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    Have no idea how to configure network

    Hi Everyone, could you please give an advice how to configure my network? Looks like I got stuck. I have Proxmox server and I install OPNsense firewal as a VM inside PVE. After that I passthrough a 2 NIC PCIe network card derectly to the VM. OPNsense (firewall) work perfectly with all...
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    [SOLVED] fwbr/fwpr/fwln interfaces although firewall is disabled

    Hello, I have tap/fwbr/fwpr/fwln interfaces for each VM interface although I have Proxmox firewall disabled on cluster, node and all vms. I have enabled the firewall once, but disabled it again. Example: # ip a|grep 104 22: tap104i0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc...
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    Plex LXC not maintaining (getting?) external connectivity

    Hi folks. Apologies in advance - I am very much a Windows person from a professional perspective, but am "tinkering" with ProxMox and VMs, etc. at home for a personal home setup - mostly as I wanted to set up a dedicated Satisfactory server (which is working perfectly fine - including the port...
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    How to set up a Proxmox server with VM gateway for failsafe management access with only one public IP?

    I'm setting up Proxmox server with pfSense as a VM to act as the main gateway/firewall. The system is in a remote location with a single ISP connection in passthrough mode providing a public IP. My concern: If the pfSense VM becomes inaccessible, I could lose remote management access to the...
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    Firewall - Ausgehender Traffic wird als "IN" angezeigt?!

    Moin zusammen, ich habe gestern einen neuen Proxmox-Node (PVE8.3) in einem abgeschotteten Netzsegment standalone in Betrieb genommen. Ich habe auf dem Node die iptables Firewall ein- und ausgehend für die dort laufenden VMs aktiviert (Default DROP). Für das Monitoring dieses Netzes nutzen wir...
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    Cluster firewall and asymmetric bgp routing

    Hi, By enabling cluster firewall (we have one node), we can't do asymmetric bgp routing in a VM, since Proxmox drops the invalid packets (even when firewall is disabled for a VM) We want to have firewall enabled, but since invalid packets are only forwarded towards the bridge and not the VM...
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    [SOLVED] Firewall rules for Samba (mDNS) Service Discovery for Apple devices

    Hello everyone, I'm having issues with service discovery, after enabling firewall on my LXC (smb with configuration for time machine*). Everything else is working, aside from the server discovery after enabling firewall on the lxc. Service discovery works again, after disabling the firewall on...
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    Implementing MAC Filtering for IPv4 in Proxmox Using Built-In Firewall Features

    Hi everyone, I'm planning to set up MAC filtering for IPv4 traffic in my Proxmox live cluster and aim to use ebtables and ipset where necessary, but I would like to primarily rely on Proxmox's built-in GUI features for easier management. As I'm still learning Proxmox's firewall system and...
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    Question: Service Chaining / Use my own firewall

    Hey all I'm fresh in Proxmox. Is proxmox support "Service Chaining" or something equivalent? I have my own firewall (VM that enforce some security policy rules). Can I chain it in the traffic flow, such that packet that? A very simple example of a service chain would be one that forces all...
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    ProxMox firewall: strange behavior

    Hello, I have 2 VMs running on a single Proxmox server. on all VMs I have: $ nmap -Pn -p 22 10.10.21.117 Starting Nmap 7.95 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-11-16 22:01 PST Nmap scan report for 10.10.21.117 Host is up (0.000086s latency). PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp filtered ssh Nmap done: 1...
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    VM have to reconnect manually after pve restart networking.service

    Hi there! VMs can't ping route after pve restart networking.service and won't able to reconnect automaticlly. I have to toggle firewall flag of network device net0( enable firewall if it is disable, vice versa) to resume VM's network. Impacted VMs' system are debian12 and win10. Neither...
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    Proxmox Firewall

    Hi, ich habe einen Proxmox Server mit öffentlicher IPv4 (standalone, kein Cluster) und habe in der Proxmox Firewall in der Datacenter Ebene den Port 8006 freigegeben. Ebenso auf der Node Ebene den Port 8006. Hat das Auswirkungen auf die VMs, sodass alle Ports (außer 8006) in den VMs geblockt...
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    Enabling Proxmox Firewall cause DROP of every connection

    Hi all, I am running into this issue: I set up the Proxmox Firewall for each level (Datacenter, my node and each container), but everytime I try to enable the Firewall on each level I lose connection to every container, but not the node interface. I am allowing the port I need on every host...
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    Firewall breaks macvlan enabled docker containers in LXC

    I have docker installed in a debian LXC container on my Proxmox host. I want to utilise Proxmox's firewall on that container to improve the security of my setup. Proxmox - 10.5.0.64 Unprivileged LXC - 10.5.0.66 Docker Container - 10.5.0.57 (macvlan bound to eth0) I have a container...
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    Firewall at Hypervisor Level

    I just attended a VMUG where they brought in a heavy hitter that quite effectively made the case for their new product VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall (formerly known as VMware NSX Distributed Firewall). The primary focus of my job is getting us off of VMware, so I don't care about his...
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    Issue Connecting to Proxmox via Azure VPN

    Hi, I have an issue with network configuration on my Proxmox server. I really want to have remote access to the configuration panel, the NAS server, Homebridge and VM hosted on the server. The problem is my Internet provider, who won't provide me with a public IP address. I don't have a static...
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    Firewall isn´t working in Container or VM

    I have activated the firewall in the Datacenter and it works as expected. The nodes use the firewall. However, the containers and VMs ignore the firewall. I have activated the firewall in the conatiner and under Network for the interfaces. When I add rules to the container itself the rules are...
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    Firewall Logging - Unexpected Logs/ Missing Logs

    Hello everyone, I’m having an issue with the Proxmox firewall that I don’t fully understand, and I’m hoping someone can help clarify it for me. I’ve configured firewalls on each of my VMs, and most of the time, everything works as expected. However, occasionally, I notice strange logs, or even...
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    IP filter list doesn't seem to get populated for containers

    Hello, so I have hit a bit of a problem with recently learned software defined networking I created DHCP zone and network by following tutorial from wiki (Setup Simple Zone With SNAT and DHCP) After that I changed network config of existing LXC containers to use newly created VNet with DHCP IP...
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    [SOLVED] Restrict PVE management interface access to specific IP on LAN

    Hey everyone, Been running Proxmox 8.x for a little over a month, loving the software. Hoping someone can help me out with firewall configuration…. I have decided the management interface and the VM network interface. Management interface is Bond0 (configured as LACP failover). I want to...

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