pfSense is great stuff when you’re looking for Firewall but I need more

Case :

A user want to store his file in the form of FTP but pfSense is the only server that available in the office. New HDD ready to support this method.

Solution : Add new HDD and install FTP server inside pfSense.

Steps : ( I use vmware for reproduction the steps)

Install pfSense version 1.2.3

1. Install pfSense

I install version 1.2.3 as I need to produce it with latest pfSense version.

I use 2 HDD ( system located in 8G HDD and second HDD for FTP data)

Ethernet 1 set for LAN ( ip address 192.168.12.110) and ethernet 2 work as WAN ( I set to DHCP)

Enable sshd for remote configuration via ssh client like putty, securecrt  etc.

Restart system after successfully install to HDD.

2. Login to pfSense with default user.

User : admin, pass: pfsense

3. Check FreeBSD version

# uname -a

FreeBSD pfSense.local 7.2-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p5 #0: Sun Dec  6 22:57:48 EST 2009

sullrich@FreeBSD_7.2_pfSense_1.2.3_snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense.7  i386

Add and Initialize new HDD

4. Check for storage hardware

# atacontrol list

ATA channel 0:
Master:  ad0 <VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive/00000001> ATA/ATAPI revision 4
Slave:   ad1 <VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive/00000001> ATA/ATAPI revision 4
ATA channel 1:
Master: acd0 <VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive/00000001> ATA/ATAPI revision 4
Slave:       no device present
#

Good, ad0 for 1st HDD and ad1 for second HDD

5. Clear all partition

#dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad1 bs=1k count=100

6. Initialize HDD

#fdisk -BI /dev/ad1

7. Disklabel

#disklabel -Bw ad1s1

8. Relabel slice ( press CTRL +D to quit)

#bsdlabel -BR ad1s1 /dev/stdin

9. Disklabel

#disklabel -e ad1s1

###########  condition before edit ##############

# /dev/ad1s1:
8 partitions:
#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
a: 12582785       16    unused        0     0
c: 12582801        0    unused        0     0         # “raw” part, don’t edit

###########  EOF condition before edit ##############

change into :

###########  after edit ##############

# /dev/ad1s1:
8 partitions:
#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
a:     5800M   16       4.2BSD
c:     *    0    unused        0     0         # “raw” part, don’t edit

###########  EOF after edit ##############

save the file.

10. Create filesystem

# newfs /dev/ad1s1a

/dev/ad1s1a: 5800.0MB (11878400 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048
using 32 cylinder groups of 183.77MB, 11761 blks, 23552 inodes.
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
160, 376512, 752864, 1129216, 1505568, 1881920, 2258272, 2634624, 3010976, 3387328, 3763680, 4140032, 4516384, 4892736, 5269088, 5645440, 6021792, 6398144,
6774496, 7150848, 7527200, 7903552, 8279904, 8656256, 9032608, 9408960, 9785312, 10161664, 10538016, 10914368, 11290720, 11667072
#

11. Mounting and make permanent

# mkdir /hd2
# mount -t ufs /dev/ad1s1a /hd2

# mount

/dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
/dev/md0 on /var/run (ufs, local)
devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local)
/dev/ad1s1a on /hd2 (ufs, local)

Check the space

# df -H
Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a    7.8G    152M    7.0G     2%    /
devfs          1.0k    1.0k      0B   100%    /dev
/dev/md0       3.8M     27k    3.5M     1%    /var/run
devfs          1.0k    1.0k      0B   100%    /var/dhcpd/dev
/dev/ad1s1a    5.9G    4.1k    5.4G     0%    /hd2
#

Edit fstab

# ee /etc/fstab

Make the content into this :

# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/ad0s1a             /               ufs     rw              1       1
/dev/ad0s1b             none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/ad1s1a             /hd2            ufs     rw              2       2

save and type :

# reboot

For restart pfSense.

Install Pure-FTP Server

12. Install  FTP Server

export package :

#setenv PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.2-release/Latest/

Install pure-ftp

#pkg_add -vr pure-ftpd

#

Rename configuration file.

#mv /usr/local/etc/pure-ftpd.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/pure-ftpd.conf

Edit configuration file

#ee /usr/local/etc/pure-ftpd.conf

Uncomment BOLD lines I highlight.

# If you want simple Unix (/etc/passwd) authentication, uncomment this

# UnixAuthentication            yes

# Automatically create home directories if they are missing

#CreateHomeDir               yes

#Bind                       192.168.12.110,3333

Save the file.

11. Make pure-ftpd as permanent service

# cd /usr/local/sbin/
# chmod 755 pure-config.pl
# ee /usr/local/etc/rc.d/pureftp.sh

type this :

##################

#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/sbin/pure-config.pl /usr/local/etc/pure-ftpd.conf

#################

Execute permission :

# chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/pureftp.sh

12. Run FTP service

# cd /usr/local/sbin/
# ./pure-config.pl /usr/local/etc/pure-ftpd.conf

Running: /usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd -A -c50 -B -C8 -D -fftp -H -I15 -lunix -L2000:8 -m4 -s -S192.168.12.110,3333 -U133:022 -u100 -j -k99 -Z

13. Add User

# pw useradd alam -d /hd2/alam
# passwd alam
Changing local password for alam
New Password:
Retype New Password:
#

Test login with ftp client

Test upload a file

Great. Now pfSense work as FTP Server with dedicated HDD

Stay Health!

Reference :

1. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=4003
2. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,5216.0.html

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