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    Lots of nginx errors in logs after upgrade

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      TheNarc
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      I'll check with my users, but I think they're running the latest release (and I'm sure this feature is in the latest release), which seems to be 11.2.2262.

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        Mithrondil
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        I have the same problem, and I have win7, using Firefox 64bit, and I have avast antivirus installed.
        So whats the conclusion on this matter, if its avast antivirus thats doing the scanning, can it be concidered normal or is a clean install of pfsense recommended?

        Also, is nginx a legit part of the pfsense install? Or how did this end up on my pfsense?

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          kpa
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          Everything so far says that it is in fact Avast that does the scanning. See if you can turn off the module/service in Avast that does the scanning. Yes, Nginx is now the web server in pfsense that implements the webgui and other related services. It used to be lighttpd in pfSense 2.2.* but was changed for 2.3.*.

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            mudmanc4
            last edited by

            Interesting how this just started to be noticed in the logs. Or no one has bothered to look before now in this scenario.

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              TheNarc
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              I can confirm that you can disable this module in Avast - they call it Home Networking Security - and the log entries stop.  I wish I could provide detailed steps, but I don't run it myself and I was unable to easily find steps to do so.  I only know it's responsible because I had one of my users turn it off.  I'd bet it's fairly straightforward in the GUI though.

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                Mithrondil
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                By the way, is this nginx program written as opensource?

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                • JeGrJ
                  JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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                  @Mithrondil:

                  By the way, is this nginx program written as opensource?

                  http://nginx.org/en/

                  Yes it is.

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                  • mudmanc4M
                    mudmanc4
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                    @TheNarc:

                    I can confirm that you can disable this module in Avast - they call it Home Networking Security - and the log entries stop.  I wish I could provide detailed steps, but I don't run it myself and I was unable to easily find steps to do so.  I only know it's responsible because I had one of my users turn it off.  I'd bet it's fairly straightforward in the GUI though.

                    Sounds as if I'll be needing that crocodile.
                    Thanks for confirming.

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                      cmb
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                      @mudmanc4:

                      Interesting how this just started to be noticed in the logs. Or no one has bothered to look before now in this scenario.

                      Before 2.3, the 404 logs from the web GUI's web server went to /dev/null. So I'm sure it was happening for quite some time, people just didn't have the logs to notice until more recently.

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                        mudmanc4
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                        @cmb:

                        @mudmanc4:

                        Interesting how this just started to be noticed in the logs. Or no one has bothered to look before now in this scenario.

                        Before 2.3, the 404 logs from the web GUI's web server went to /dev/null. So I'm sure it was happening for quite some time, people just didn't have the logs to notice until more recently.

                        That would explain it now. Thanks CMB

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