HAproxy with Vmware Remote Console (VMRC) forwarding multiple ports

blarg3891

Vsphere 7.0 webclient over 443 works fine through haproxy. If a console session is initiated using VMRC gets an error "connection error: could not negotiate SSL." Going directly to vsphere host works fine. Based on reading other ports are required namely 902 TCP/UDP and 903 TCP. Someone revealed a working config using nginx proxy as seen below.

I added port 902 and 903 w/o SSL offloading to the front end, and removed the 443 port designation on the backend. I read that leaving the port blank will forward w/e port from the front end. However the backend is still set to "encrypt" as vpshere is only open on SSL encrypted. I think this may be part of the issue but i'm not sure. Relevant haproxy config included. I cant figure out how to specify UDP or forward the ports properly like in the nginx file. Any help appreciated.

frontend Internal_Cloud
bind 192.168.2.151:443 name 192.168.2.151:443 no-sslv3 ssl crt-list /var/etc/haproxy/Internal_Cloud.crt_list
bind 192.168.2.151:902 name 192.168.2.151:902
bind 192.168.2.151:903 name 192.168.2.151:903
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 30000
acl yonxx-guac var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i yonxx-guac.beeron.net
acl yonxx-nas var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i yonxx-nas.beeron.net
acl yonxx-unifi var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i yonxx-unifi.beeron.net
acl yonxx-docker var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i yonxx-docker.beeron.net
acl yonxx-duplicati var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i yonxx-duplicati.beeron.net
acl rcn-router var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i rcn-router.beeron.net
acl yonxxpfsense var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i yonxxpfsense.beeron.net
acl yonxx-vsphere var(txn.txnhost) -m str -i yonxx-vsphere.beeron.net
http-request set-var(txn.txnhost) hdr(host)
use_backend yonxx-guac_ipvANY if yonxx-guac
use_backend yonxx-nas_ipvANY if yonxx-nas
use_backend yonxx-unifi_ipvANY if yonxx-unifi
use_backend yonxx-docker_ipvANY if yonxx-docker
use_backend yonxx-duplicati_ipvANY if yonxx-duplicati
use_backend rcn-router_ipvANY if rcn-router
use_backend yonxxpfsense_ipvANY if yonxxpfsense
use_backend yonxx-vsphere_ipvANY if yonxx-vsphere
default_backend yonxx-nas_ipvANY

backend yonxx-vsphere_ipvANY
mode http
id 132
log global
balance leastconn
timeout connect 30000
timeout server 30000
retries 3
server yonxx-vsphere 192.168.2.90 id 108 ssl verify none

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/585684

Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}

Main Server Configuration

server {
listen 443 ssl default_server;
listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;

    # SSL Configuration
ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/EXAMPLE.com-SSL/EXAMPLEcom.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/EXAMPLE.com-SSL/EXAMPLEcom.key;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

    # Doesn't really matter - everything is proxied
    root /var/www/html;
    index index.html;
    server_name _;

    # By default, proxy over 443 to vsphere webclient
    location / {
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_ssl_verify off; # No need on isolated LAN
            proxy_pass https://192.168.2.41; # esxi IP Address
	proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
	
	proxy_buffering off;
	client_max_body_size 0;
	proxy_read_timeout 36000s;
	proxy_redirect off;
	proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
    }

# ESXi
location /ui/ {
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_pass https://192.168.2.41; # esxi IP Address
            proxy_ssl_verify off; # No need on isolated LAN
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";

	#ADD A password so that people don't see this is an ESXI server
            #auth_basic "Restricted Content";
            #auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/passwd;

            proxy_buffering off;
            client_max_body_size 0;
            proxy_read_timeout 36000s;
            proxy_redirect off;
            proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
    }

}

#nginx config
user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;

events {
worker_connections 768;
# multi_accept on;
}

http {

##
# Basic Settings
##

sendfile on;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
keepalive_timeout 120;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
# server_tokens off;

# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
# server_name_in_redirect off;

include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;

##
# SSL Settings
##

ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/EXAMPLE.com-SSL/dhparam.pem;

##
# Logging Settings
##

access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

##
# Gzip Settings
##

gzip on;
gzip_disable "msie6";

# gzip_vary on;
# gzip_proxied any;
# gzip_comp_level 6;
# gzip_buffers 16 8k;
# gzip_http_version 1.1;
# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

##
# Virtual Host Configs
##

include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;

}

stream {
upstream bninetwo {
server 192.168.2.41:902;
}

upstream bninethree {
    server 192.168.2.41:903;
}

upstream bfourtwoseven {
    server 192.168.2.41:427;
}

server {
    listen 902;
    proxy_pass bninetwo;
}

server {
    listen 902 udp;
    proxy_pass bninetwo;
}

server {
    listen 903;
    proxy_pass bninethree;
}

server {
listen 427 udp;
proxy_pass bfourtwoseven;
}

}