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      tmbates12
      last edited by

      Looks like we have a port now:
      http://www.freshports.org/net/ntopng/

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        craibo
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        Hi All

        Is there any update on when we can expect the ntop-ng package to be released? I see there is a post about a failed install (https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=113173.0) but I don't see the package in the available list on pfSense yet.

        Thanks to all for the work to make it available.

        Been using pfSense since it was 0. something Beta on various sites/configurations. Awesome to see where it has got to.

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          Andrew453
          last edited by

          ntopng is back in the 2.3.2 snapshot,  see https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6443

          However, the ability to install from custom package repository urls was removed in 2.3.x as far as I can tell, so I'm not aware of an easy way to install it on the current 2.3.1 release.  (Happy to be corrected on that if someone can point me in the right direction).

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            craibo
            last edited by

            @Andrew453 Thanks for the details.

            I see that 2.3.2 is not a stable build yet.
            Guess I'll be waiting a little longer unless someone can correct you  :)

            so I'm not aware of an easy way to install it on the current 2.3.1 release. (Happy to be corrected on that if someone can point me in the right direction).

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              Andrew453
              last edited by

              … if you're happy to run off a development snapshot, you can specify the development branch in the update settings in pfSense, but that will update your entire system.

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                esseebee
                last edited by

                I've been following the developments very closely. There isn't any way ntopng is going to be included in 2.3.1 update 2, is there? Or will we need to wait until the stable release of 2.3.2?

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  If it proves stable enough on 2.3.2, it may be made available elsewhere. It's still being tested, though.

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                    icest0rm
                    last edited by

                    great. I think there's a lot of ppl waiting for it.

                    just because it's an excellent interface to monitor realtime bandwidth usage on the fw and I don't seem to be able to find a good alternative to it.

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                      Paint
                      last edited by

                      Thank you for adding this package! It is working well for me locally, but I am having issues with setting up ntopng over HTTPS via NGINX.

                      I have tried setting up a proxy_pass directive, but I cannot get past the login screen. I also tried editing the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntopng.sh file to add –http-prefix="/ntopng" to the startup strings, but unfortunately I get the same issue.

                      Can we integrate SSL certificates into ntopng or allow for native nginx https proxy through pfSense's nginx setup?

                      Thank you!

                      pfSense i5-4590
                      940/880 mbit Fiber Internet from FiOS
                      BROCADE ICX6450 48Port L3-Managed Switch w/4x 10GB ports
                      Netgear R8000 AP (DD-WRT)

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                        Paint
                        last edited by

                        temporarily to fix the authentication/login issue through NGINX, I have added –disable-login '1' to the /usr/local/pkg/ntopng.inc file in the DNS Mode string:

                                /* DNS Mode */
                                if (is_numeric($ntopng_config['dns_mode']) && ($ntopng_config['dns_mode'] >= 0) && ($ntopng_config['dns_mode'] <= 3)) {
                                        $dns_mode = "--disable-login '1' --dns-mode " . escapeshellarg($ntopng_config['dns_mode']);
                                }
                        

                        I enabled htaccess password protection via nginx.

                        Everything is working great now! Thanks!

                        pfSense i5-4590
                        940/880 mbit Fiber Internet from FiOS
                        BROCADE ICX6450 48Port L3-Managed Switch w/4x 10GB ports
                        Netgear R8000 AP (DD-WRT)

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                          soutieslak
                          last edited by

                          @jimp:

                          If it proves stable enough on 2.3.2, it may be made available elsewhere. It's still being tested, though.

                          Is there a chance that it will be included as an alpha release in 2.3.2?

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                          • jimpJ
                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                            last edited by

                            It's already in 2.3.2. If you install a 2.3.2 snapshot you can use it now (or at least once I get this fix pushed to correct the password handling)

                            When 2.3.2 releases (probably next week) you'll have access to it.

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                            • luckman212L
                              luckman212 LAYER 8
                              last edited by

                              any chance of pulling in the 2.4 version of ntopng that is available in FreeBSD ports?

                              The changelog is long, but the first 2 items alone seem enough to make it worth it:

                              • Memory-management, stability and speed have been fundamentally improved

                              • We have kept an eye on security and hardened the code to prevent privileges escalation and XSS

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                              • jimpJ
                                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                last edited by

                                @luckman212:

                                any chance of pulling in the 2.4 version of ntopng that is available in FreeBSD ports?

                                The changelog is long, but the first 2 items alone seem enough to make it worth it:

                                • Memory-management, stability and speed have been fundamentally improved

                                • We have kept an eye on security and hardened the code to prevent privileges escalation and XSS

                                After we release 2.3.2 we can look into that.

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                                  JscoLP
                                  last edited by

                                  Great package, haven't used ntop in years and its great to get this level of detail back, thank you! Looking forward to ntopng 2.4

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                                    craibo
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Guys

                                    Thanks to everyone involved in getting the ntopng package back into pfsense with version 2.3.2. Its great and works well.

                                    Could I possibly ask for one, hopefully minor, improvement?

                                    For the historical data could we specify the max period that the data is kept for eg. 30 days.
                                    This is should be supported by ntop but I can't find the option to specify the limit before I enable the Historical Data storage
                                    Ref: http://www.ntop.org/ntopng/exploring-historical-data-using-ntopng/

                                    Much appreciated.

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      The screen shown on that page is for a MySQL database. That isn't what is in use on pfSense. Eventually the package could grow the ability to export to an external MySQL server, but it wouldn't ever be using a MySQL database on the firewall itself.

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                                        reggie14
                                        last edited by

                                        How are people accessing the ntopng dashboard?  I get an SSL error every I try to access it.  I'm pretty sure it's because pfsense is using HSTS, and thus my browser always wants to connect via HTTPS instead of HTTP, but I'm not really sure how to work around this problem.

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                                        • jimpJ
                                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                          last edited by

                                          Use HTTPS for the GUI and ntopng

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                                          • dennypageD
                                            dennypage
                                            last edited by

                                            HTTPS for ntopng isn't working for me. I receive a SSL protocol error when attempting to access. I haven't tracked it down yet. HTTP via IP address works fine.

                                            @jimp:

                                            Use HTTPS for the GUI and ntopng

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