Is load balancing breaking sessions?

stephenw10

What are you load-balancing with? How is it configured?

If you're using relayd you should think about switching to haproxy since relayd is deprecated in 2.5.

Steve

lewis

Hi, yes, standard 'load balancer' relayd setup with two sets of balanced servers on the lan. 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1

I'm just using what ever is built in and it does seem to be delayd.
It's just called load balancer. How do I switch to haproxy? Do you mean uninstall load balancer as a package and add haproxy?

NogBadTheBad

Also look at stickiness with haproxy.

http://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/2.3/intro.html#3.3.6

lewis

So, do you think the problem we are seeing is related to using the built in 'load balancer'?

I'll install the haproxy package and try to get it set up.

Derelict

@lewis said in Is load balancing breaking sessions?:

Hi, yes, standard 'load balancer' relayd setup with two sets of balanced servers on the lan. 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1

I'm just using what ever is built in and it does seem to be delayd.
It's just called load balancer. How do I switch to haproxy? Do you mean uninstall load balancer as a package and add haproxy?

Install HAproxy and remove/disable the load balancer configuration. There is nothing to uninstall because it is a module in pfSense base. As has been mentioned it is deprecated in pfSense 2.5 so moving to HAproxy is the path forward.

lewis

Yes, I know that and I'm doing it. The question is, is 'load balancer' what might have been causing the browser problems?

Derelict

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/multiwan/load-balance-and-failover.html#problems-with-load-balancing

All of that pretty much applies to inbound as well as outbound.

lewis

All I can find for installation instructions is
https://www.servethehome.com/how-to-haproxy-ha-load-balance-a-web-server-with-a-pfsense-sg-4860/

Does anyone know of a more current one that is using the current version that I've just installed?

Maybe this is the one? Wish it had image examples :).
https://github.com/PiBa-NL/pfsense-haproxy-package-doc/wiki

This second version is way too complicated for the average person that just wants to get a basic setup working, then learn more about the advanced functions/features later.

stephenw10

We did a hangout on it:
https://youtu.be/FJSHMyrd29E

There is some relayd stuff there too but it's mostly about setting up HAProxy.

Steve

lewis

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