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      normtodd
      last edited by

      i apologize - i think im getting mixed up ! :)

      per this thread, i removed the nat rule (which i previously had configured prior to installing varnish) for port 80

      in order to have port 80 open (in order for traffic to reach varnish), i added a firewall rule on the wan for port 80 to be open

      isnt this the correct config? :)

      all the best and thanks for all

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      • marcellocM
        marcelloc
        last edited by

        Yes, the setup is this way.

        Are you sure it's working through varnish?

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          normtodd
          last edited by

          i assume that varnish listens on port 80 and the wan firewall rule would allow access?

          how would i confirm that its working through varnish?

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          • marcellocM
            marcelloc
            last edited by

            Well, widget should show it to you but you can try to stop varnish and see if you can access internal server or if publishing has stopped.

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              normtodd
              last edited by

              per your suggestion i stopped varnish which made the website unreachable/not accessible

              is this the expected result?

              original problem of nonupdating widget remained when i restarted varnish (in case you were curious)

              all the best and thanks in advance

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              • marcellocM
                marcelloc
                last edited by

                @normtodd:

                per your suggestion i stopped varnish which made the website unreachable/not accessible

                is this the expected result?

                Yes.

                @normtodd:

                original problem of nonupdating widget remained when i restarted varnish (in case you were curious)

                I have no idea how to help you right now.

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                  normtodd
                  last edited by

                  as a last ditch i uninstalled and resinstalled varnish.

                  this is the part where i hang my head in shame for not doing proper troubleshooting before posting.

                  [shame]

                  i had installed and was working from the varnish3 package.  that was the package that was not populating the widget.  i uninstalled varnish3, installed varnish and it works great, which the widget updating as it should.

                  [/shame]

                  so that was the issue.

                  thank you marcelloc for all of your work

                  best
                  BT

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                  • marcellocM
                    marcelloc
                    last edited by

                    @normtodd:

                    I uninstalled varnish3, installed varnish and it works great, which the widget updating as it should.

                    Thanks for the feedback. I'll check if varnish3 changed something that widget can't read.

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                      rajbps
                      last edited by

                      Hiya,

                      I had install varnish on pfsense and everything was working fine.

                      I had to rebuild my firewall and now my websites are down.

                      I followed this:

                      First be sure your pfsense gui is not listening on port 80 (system-> advanced)

                      mine is on https and port 441

                      Varnish config begins with backend configuration

                      Each backend means a webserver

                      inside each configuration, you must provide:

                      Backend name = test
                          Ip Address = 192.168.2.10
                          Port= 80
                          Probe URL= http://www.mywebsiteaddress.com
                          Probe Interval (5)
                          Probe Timeout (1)
                          Probe window (5)
                          Probe Threshold (3)

                      on backend mapping, you could choose

                      map=host
                      match=equal
                      expression=www.mydomain.com (for first web server)

                      save backend config

                      on settings

                      Listen port=80
                          Managment interface=127.0.0.1:85
                          storage type=memory
                          cache storage size=1024

                      on General VCL settings, check all options  # checked all options

                      all other options on settings could be in default value

                      When I go to the website, I get a :

                      It works!
                      This is the default web page for this server.

                      The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

                      I think this is coming from pfsense and not getting redirected.

                      I have varnish 3 installed.

                      Hope someone could show me my mistake.

                      On the wan I have this rule:

                      TCP * * WAN address 80 (HTTP) * none

                      I have rebooted the firewall a few times

                      Cheers,

                      Raj

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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        try to replace http://www.mywebsiteaddress.com probe url to a full url like http://www.mywebsiteaddress.com/index.html

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                          rajbps
                          last edited by

                          did and no joy

                          the only way I got one of the website to work was this :

                          host equal www.mywebsite.com

                          and

                          host equal mywebsite.com

                          previously i do not remember having it like that as I have screenshot of varnish setting from before.

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                            rajbps
                            last edited by

                            is there any logs to see why even though varnish is working pfsense is not redirecting properly pls?

                            Cheers,

                            Raj

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              the widget will show backend status and to see varnish logs, you can use varnishlog from console

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                                serangku
                                last edited by

                                Thanks @marcelloc for this topic

                                after a week to re read also re read to other post …
                                it's configure with success to serve multiple server behind 1 ip public

                                great package

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                                  skipmed
                                  last edited by

                                  @marcelloc:

                                  the widget will show backend status and to see varnish logs, you can use varnishlog from console

                                  Hi Marcello, I have the same problem with my pfsense:

                                  2.0.2-RELEASE (amd64)
                                  built on Fri Dec 7 22:39:43 EST 2012
                                  FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p13

                                  and Varnish 3.0.2 pkg v.0.1

                                  I tried all suggestion you gave but nothing solve my problem: when I call the Varnish on litening port (8082 in my case), only the firt defined backend is returned, no change if I call www.call1.com or www.call2.com (both domains point to public ip of pfsense of course).
                                  this is the configuration:

                                  backend crmBACKEND {

                                  used in catch_all

                                  .host = "10.8.0.1";
                                  .port = "51231";
                                  .first_byte_timeout = 100s;
                                  .connect_timeout = 100s;
                                  .probe = {
                                  .request =
                                  "GET /diagnostico.asp HTTP/1.1"
                                  "Accept: text/*"
                                  "User-Agent: Varnish"
                                  "Host: www.site1.com"
                                  "Connection: Close";
                                  .interval = 10s;
                                  .timeout = 100s;
                                  .window = 1;
                                  .threshold = 1;
                                  }
                                  }

