pfsense-api
The missing REST API package for pfSense (by jaredhendrickson13)
core
OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend (by opnsense)
| pfsense-api | core | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 241 | |
| 616 | 2,971 | |
| - | 1.7% | |
| 7.8 | 9.9 | |
| 3 days ago | 6 days ago | |
| PHP | PHP | |
| Apache License 2.0 | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
pfsense-api
Posts with mentions or reviews of pfsense-api.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-13.
- FreeRadius / OpenVPN Export Automation question
- I wish to enable/disable a specific firewall rule depending on the result of a REST request from an external service. Are there any clean ways of doing this, or is it hacky script time?
- pfSense Plus Software Version 23.01 Release Candidate Now Available
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Best combination of free/open-source software packages to create a home network filter phone app?
this unofficial API for pfSense, which only has endpoints for pfSense, which means I'll probably have to learn and edit the code to add my own endpoints for all these packages
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Update / Create a Firewall / Alias entry via SSH / commandline / API ?
I’ve enjoyed using this API for querying pfsense configs from the command line - https://github.com/jaredhendrickson13/pfsense-api - you can also use it to reconfigure things.
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REST api?
Found this: https://github.com/jaredhendrickson13/pfsense-api
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pfSense has not been updated since February 2022. Where can I get latest security patches
I don't know if you've looked at this project jaredhendrickson13/pfsense-api but I have found it to be extremely useful as a pretty solid API. I haven't done anything with multiple WAN connections and changing the gateways with it but I've done quite a bit with DHCP reservations with it and it's been solid. It's not an official package from the repos and I've found that you don't want to jump on updates immediately after they come out but he's been really good at getting updates out very quickly after releases.
- is there a way to group vlans?
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Firewalls
There are some 3rd party solutions, but they were pricey or not that secure. In the end we've opted to build out our own base config, and then we leverage an API add on (https://github.com/jaredhendrickson13/pfsense-api). This automates our backups and some other things.
- Anybody have a shell script to disable/enable a Firewall Rule?
core
Posts with mentions or reviews of core.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-14.
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Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize
dnsmasq can be used for wildcard domain aliases in OPNsense firewall, https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/4145#issuecomment-12...
- OPNsense Wildcard Support in Firewall Host Alias (2022)
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How to bypass public IP and NAT
Firmware's like Asuswrt-Merlin or OpenWRT can support dynamic-dns, or you can do like I do and run something like OPNsense in an x86 VM with a NIC passed through, or buy an inexpensive firewall appliance (up to 500mbps/1gbps/10gbps).
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Stop ISP from getting into my Router
The easiest solution is to buy your own router, set it up, disable the router functionality on the Fritzbox 7590 and plug your router into it. It'll be cheaper and easier than a Cisco Firewall, but if you want to go the dedicated firewall route then I would recommenced OPNsense
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Near Constant PTR lookups from localhost
Much searching lead me to a possible patch Unbound.inc for how it was handling aliases for 23.7 -> https://github.com/opnsense/core/pull/5925
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The world in which IPv6 was a good design
[2]: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/2544
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OpenBSD Innovations
BSDs may not have a significant presence on desktops, but they're well known in the networking world for their reliability. They also were the foundation used to build OSes for specific applications. OpnSense and XigmaNAS, for example, are two excellent FreeBSD based applications aimed at firewalling/security and NAS/services.
https://opnsense.org/
https://xigmanas.com/xnaswp/
- Root user access denied when adding new users?
- OPNsense: Open-source security platform
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pfsense-api and core you can also consider the following projects:
pfSense - Main repository for pfSense
docker-pihole-unbound - Run Pi-Hole + Unbound on Docker
pan-os-php - Framework and utilities to easily manage and edit Palo Alto Network PANOS devices
openwrt - Linux distribution for embedded devices
pfsense_fauxapi - REST based API interface for pfSense 2.3.x and 2.4.x to facilitate devops
openNDS - openNDS (open Network Demarcation Service) is a high performance, small footprint, Captive Portal. It provides a border control gateway between a public local area network and the Internet.
pfsense-zabbix-template - Zabbix Template for pfSense
asuswrt-merlin.ng - Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase)
cs-wordpress-bouncer - CrowdSec is an open-source cyber security tool. This plugin blocks detected attackers or display them a captcha to check they are not bots.
UTMFW - UTM Firewall on OpenBSD
server-instant-start - Spin up a fully configured Ubuntu/Debian-based web server in under 10 minutes with Nginx (w/ HTTPS), PHP FPM, Postfix, OpenDKIM, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and more. Deploy your web application too.
unifios-utilities - A collection of enhancements for UnifiOS based devices
pfsense-api vs pfSense
core vs docker-pihole-unbound
pfsense-api vs pan-os-php
core vs openwrt
pfsense-api vs pfsense_fauxapi
core vs openNDS
pfsense-api vs pfsense-zabbix-template
core vs asuswrt-merlin.ng
pfsense-api vs cs-wordpress-bouncer
core vs UTMFW
pfsense-api vs server-instant-start
core vs unifios-utilities