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SSL/TLS Offloading

Overview

Section titled “Overview”

We will use HAProxy for SSL/TLS Offloading

Backend

Section titled “Backend”

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Navigate to Services -> HAProxy -> Backends -> Add

  • Name your backend (eg. webserver)
  • Click ⤵️ on Server List
    • Name: webserver
    • Address: 10.1.1.230 (Put your webserver IP or hostname)
    • Port: 443 (Or the port your webserver is using)
    • Encrypt(SSL): Checked (Unchecked if your webserver does not use https)
    • SSL Checks: Unchecked
  • Health checking
    • Health check method: HTTP
    • HTTP check method: OPTIONS
  • Click 💾Save
  • Click ✔️Apply Changes

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Frontend

Section titled “Frontend”

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Navigate to Services -> HAProxy -> Frontends -> Add

  • Name your frontend (eg. Frontend)
  • External Address
    • Listen Address: any(IPv4)
    • Port: 443
    • SSL Offloading: Checked
  • Type: http/https (offloading)
  • Access Control lists
    • Click ⤵️
    • Name:webserver (Pick any name you want)
    • Expression: Host matches:
    • CS: Unchecked
    • Not: Unchecked
    • Value: webserver.mydomain.com (put your domain here)
  • Actions
    • Click ⤵️
    • Action: Use Backend
    • Condition acl names: webserver (Use the exact name of one of the ACL’s)
    • backend: webserver (Select the backend to redirect when the ACL matches)
  • Stats options
    • Enable collection & providing separate statistics for each socket: Checked
  • Advanced Settings
    • Use “forwardfor” option: Checked
  • SSL Offloading
    • Certificate: (Select your certificate from the list)
      • Add ACL for certificate Subject Alternative Names: Checked
    • Additional certificates
      • Click ⤵️
      • Select your certificate from the list
      • Add ACL for certificate Subject Alternative Names: Checked
  • Click 💾Save
  • Click ✔️Apply Changes

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Now you should be able to visit webserver.mydomain.com and get a valid certificate.

There is chances that you will be able to reach this webserver from external networks, but not from internal networks.

To solve that, Navigate to Services -> DNS Resolver

  • Host Overrides
    • Click ➕Add
    • Host: webserver
    • Domain: mydomain.com
    • IP Address: 10.1.1.1 (Here you have to put the IP address of HAProxy)
    • Click 💾Save
    • Click ✔️Apply Changes