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    Squid, SquidGuard, Lightsquid status on 2.3

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.3-RC Snapshot Feedback and Issues - ARCHIVED
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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      Squid is the base proxy, squidGuard just does URL filtering in combination with squid (it is not itself a proxy) and lightsquid parses the logs to produce access reports.

      I'd love to see something native in nginx+lua but all I've seen so far with nginx+lua like Ledge or OpenResty is a reverse proxy (like haproxy, varnish, and the "squid-reverse" parts) but I haven't seen anything like a client forward proxy to arbitrary remote servers with access controls like squid+squidGuard does.

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        maverick_slo
        last edited by

        Hi!
        Tested squid and it works (looks) great now.
        Lightsquid as you mentioned is useless right now.
        Reports are not working (cgi) realtime data also not working.

        Btw, will sarg be ported? Its handy for reports.

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Sarg is unlikely to come back. It has been a huge source of trouble. It rarely works as expected and more often than not results in the reports filling up people's disks (either by size or by running it out of inodes with tons of tiny files). If it does come back, we'd need some assurance that the package has been improved sufficiently that it wouldn't be a source of problems.

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            C0RR0SIVE
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            SquidGuard isn't filtering, have the targets set like I normally would, have applied, have saved, have done everything, even custom blacklists are not working.

            I have netflix on a blacklist, and traffic passes right through, nothing showing anywhere that SquidGuard isn't working, aside from it… not working...  Services shows it as running.

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Hmm, interesting. Granted I didn't try it extensively, it did filter for me. I got the error redirect page and all.

              You might start a fresh thread for that. I was only focusing on the GUI issues. Someone else may have better insight on the backend part of the code.

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                @C0RR0SIVE:

                SquidGuard isn't filtering, have the targets set like I normally would, have applied, have saved, have done everything, even custom blacklists are not working.

                I have netflix on a blacklist, and traffic passes right through, nothing showing anywhere that SquidGuard isn't working, aside from it… not working...  Services shows it as running.

                I think I found the problem here. Update the squidGuard package to version 1.12 when it comes out here in a few minutes and then try it again.

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                  C0RR0SIVE
                  last edited by

                  I can confirm that SquidGuard v1.12 on the current version of 2.3 is working in terms of the target lists and blocking/whitelisting.

                  Only other thing I can personally see is just a slightly annoying issue while using the pfsense dark theme setting, when looking at the target rules, you get white text on an almost white bar for every other category.  Though, it seems the black one isn't the default :)

                  Thanks for all the hard work jimp!

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    I fixed some more issues in squid today and have a few notes for those who may be upgrading from 2.2.x or earlier to 2.3 and having problems:

                    1. Make sure that the most current version of the squid package is loaded (>= 0.4.12)

                    2. Clean up leftover PBI messes:

                    find / -type l -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l | egrep '(squid|perl|pbi)'
                    

                    Remove any symlinks still pointing to PBI dirs, especially things like perl, lightsquid, perl5, etc.

                    For example:

                    lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  39 May  7  2015 /usr/bin/perl -> /usr/pbi/lightsquid-i386/local/bin/perl
                    lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  45 May  7  2015 /usr/local/etc/lightsquid -> /usr/pbi/lightsquid-i386/local/etc/lightsquid
                    lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  40 May  7  2015 /usr/local/lib/perl5 -> /usr/pbi/lightsquid-i386/local/lib/perl5
                    lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  45 Nov  5 10:32 /usr/local/www/lightsquid -> /usr/pbi/lightsquid-i386/local/www/lightsquid
                    

                    3. Blow away the cache:

                    mv /var/squid/cache /var/squid/cache.old
                    squid -z
                    rm -rf /var/squid/cache.old
                    

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                      brianc69
                      last edited by

                      Coming from a Windows background I don't understand the pbi comment and symlinks. Any chance this fix can be automated?

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        Not in the package. It fails before it gets to a point where the package can run any code.

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                        • rbgargaR
                          rbgarga Developer Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          I've pushed a fix to make sure all symlinks pointing to /usr/pbi are removed when upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3. It'll be available on next snapshots

                          Renato Botelho

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                          • jimpJ
                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                            last edited by

                            And if you're already on 2.3, you can use the command from that commit to clean up manually:

                            find / -type l -lname '/usr/pbi/*' -delete
                            

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                              maverick_slo
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                              And I was just going to ask this :)

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                                whitexp
                                last edited by

                                @jimp:

                                I fixed some more issues in squid today and have a few notes for those who may be upgrading from 2.2.x or earlier to 2.3 and having problems:

                                1. Make sure that the most current version of the squid package is loaded (>= 0.4.12)

                                2. Clean up leftover PBI messes:

                                find / -type l -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l | egrep '(squid|perl|pbi)'
                                

                                Remove any symlinks still pointing to PBI dirs, especially things like perl, lightsquid, perl5, etc.

