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    HAProxy will hangs when I upgrade to pfsense 2.3.4

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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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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      I updated the haproxy again with a new patch that seems to be a better fix. If anyone has problems with the new version, let me know.

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                                        DuSt
                                        last edited by

                                        Thank you @jimp. The new version works as expected, no hanging anymore. Great job!

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                                          nish
                                          last edited by

                                          Sorry about the noob question in advance, but can someone please advise or point me in the right direction on how to update to the fix? I have tried a reinstall and it hasn't worked.

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