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    HAProxy with OpenVPN over tcp/443 on pfSense

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      daggr
      last edited by

      Hi,

      Recently replaced my HAProxy VM into pfSense HAProxy package instead and that works fine.
      I had OpenVPN on a server before but now i want to run it in pfSense as well.
      The problem is that i want to run OpenVPN over tcp/443 through HAProxy but i cant get it to work.

      Today i've set up a frontend which listens to WAN address port 80 (type http /https(offloading)) and redirects to HTTPS.
      Then a frontend listening on WAN address port 443 (type http /https(offloading)) with ACLs for different domain names and backends.

      I've set OpenVPN to listen to TCP/1194 and a backend accordingly.
      I've tried making a shared frontend but it seems that you can only share the same type (http, tcp and so on).

      How should i proceed to configure HAProxy for using tcp/443 to my OpenVPN (on the pfSense machine)?

      Thanks!

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        daggr
        last edited by

        I got it working. Here’s the config if anyone else want to do the same thing.

        # Automaticaly generated, dont edit manually.
        # Generated on: 2020-01-19 12:06
        global
        	maxconn			4096
        	stats socket /tmp/haproxy.socket level admin 
        	uid			80
        	gid			80
        	nbproc			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-options no-sslv3 no-tlsv10
        	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
        	
        
        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 PROD_HTTP
        	bind			WAN ADDRESS:80 name WAN ADDRESS:80   
        	mode			http
        	log			global
        	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			503 /var/etc/haproxy/errorfile_PROD_HTTP_503_MAINT
        	acl			redirect	var(txn.txnhost) -m end -i domain.com
        	http-request set-var(txn.txnhost) hdr(host)
        	http-request redirect code 301 location https://%[hdr(host)]%[path]  if  redirect 
        
        frontend PROD_HTTPS
        	bind			127.0.0.1:9443 name 127.0.0.1:9443  no-sslv3 no-tlsv10 no-tlsv11 ssl crt-list /var/etc/haproxy/PROD_HTTPS.crt_list  
        	mode			http
        	log			global
        	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			503 /var/etc/haproxy/errorfile_PROD_HTTPS_503_MAINT
        	acl			cloud	var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i cloud.domain.com
        	acl			grafana	var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i grafana.domain.com
        
        	acl			aclcrt_PROD_HTTPS	var(txn.txnhost) -m reg -i ^cloud\.domain\.com(:([0-9]){1,5})?$
        	acl			aclcrt_PROD_HTTPS	var(txn.txnhost) -m reg -i ^grafana\.domain\.com(:([0-9]){1,5})?$
        
        	http-request set-var(txn.txnhost) hdr(host)
        	use_backend webserver01_ipvANY  if  cloud aclcrt_PROD_HTTPS
        	use_backend webserver02_ipvANY  if  grafana aclcrt_PROD_HTTPS
        
        frontend TCP_HTTPS
        	bind			WAN ADDRESS:443 name WAN ADDRESS:443   
        	mode			tcp
        	log			global
        	timeout client		50000
        	tcp-request content accept if { req.ssl_hello_type 1 }
        	tcp-request inspect-delay	5s
        	acl			http	req.ssl_ver gt 0
        	tcp-request content accept if { req.ssl_ver gt 0 }
        	use_backend https-term_ipvANY  if  http 
        	default_backend pfsense_openvpn_tcp_1194_ipvANY
        
        backend webserver01_ipvANY
        	mode			http
        	id			100
        	log			global
        	timeout connect		30000
        	timeout server		30000
        	retries			3
        	option			httpchk OPTIONS / 
        	server			webserver01 192.168.37.14:8080 id 101 check inter 1000  
        
        backend webserver02_ipvANY
        	mode			http
        	id			106
        	log			global
        	timeout connect		30000
        	timeout server		30000
        	retries			3
        	option			httpchk OPTIONS / 
        	server			webserver02 192.168.37.15:3000 id 101 check inter 1000  
        
        backend https-term_ipvANY
        	mode			tcp
        	id			110
        	log			global
        	timeout connect		30000
        	timeout server		30000
        	retries			3
        	mode tcp
        	server			https-term 127.0.0.1:9443 id 101  
        
        backend pfsense_openvpn_tcp_1194_ipvANY
        	mode			tcp
        	id			109
        	log			global
        	timeout connect		30000
        	timeout server		30000
        	retries			3
        	mode tcp
        	server			pfsense_openvpn_tcp_1194 127.0.0.1:1194 id 101
        
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          manustar
          last edited by

          I'm also looking for this configuration, noting yours I saw that https is on 9443 and tcp on 443, so in this case to access web services I should put the link https://miodominio.com:9443 and for the client openvpn mydomain.com 443 TCP

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            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @manustar
            last edited by johnpoz

            @manustar huh?

            I do sharing of the port with openvpn, which sends non openvpn traffic to port haproxy is listing on

            in the custom option box on the vpn instance for tcp 443

            port-share 127.0.0.1 9443
            

            Haproxy listens 9443, and then sends that to the appropriate backend based on the fqdn.

            If you hit your https://fqdn you are sent to the appropriate server based upon that fqdn. Since the vpn instance says hey that is not vpn traffic and sends it to the haproxy port on the loopback address.

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              manustar @johnpoz
              last edited by

              @johnpoz said in HAProxy with OpenVPN over tcp/443 on pfSense:

              9443

              sorry I'm not an expert.
              my haproxy is listening on 443 wan and I put on openvpn the same port in tcp and add port-share 127.0.0.1 443 ?

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                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @manustar
                last edited by johnpoz

                if you want to use both 443 for openvpn and stuff behind pfsense. Then pick a different port for haproxy to listen on.. like 9443 or 8443, and send your openvpn port share to that port on loopback.

                You can not have 2 things listening on the same port on the same IP.

                While you could have vpn listen on public IP, and not loopback, and haproxy listen on loopback and not public IP. Its just easier to use a different port for your haproxy.. Since its never going to be seen by any client that port..

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                  manustar @johnpoz
                  last edited by

                  @johnpoz thx

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