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    Health Checks for PfSense

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      nash27
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      We are running PfSense instances in AWS for VPN termination. We would like to perform Route53 Health Checks against the PfSense instances running in AWS.

      When we try an https healthcheck using Route53 on port 443, we seem to get the first healthcheck to pass but the subsequent 2 healthchecks to fail, thereby failing the healthcheck entirely.

      Is there a reason why the first connection to port 443 passes and subsequent checks fail? Is there a better way to perform route53 healthchecks or any healthchecks against a PfSense?

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        @nash27 said in Health Checks for PfSense:

        route53 healthchecks

        Don't those check from multiple locations? If your blocking access to where those checks are coming from - then yes they would fail.

        I would assume that if your opening 443 on pfsense to the internet for managment, you would have that locked down to specific IPs - atleast that is what any sane person would do ;)

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