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haproxy sni ssl_fc_has_sni always 0


I am trying to create an SNI based frontend/backend setup in HAProxy. It seems that ssl_fc_has_sni is always evaluating to 0 in my log and I haven't been able to figure out why.

This is a simplified version of the config I've been testing with:

global
  user haproxy
  group haproxy
  daemon
  log /dev/log local0

defaults
  timeout connect 5s
  timeout client 30s
  timeout server 30s
  timeout tunnel 1h
  log-format frontend:%f\ %b/%s\ client_ip:%Ci\ client_port:%Cp\ SSL_version:%sslv\ SSL_cypher:%sslc\ SNI:%[ssl_fc_has_sni]\ %ts

frontend public_ssl
  bind :443
  log global
  tcp-request inspect-delay 5s
  tcp-request content accept if { req_ssl_hello_type 1 }

  use_backend be_sni if { ssl_fc_has_sni }
  default_backend be_no_sni

backend be_sni
  server fe_sni 127.0.0.1:10444 weight 1 send-proxy

frontend fe_sni
  #terminate with a cert that matches the sni host
  bind 127.0.0.1:10444 ssl crt /mycertdir/certs accept-proxy no-sslv3
  default_backend be_default

frontend fe_no_sni
  #terminate with a generic cert
  bind 127.0.0.1:10443 ssl crt /myothercertdir/default_pub_keys.pem accept-proxy no-sslv3
  default_backend be_default

# backend for when sni does not exist, or ssl term needs to happen on the edge
backend be_no_sni
  server fe_no_sni 127.0.0.1:10443 weight 1 send-proxy

backend be_default
  mode http
  option forwardfor
  option http-pretend-keepalive
  server the_backend 127.0.0.1:8080

Other items of note:

  • haproxy -vv shows OpenSSL library supports SNI : yes
  • I am running haproxy version 1.5.9 on fedora 20 through vagrant
  • the log always shows SNI:0 haproxy[17807]: frontend:public_ssl be_no_sni/fe_no_sni client_ip:<ip> client_port:42285 SSL_version:- SSL_cypher:- SNI:0 --
  • I'm testing with openssl s_client -servername www.example.com -connect <ip>:443.

I feel like I'm missing something obvious since there is no ssl version, cypher, or sni.


Solution

  • Looks like ssl_fc_has_sni is meant to be used post termination. Checking for the existence of the SNI host can be accomplished with:

    frontend public_ssl
      bind :443
      mode tcp
      tcp-request  inspect-delay 5s
      tcp-request content accept if { req_ssl_hello_type 1 }
      use_backend be_sni if { req.ssl_sni -m found }
      default_backend be_no_sni