherever you want that haproxy frontend to listen.. Some websites i run with haproxy listening on the lan-ip, as they only need to be accessible when connected to the company network.. So its really up to you, where are your clients going to connect to, and do you want haproxy to directly handle that traffic, or are your going to create a portforward (though imho thats kinda ugly.., but then again, ive heard of haproxy failing to listen directly on a pppoe interface iirc..).

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                          zwck @PiBa
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                          @piba I would like to do it the pretty way, right now i create a virtual ip (ip alias) on the wan interface that is an ip that is outside of my network (lan 192.168.0.0/24) my ip alias is 2.1.1.2/32 then i have a nat portforward from wanadress to 2.1.1.2 of port 80 and 443 and have haproxy listen on that. I guess thats the ugly part :D

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                            PiBa @zwck
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                            @zwck
                            Yup sounds 'ugly' 😉
                            But well, shouldn't be to difficult to change that and make the frontend listen on the wan-ip right.? add a firewall rule to allow the traffic, and remove the portforward.

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                              zwck
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                              @PiBa Thanks for your time and help ! And for the nat rule you just say allow 80/443 to any (e.g. *** http *** and *** https ***)

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                                PiBa @zwck
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                                @zwck
                                So the firewall-rule it would look like:

                                interface: WAN
                                protocol: TCP
                                source-address: any
                                source-port: any
                                destination-address: wan-ip
                                destination-port: 80 (or 443.. or what you want to allow traffic to.)

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                                  zwck
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                                  thanks !

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