                                  backend wwwBACKEND {

                                  used in catch_all

                                  .host = "192.168.1.2";
                                  .port = "80";
                                  .first_byte_timeout = 100s;
                                  .connect_timeout = 100s;
                                  .probe = {
                                  .url = "www.site2.com";
                                  .interval = 10s;
                                  .timeout = 100s;
                                  .window = 1;
                                  .threshold = 1;
                                  }
                                  }

                                  sub vcl_recv {

                                  #BASIC VCL RULES SETTING
                                  #set client balance identity
                                  set client.identity = req.http.user-agent;

                                  #set X-forward
                                  set req.http.X-Forwarded-For = client.ip;

                                  if (req.http.host == "www.call1.com") {
                                  set req.backend = crmBACKEND;
                                  set req.grace=1s;
                                  }
                                  else if (req.http.host == "www.call2.com") {
                                  set req.backend = wwwBACKEND;
                                  set req.grace=1s;
                                  }

                                  #respect client wish to refresh the page
                                  if (req.http.Pragma ~ "no-cache")
                                  {
                                  return(pass);
                                  }

                                  #BASIC VCL RULES ACTIONS
                                  #Disable session cache
                                  if (req.http.Cookie && req.http.Cookie ~ "(PHPSESSID|phpsessid)") {
                                  return(pass);
                                  }
                                  if (req.http.Cookie && req.http.Cookie ~ "(JSESSION|jsession)") {
                                  return(pass);
                                  }
                                  if (req.http.X-Requested-With == "XMLHttpRequest" || req.url ~ "nocache") {
                                  return(pass);
                                  }
                                  #Enable static cache
                                  if (req.request=="GET" && req.url ~ ".(css|js|txt|zip|pdf|rtf|flv|swf|html|htm)$") {
                                  unset req.http.cookie;
                                  return(lookup);
                                  }
                                  if (req.request=="GET" && req.url ~ ".(gif|jpg|jpeg|bmp|png|ico|img|tga|wmf|mp3|ogg)$") {
                                  unset req.http.cookie;
                                  return(lookup);
                                  }
                                  if (req.request != "GET" && req.request != "HEAD") {return(pipe);}

                                  return(lookup);
                                  }

                                  sub vcl_pipe {

                                  If we don't set the Connection: close header, any following

                                  requests from the client will also be piped through and

                                  left untouched by varnish. We don't want that.

                                  set req.http.connection = "close";

                                  Note: no "pipe" action here - we'll fall back to the default

                                  pipe method so that when any changes are made there, we

                                  still inherit them.

                                  }
                                  sub vcl_hit {
                                  return (deliver);
                                  }

                                  sub vcl_miss {
                                  return (fetch);
                                  }

                                  sub vcl_fetch {

                                  #Disable cache when backend is starting a session
                                  if (beresp.http.Set-Cookie && beresp.http.Set-Cookie ~ "(PHPSESSID|phpsessid)") {
                                  return(hit_for_pass);
                                  }
                                  if (beresp.http.Set-Cookie && beresp.http.Set-Cookie ~ "(JSESSION|jsession)") {
                                  return(hit_for_pass);
                                  }
                                  if (beresp.http.X-Requested-With == "XMLHttpRequest" || req.url ~ "nocache") {
                                  return(hit_for_pass);
                                  }

                                  Varnish respects the wishes of the backend application.

                                  if (beresp.http.Pragma ~ "no-cache" || beresp.http.Cache-Control ~ "(no-cache|no-store|private)") {
                                  return(hit_for_pass);
                                  }
                                      ## If the request to the backend returns a code other than 200, restart the loop
                                      ## If the number of restarts reaches the value of the parameter max_restarts,
                                      ## the request will be error'ed.  max_restarts defaults to 4.  This prevents
                                      ## an eternal loop in the event that, e.g., the object does not exist at all.
                                      if (beresp.status != 200 && beresp.status != 403 && beresp.status != 404 &&
                                      beresp.status != 303 && beresp.status != 302 && beresp.status != 301 && beresp.status != 401 ) {
                                  set beresp.saintmode = 60s;
                                  return(restart);
                                          }

                                  set beresp.grace = 30m;
                                  return(deliver);
                                  }

                                  sub vcl_deliver {
                                  ##set resp.http.X-Served-By = server.hostname;
                                    if (obj.hits > 0) {
                                      set resp.http.X-Cache = "HIT";
                                      set resp.http.X-Cache-Hits = obj.hits;
                                    } else {
                                      set resp.http.X-Cache = "MISS";
                                    }
                                  return(deliver);
                                  }

                                  sub vcl_init {
                                  return (ok);
                                  }

                                  sub vcl_fini {
                                  return (ok);
                                  }

                                  what is wrong? thanks in advance

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    @skipmed:

                                    what is wrong? thanks in advance

                                    what backend status you get on dashboard varnish widget?

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                                      skipmed
                                      last edited by

                                      @marcelloc:

                                      @skipmed:

                                      what is wrong? thanks in advance

                                      what backend status you get on dashboard varnish widget?

                                      both up with green arrow
                                      no other value is shown in the fields "cache hits" etc., just shows the two backends with status

                                      thanks

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