Ensure Network Continuity: OPNsense High Availability Guide

Firewalls like OPNsense are essential for IT security, but sometimes they can be too secure For instance, if your firewall crashes then yes you have a very secure network, but now nobody can access anything In which case you'll want to have a redundant firewall to protect against outages and help with maintenance And in this video we’ll go over how to configure High Availability for OPNSense ============================= SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Donate through Paypal: paypal.me/DavidMcKone Donate through Buy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/dmckone Become a monthly contributor on Patreon: www.patreon.com/dmckone Become a monthly contributor on YouTube: youtube.com/c/TechTutorialsDavidMcKone ============================== ============================= MY RECORDING HARDWARE: Blue Yeti USB Microphone amzn.to/3IfL3qm Blue Radius III Custom Shockmount for Yeti and Yeti Pro USB Microphones amzn.to/3G3f89P RØDE PSA1 Professional Studio Arm amzn.to/3Z3lPBF Aokeo Professional Microphone Pop Filter amzn.to/3VuZl9H Sony Alpha ZV-E10L Mirrorless Camera amzn.to/3ITHCoU Elgato Cam Link 4K Capture Card amzn.to/43CzQaT Neewer NP-FW50 Dummy Battery Charger Kit amzn.to/3qp9Q4s Elgato Key Light Air - Professional 1400 lumens Desk Light amzn.to/3G81OB9 Neewer 2 Packs Tabletop LED Video Light Kit amzn.to/3CcuN5O Elgato Green Screen amzn.to/3CoJBOL ============================= ============================== MEDIA LINKS: Website - www.techtutorials.tv/ Twitter - twitter.com/dsmckone1 ============================== For more technical information, including commands used, check out our blog post www.techtutorials.tv/sections/it-security/opnsense… Useful links: docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/carp.html www.zenarmor.com/docs/network-security-tutorials/h… Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:32 Assumptions 01:24 Overview 05:02 Strategy 07:11 Backup Firewall Configuration 10:09 Isolate New Firewall 12:20 Restore Firewall Configuration 15:19 Initial Changes 19:01 Configure CARP 23:43 Outbound NAT 28:00 Configure HA Link 30:01 Extra Firewall Rules 33:06 pfSync and HA sync 36:26 Initial Testing 37:28 Isolate Existing Firewall 39:15 Activate New Firewall 40:30 Test New Firewall 43:09 Reconfigure Original Firewall 46:23 Activate Backup Firewall 47:34 Configure HA Link 49:11 Configure pfSync 50:24 Extra Firewall Rules 52:15 Reboot Firewalls 01:01:06 Testing Failover 01:18:17 Automated Configuration Updates 01:22:13 Dashboard Monitoring 01:24:33 Software Updates 01:30:31 Summary opnsense carp,opnsense high availability,opnsense high availability setup,opnsense firewall high availability,opnsense redundancy,opnsense cluster,opnsense ha,opnsense ha setup

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