                                For example:

                                lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  39 May  7  2015 /usr/bin/perl -> /usr/pbi/lightsquid-i386/local/bin/perl
                                lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  45 May  7  2015 /usr/local/etc/lightsquid -> /usr/pbi/lightsquid-i386/local/etc/lightsquid
                                lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  40 May  7  2015 /usr/local/lib/perl5 -> /usr/pbi/lightsquid-i386/local/lib/perl5
                                lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   wheel  45 Nov  5 10:32 /usr/local/www/lightsquid -> /usr/pbi/lightsquid-i386/local/www/lightsquid
                                

                                3. Blow away the cache:

                                mv /var/squid/cache /var/squid/cache.old
                                squid -z
                                rm -rf /var/squid/cache.old
                                
                                
                                /pkg_edit.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/squid -z -f /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf' returned exit code '1', the output was 'FATAL: getpwnam failed to find userid for effective user 'squid' Squid Cache (Version 3.5.12): Terminated abnormally. CPU Usage: 0.018 seconds = 0.018 user + 0.000 sys Maximum Resident Size: 50000 KB Page faults with physical i/o: 0'
                                
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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  That's a new one. Uninstall the package and install it again. The pkg code adds that user on install, or it's supposed to anyhow

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                                    brianc69
                                    last edited by

                                    It mostly worked for me. I was able to install freeradius but squid returned an error. Did you catch it in my other post?

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                                      whitexp
                                      last edited by

                                      @jimp:

                                      That's a new one. Uninstall the package and install it again. The pkg code adds that user on install, or it's supposed to anyhow

                                      work

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                                        whitexp
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                                        squidguard error warning on instalation

                                        >>> Installing pfSense-pkg-squidGuard... 
                                        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                        pfSense-core repository is up-to-date.
                                        Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                        pfSense repository is up-to-date.
                                        All repositories are up-to-date.
                                        The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
                                        
                                        New packages to be INSTALLED:
                                        	pfSense-pkg-squidGuard: 1.12 [pfSense]
                                        	squidGuard: 1.4_15 [pfSense]
                                        	db5: 5.3.28_3 [pfSense]
                                        
                                        The process will require 15 MiB more space.
                                        1 MiB to be downloaded.
                                        Fetching pfSense-pkg-squidGuard-1.12.txz: ..... done
                                        Fetching squidGuard-1.4_15.txz: .... done
                                        Fetching db5-5.3.28_3.txz: .......... done
                                        Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                                        [1/3] Installing db5-5.3.28_3...
                                        [1/3] Extracting db5-5.3.28_3: .......... done
                                        [2/3] Installing squidGuard-1.4_15...
                                        [2/3] Extracting squidGuard-1.4_15: ..... done
                                        [3/3] Installing pfSense-pkg-squidGuard-1.12...
                                        [3/3] Extracting pfSense-pkg-squidGuard-1.12: .......... done
                                        Saving updated package information...
                                        done.
                                        Loading package configuration... done.
                                        Configuring package components...
                                        Loading package instructions...
                                        
                                        Warning: file_put_contents(/usr/local/etc/squidGuard/squidguard_conf.xml): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/pkg/squidguard.inc on line 1045
                                        
                                        Call Stack:
                                            0.0004     228704   1\. {main}() /etc/rc.packages:0
                                            0.1839   10561792   2\. install_package_xml() /etc/rc.packages:77
                                            0.4223   11047992   3\. require_once('/usr/local/pkg/squidguard.inc') /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc:702
                                            0.4543   12883648   4\. convert_pfxml_to_sgxml() /usr/local/pkg/squidguard.inc:100
                                            0.4574   12913928   5\. file_put_contents() /usr/local/pkg/squidguard.inc:1045
                                        
                                        Custom commands...
                                        Executing custom_php_install_command()...done.
                                        Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...done.
                                        Menu items... done.
                                        Services... done.
                                        Writing configuration... done.
                                        Please visit Services - SquidGuard Proxy Filter - Target Categories and set up at least one category there before enabling SquidGuard. See https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=94312.0 for details.Message from squidGuard-1.4_15:
                                        ===================================================================
                                         In order to activate squidGuard you have to edit squid.conf
                                         To the contain "url_rewrite_program /usr/local/bin/squidGuard"
                                         and create a configuration file for squidGuard.
                                        
                                         Sample blacklists have been installed in /usr/local/share/examples/squidGuard.
                                        
                                         A sample configuration file has beeen installed in
                                         /usr/local/etc/squid/squidGuard.conf.sample.
                                        
                                         You need to edit the configuration and compile the blacklist
                                         you choose to use with:
                                         squidGuard -d -C all
                                        
                                         Please bear in mind that this is just a sample configuration file
                                         and for any real world usage you need to download or create your
                                         own updated blacklists and create your own configuration file.
                                        
                                         Check documentation here:
                                        
                                         http://www.squidguard.org/Doc/
                                        
                                         To activate the changes do a /usr/local/sbin/squid -k reconfigure
                                        ===================================================================
                                        Message from pfSense-pkg-squidGuard-1.12:
                                        Please visit Services - SquidGuard Proxy Filter - Target Categories and set up at least one category there before enabling SquidGuard. See https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=94312.0 for details.
                                        >>> Cleaning up cache... done.
                                        Success
                                        
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                                        • jimpJ
                                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                          last edited by

                                          @whitexp:

                                          squidguard error warning on instalation

                                          I'll push a fix for that, looks easy enough to correct.

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                                            whitexp
                                            last edited by

                                            error on lightsquid

                                            Jan 21 16:31:22	php-fpm	28398	/rc.start_packages: [lightsquid] Error: Could not load default '/usr/local/etc/lightsquid/lightsquid.cfg.dist' configuration file.
                                            Jan 21 16:31:22	php-fpm	28398	/rc.start_packages: [lightsquid] Error: Could not create '/usr/local/etc/lightsquid/lightsquid.cfg' configuration file.
                                            Jan 21 16:31:22	php-fpm	28398	/rc.start_packages: [lightsquid] Removing old cronjobs...
                                            
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