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    • RonpfSR
      RonpfS
      last edited by

      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.msg647719#msg647719

      Then you can install or re-install the pfBlockerNG 2.1.1_2.
      The install should update the MaxMind (this take 5+ minutes) and proceed to completion.

      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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        nikkon
        last edited by

        hi all,

        i have performed this change, still the pfBlockerNG is not seen anymore in gui.
        anyone had this before?

        pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

        Happy PfSense user :)

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        • RonpfSR
          RonpfS
          last edited by

          Where does it fails when you install it ? There must be some hints in the installation logs, system log or pfblockerng log.

          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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            nikkon
            last edited by

            php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc

            and as it's shown in the logs :

            Download Process Starting [ 08/15/16 21:18:57 ]
            /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat.gz            200 OK
            /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIPv6.dat.gz          200 OK
            /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip                200 OK
            /var/db/pfblockerng/top-1m.csv.zip            200 OK
            Download Process Ended [ 08/15/16 21:19:31 ]

            Country code update Start
            Converting MaxMind Country databases for pfBlockerNG.
            Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
            Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data
            Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
            IPv4 Africa
            IPv6 Africa
            IPv4 Antarctica
            IPv6 Antarctica
            IPv4 Asia
            IPv6 Asia
            IPv4 Europe
            IPv6 Europe
            IPv4 North America
            IPv6 North America
            IPv4 Oceania
            IPv6 Oceania
            IPv4 South America
            IPv6 South America
            IPv4 Proxy and Satellite
            IPv6 Proxy and Satellite
            IPv4 TOP 20
            IPv6 TOP 20
            Saving pfBlockerNG Reputation TAB
            Country Code Update Ended - [ 08/15/16 21:24:37 ]

            –-----

            tail -f pfblockerng.log

            DNSBL - Adding Unbound custom 'include' option

            Saving new DNSBL web server configuration to port [ 8081 and 8443 ]
            Saving pfSense config…
            VIP address configured. Widget Packet statistics reset.
            Restarting Service DNSBL...

            **Saving configuration [ 08/15/16 19:16:28 ] …
            Restarting Service DNSBL...

            and stays like this for 20 minutes.

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            pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

            Happy PfSense user :)

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            • RonpfSR
              RonpfS
              last edited by

              Looks like the MaxMind database creation went ok.
              Can you try to reinstall pfBlockerNG?

              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                nikkon
                last edited by

                Just did this:

                install log looks like :

                Upgrading pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG…
                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.
                Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

                Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2 [pfSense]

                Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
                [1/1] Reinstalling pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2…
                [1/1] Extracting pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2: …....... done
                Removing pfBlockerNG components...
                Menu items... done.
                Services... done.
                Loading package instructions...
                Removing pfBlockerNG...cat: /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/.txt: No such file or directory
                All customizations/data will be retained... done.
                Saving updated package information...
                overwrite!
                Loading package configuration... done.
                Configuring package components...
                Loading package instructions...
                Custom commands...
                Executing custom_php_install_command()...
                MaxMind GeoIP databases previously downloaded.
                Adding pfBlockerNG Widget to the Dashboard... done.
                Remove any existing and create link for DNSBL lighttpd executable... done.
                Creating DNSBL web server start-up script... done.
                Creating DNSBL web server config ... done.
                Starting DNSBL Service... done.
                Upgrading Adv. Inbound firewall rule settings ... no changes required ... done.
                Custom commands completed ... done.
                Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...1 table created.
                1/1 addresses added.
                cat: /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/
                .txt: No such file or directory
                pkg: POST-INSTALL script failed

                Cleaning up cache... done.
                Success


                just after the refresh i got a crash report:

                Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:

                amd64
                10.3-RELEASE-p5
                FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p5 #0 7307492(RELENG_2_3_2): Tue Jul 19 13:29:35 CDT 2016    root@ce23-amd64-builder:/builder/pfsense-232/tmp/obj/builder/pfsense-232/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense

                Crash report details:

                PHP Errors:
                [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 104857600 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 24 bytes) in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc on line 3867
                [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP Stack trace:
                [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  1. {main}() /etc/rc.start_packages:0
                [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  2. sync_package() /etc/rc.start_packages:90
                [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  3. eval() /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc:631
                [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  4. sync_package_pfblockerng() /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(631) : eval()'d code:3
                [15-Aug-2016 21:57:31 Europe/Bucharest] PHP  5. file() /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc:3867

                pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                Happy PfSense user :)

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                • RonpfSR
                  RonpfS
                  last edited by

                  Allowed memory size of 104857600 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 24 bytes)

                  This tells me you only have 100M for memory limit.
                  What are the fixes you applied up to now to the system?

                  2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                  Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                  Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                    nikkon
                    last edited by

                    /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc

                    pfb_global();

                    // DNSBL Lighttpd HTTPS Daemon (Scans Lighttpd dnsbl_error.log for requested https domain names)
                    if (isset($argv[1]) && $argv[1] == 'dnsbl') {
                            set_time_limit(0);
                            pfb_livetail($pfb['dnserrlog'], 'dnsbl');
                            exit;
                    }

                    and i guess is default.

                    and also usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php - not modified.

                    pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                    Happy PfSense user :)

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                    • RonpfSR
                      RonpfS
                      last edited by

                      And no modifications to  /etc/inc/config.inc or /usr/local/etc/php.ini, /etc/rc.php_ini_setup ?

