Using API when HAProxy is an extension of PFSense

Help!
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Hello,

I am running HAProxy as a pfSense package for multi-tenant routing (one subdomain per backend, all behind a single 80/443 entry point).

I would like to automate the creation of frontend and backend rules. Is there an API available to modify HAProxy frontend/backend rules when HAProxy is running inside pfSense?

I created a dedicated pfSense user but did not find any privilege related to HAProxy operations.

Thanks.

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Hi, you could use the Runtime API via the Data Plane API, or connect to it directly via a UNIX or TCP socket. As I understand, the pre-built pfSense package does not include the Data Plane API by default, so you could try enabling the Runtime API in the HAProxy configuration and connecting to it.

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Hi,
Thanks for your participation :slight_smile:
Ha proxy is already deployed in my pfsense.
I found !

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I hope it will work :slight_smile:

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I do not know pfSense, but there should be a way to update the HAProxy configuration. Maybe it would be better to ask on the pfSense support forum, since the problem seems to be related to pfSense rather than HAProxy.

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Okay
First I installed pfSense and I discovered a new world…
When I added the HAProxy extension, I didn’t know it could be a stand alone product.
I have no time now to do that now but I know it’s better to totally separate technologies if it’s possible.
I created an api layer for pfsense to use haproxy…
Thanks for your help