Bug: Renaming Aliases and NAT

[GaardenZwerch]

Hi,
I have just discovered that when you edit an Alias and change its name, the renaming does not happen in (outgoing) NAT rules, leaving them dangling.

Bug?

Thanks

[JasMan]

I've noticed this behaviour too.
But when the rules are reloaded the new name of the alias should appera. Have you tried this?

[franco]

Could it be this one? https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/2470


Cheers,
Franco

[GaardenZwerch]

@Franco: Yes, it looks a lot like this.
@JasMan: I'm not sure, the firewall has even been rebooted since I renamed the alias.

[franco]

Ok, the fix is on hold for now because the alias pages are undergoing a major change for MVC/API support. It will be fixed in that capacity in an early 18.7.x, but not in the way that it is currently integrated unless somebody wants to propose a fix here via PR of course.


Cheers,
Franco

[GaardenZwerch]

Thanks!
Regarding MVC/API, is there any doc for this? Even incomplete....
I am doing a POC with opnsense at the moment on a couple of boxes, and if it covers all my needs I will be implementing it on 80 sites.
So anything that will prevent me form having to create/maintain the same aliases over and over through the gui (which is nice) will be hugely appreciated.

Thanks again

[marjohn56]

@GaardenZwerch - You could just import the Aliases only from a known good config using the backup/restore feature. Would certainly save you having to re-enter them for each device.