                      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                        nikkon
                        last edited by

                        well based on my comments i did one to the first file:
                        // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
                        if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
                                ini_set("memory_limit", "512M");
                        } else {
                                ini_set("memory_limit", "256M");  # increased from 128M
                        }

                        –--

                        pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                        Happy PfSense user :)

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                        • RonpfSR
                          RonpfS
                          last edited by

                          This change only affect i386 systems, you are on a amd64.
                          Did you raise the System / Advanced / Firewall & NAT Firewall Maximum Table Entries ?

                          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                            nikkon
                            last edited by

                            no
                            will do now. what's a starting value?

                            i had 5000000 now i have 50000000

                            pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                            Happy PfSense user :)

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                            • RonpfSR
                              RonpfS
                              last edited by

                              I think 2000000 is the default, 50000000 should be more than enuf.
                              Do you see the pfblockerNG menu ?
                              BTW how much free memory do you have ?

                              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                nikkon
                                last edited by

                                still not there.
                                i have deleted, restarted, reinstalled pfbloker.
                                27% of 8130 MiB free ram

                                pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                Happy PfSense user :)

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                                  varazir
                                  last edited by

                                  I changed the mem settings and the table settings and now I'm getting

                                  >>> Upgrading pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG... 
                                  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.
                                  Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                                  The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
                                  
                                  Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
                                  	pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2 [pfSense]
                                  
                                  Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
                                  [1/1] Reinstalling pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2...
                                  [1/1] Extracting pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2: .......... done
                                  Removing pfBlockerNG components...
                                  Menu items... done.
                                  Services... done.
                                  Loading package instructions...
                                  Removing pfBlockerNG... All customizations/data will be retained... done.
                                  Saving updated package information...
                                  overwrite!
                                  Loading package configuration... done.
                                  Configuring package components...
                                  Loading package instructions...
                                  Custom commands...
                                  Executing custom_php_install_command()...
                                  MaxMind GeoIP databases previously downloaded.
                                  Adding pfBlockerNG Widget to the Dashboard... done.
                                  Remove any existing and create link for DNSBL lighttpd executable... done.
                                  Creating DNSBL web server start-up script... done.
                                  Creating DNSBL web server config ... done.
                                  Starting DNSBL Service... done.
                                  Upgrading Adv. Inbound firewall rule settings ... no changes required ... done.
                                  Custom commands completed ... done.
                                  Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...1 table created.
                                  1/1 addresses added.
                                  PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc, Line: 3867, Message: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 72 bytes)pkg: POST-INSTALL script failed
                                  >>> Cleaning up cache... done.
                                  Success
                                  
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                                    nikkon
                                    last edited by

                                    same line on which i have the crash reported

                                    pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                    Happy PfSense user :)

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                                    • RonpfSR
                                      RonpfS
                                      last edited by

                                      Again which memory settings did you change ?

                                      In this thread there was a fix for pfblockerng.inc that will NEVER work on installation as the file is overwritten during the installation of the package.

                                      It is good practice to disable pfBlockerNG AND DNSBL before removing or re-installing pfBlockerNG or before upgrading pfsense.

                                      So to reinstall of a i386, in Diagnostics / Edit File open /etc/inc/config.inc,
                                      go to line 77 and change from

                                      // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
                                      if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
                                         ini_set("memory_limit", "512M"); 
                                      } else {
                                         ini_set("memory_limit", "128M");
                                      }
                                      ```to
                                      

                                      // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
                                      if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
                                        ini_set("memory_limit", "512M");
                                      } else {
                                        ini_set("memory_limit", "256M"); # i386 Default 128M
                                      }

                                      
                                      If the installation fails to complete on a **amd64** system, then you need to change /etc/inc/config.inc (line 75) from 512M to 640M or 768M.
                                      

                                      // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
                                      if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
                                        ini_set("memory_limit", "512M");
                                      } else {
                                        ini_set("memory_limit", "128M");
                                      }

                                      // Set memory limit to 512M on amd64.
                                      if ($ARCH == "amd64") {
                                        ini_set("memory_limit", "768M"); # amd64 Default 512M
                                      } else {
                                        ini_set("memory_limit", "128M");
                                      }

                                      **AND** modify the /usr/local/etc/php.ini (last line) and /etc/rc.php_ini_setup files (line 303) from
                                      

                                      suhosin.memory_limit = 536870912

                                      to
                                      

                                      suhosin.memory_limit = 671088640 # 640M Default 536870912

                                      or
                                      

                                      suhosin.memory_limit = 805306368 # 768M Default 536870912

                                      
                                      If you use many GeoIP IPV6 tables (like those who block the world, again this is not the _optimal_ way to configure a firewall), then you will have to raise the **Firewall Maximum Table Entries** until the FW rules loads.
                                      
                                      Check the installation logs,  Dashboard for crash report, /var/log, /var/log/pfblockerng, etc

                                      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                        nikkon
                                        last edited by

                                        ok if i do allocate 768M as mem limit, whats the value to be changed on suhosin.memory_limit in php.ini?

                                        pfsense 2.3.4 on Supermicro A1SRi-2758F + 8GB ECC + SSD

                                        Happy PfSense user :)

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                                        • RonpfSR
                                          RonpfS
                                          last edited by

                                          You have to edit the /usr/local/etc/php.ini, /etc/rc.php_ini_setup files to

                                          suhosin.memory_limit = 805306368

                                          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                            nikkon
                                            last edited by

                                            no more crash reports after reinstall.
                                            pfblokerNG back in the menu.
                                            all back to normal !
                                            thanks for helping :)

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