net/avahi-reflector: add Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD reflector plugin#5217
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New plugin that runs avahi-daemon in reflector mode, proxying multicast DNS and DNS Service Discovery traffic across VLANs. Provides a GUI for configuration, a dashboard status widget, and a diagnostics API endpoint. Depends on the avahi-app FreeBSD package. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Fix dashboard widget: use framework getMarkup/createTable pattern, ajaxCall instead of non-existent ajaxGet, correct updateTable signature with table ID, and use text-success/text-danger icons instead of non-existent label-opnsense--success CSS classes - Fix widget metadata XML structure to match framework expectations (AvahiReflector wrapper element, filename, endpoints) - Remove non-existent sessionClose() call from diagnosticsAction - Replace hardcoded mdns-repeater conflict check with dynamic port 5353 detection via sockstat - Remove silent mdns-repeater stop from start/restart actions - Add conflict and Monit guidance to Enable help text Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ments Add health check script for Monit to detect avahi-daemon slot pool exhaustion and trigger automatic restarts. The reflector's hardcoded 100-slot pool for legacy unicast reflection can be exhausted by mDNS traffic bursts, causing reflected services to go offline for hours. Changes: - Add avahi_slot_check.sh: stateful syslog scanner with offset+inode tracking, exits non-zero on slot errors for Monit integration - Add healthcheck configd action for manual testing - Extend status.py with slot error summary (today's count, last error timestamp, process start time) in a new health section - Rework dashboard widget: proper BaseTableWidget API usage (getMarkup, createTable, ajaxCall), correct OPNsense CSS badge classes, health and last restart rows promoted to top of widget, PID/memory removed - Fix widget metadata XML structure to match OPNsense conventions (widget wrapper element, filename, endpoints) - Auto-show advanced mode on settings page when reflect_filters has values, so configured filters are visible without manual toggle
Use colored circle indicator with combined status/health line instead of badge labels. Remove uptime row (redundant with last restart). Show reflector as plain text instead of highlighted badge.
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Summary
Adds a new plugin that runs avahi-daemon in reflector mode, proxying mDNS/DNS-SD traffic across VLANs for cross-subnet service discovery.
avahi-daemon.confandrc.conf.dfrom model settingsavahi-apppackage (installed automatically)Why a new plugin?
Existing mDNS plugins forward raw multicast packets between interfaces. This works for basic announcement reflection but does not handle full DNS-SD browse/resolve flows or A/AAAA hostname queries. Avahi's built-in reflector mode operates at the protocol level, correctly proxying service discovery and name resolution — which is required for many modern Bonjour-based workflows (e.g., AirPlay, AirPrint, Thread/Matter via Home Assistant).
Test plan
pluginctlavahi-daemonlogs with no reflector errors