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    • M
      MeeleIkon @MeeleIkon
      last edited by

      I just tried to edit more stuff and I got an error:0_1528816617019_bdi_pfblockerng_bug.PNG

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      • RonpfSR
        RonpfS
        last edited by

        @meeleikon said in pfBlockerNG not showing in menus, tried reinstalling:

        pkg_edit.php

        The pfblockerNG url is https://pfsense.localdomain/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_general.php

        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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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          I just installed it... Not seeing any problems running 2.4.3p1

          >>> Installing 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.
          The following 9 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
          
          New packages to be INSTALLED:
          	pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG: 2.1.2_3 [pfSense]
          	lighttpd: 1.4.48_1 [pfSense]
          	lua52: 5.2.4 [pfSense]
          	whois: 5.2.17 [pfSense]
          	GeoIP: 1.6.11 [pfSense]
          	grepcidr: 2.0 [pfSense]
          	aggregate: 1.6_1 [pfSense]
          	pecl-intl: 3.0.0_11 [pfSense]
          	icu: 60.2_1,1 [pfSense]
          
          Number of packages to be installed: 9
          
          The process will require 49 MiB more space.
          10 MiB to be downloaded.
          [1/9] Fetching pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.2_3.txz: .......... done
          [2/9] Fetching lighttpd-1.4.48_1.txz: .......... done
          [3/9] Fetching lua52-5.2.4.txz: .......... done
          [4/9] Fetching whois-5.2.17.txz: ........ done
          [5/9] Fetching GeoIP-1.6.11.txz: .......... done
          [6/9] Fetching grepcidr-2.0.txz: ... done
          [7/9] Fetching aggregate-1.6_1.txz: .. done
          [8/9] Fetching pecl-intl-3.0.0_11.txz: .......... done
          [9/9] Fetching icu-60.2_1,1.txz: .......... done
          Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
          [1/9] Installing lua52-5.2.4...
          [1/9] Extracting lua52-5.2.4: ......... done
          [2/9] Installing icu-60.2_1,1...
          [2/9] Extracting icu-60.2_1,1: .......... done
          [3/9] Installing lighttpd-1.4.48_1...
          ===> Creating groups.
          Using existing group 'www'.
          ===> Creating users
          Using existing user 'www'.
          [3/9] Extracting lighttpd-1.4.48_1: .......... done
          [4/9] Installing whois-5.2.17...
          [4/9] Extracting whois-5.2.17: .......... done
          [5/9] Installing GeoIP-1.6.11...
          [5/9] Extracting GeoIP-1.6.11: .......... done
          [6/9] Installing grepcidr-2.0...
          [6/9] Extracting grepcidr-2.0: ..... done
          [7/9] Installing aggregate-1.6_1...
          [7/9] Extracting aggregate-1.6_1: .... done
          [8/9] Installing pecl-intl-3.0.0_11...
          [8/9] Extracting pecl-intl-3.0.0_11: .......... done
          [9/9] Installing pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.2_3...
          Extracting pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.2_3: .......... done
          Saving updated package information...
          done.
          Loading package configuration... done.
          Configuring package components...
          Loading package instructions...
          Custom commands...
          Executing custom_php_install_command()...
          Downloading MaxMind GeoIP databases. This may take a minute...
           GeoIP.dat... done.
           GeoIPv6.dat... done.
           GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip... done.
          Downloading MaxMind GeoIP databases... done.
          Converting MaxMind GeoIP databases for pfBlockerNG.
           This may take a few minutes...
          Country code update Start [ 06/12/18 10:39:01 ]
           Converting MaxMind Country databases for pfBlockerNG.
           Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
           Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 06/12/18 10:39:32 ]
          Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files...
           Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
           IPv4 Africa			 [ 06/12/18 10:39:40 ]
           IPv6 Africa			 [ 06/12/18 10:39:41 ]
           IPv4 Antarctica		
           IPv6 Antarctica		
           IPv4 Asia			
           IPv6 Asia			 [ 06/12/18 10:39:44 ]
           IPv4 Europe			 [ 06/12/18 10:39:45 ]
           IPv6 Europe			 [ 06/12/18 10:39:56 ]
           IPv4 North America		 [ 06/12/18 10:40:00 ]
           IPv6 North America		 [ 06/12/18 10:40:08 ]
           IPv4 Oceania			 [ 06/12/18 10:40:09 ]
           IPv6 Oceania			 [ 06/12/18 10:40:10 ]
           IPv4 South America		
           IPv6 South America		 [ 06/12/18 10:40:11 ]
           IPv4 Proxy and Satellite	
           IPv6 Proxy and Satellite	 [ 06/12/18 10:40:12 ]
           IPv4 TOP 20			
           IPv6 TOP 20			
           pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
          Country Code Update Ended
          
          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.
          Upgrading Adv. Inbound firewall rule settings ... no changes required ... done.
          Custom commands completed ... done.
          Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...done.
          Menu items... done.
          Services... done.
          Writing configuration... done.
          Message from lua52-5.2.4:
          
          ===>   NOTICE:
          
          The lua52 port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
          more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
          the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:
          
          https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla
          
          More information about port maintainership is available at:
          
          https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/contributing/ports-contributing.html#maintain-port
          Message from GeoIP-1.6.11:
          
          GeoIP does not ship with the actual data files. You must download
          them yourself! Please run:
          # /usr/local/bin/geoipupdate.sh
          >>> Cleaning up cache... done.
          Success
          

          0_1528818272599_pfblocker.png

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          • M
            MeeleIkon
            last edited by MeeleIkon

            How would I reinstall pkg_edit.php?

            I am getting it intermittently, I have 48 pfsense firewalls.

            I first noticed it on my home firewall when 2.4.3 was just released, probably the Saturday after, my kids were yelling they had no internet, pfblocker stopped allowing all traffic, so I disabled it and it worked, so I updated to 2.4.3 and the pfblocker entry was gone, so I tried re-installing no dice, so I just removed it and went about my day. It's my home firewall, my only open ports are SSLVPN and Plex.

            Then yesterday, I was fixing a client's mailserver, they had an accounting email that kept getting locked out. Well the mailserver was blocking password guessing attempts from china/india and amsterdam. That's when I went to install pfblockerng and it didn't work. I futzed around with it.
            Then today I went on to my office firewall and installed pfblocker and it also did not add the link.

            However not a week or two ago, I had set up no issues pfblocker on 3 other firewalls.

            They are all at 2.4.3 non p1 (except for a few) and I centrally manage them, so I have cron also installed. Also on most of the firewalls I have openvpn-client-export.

            0_1528827648580_bdi_pfblockerng_installedpackages.PNG

            0_1528827710007_bdi_pfblockerng_nopf.PNG

            I just did it on another firewall:

            >>> Installing 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.
            The following 9 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
            
            New packages to be INSTALLED:
            	pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG: 2.1.2_3 [pfSense]
            	lighttpd: 1.4.48_1 [pfSense]
            	lua52: 5.2.4 [pfSense]
            	whois: 5.2.17 [pfSense]
            	GeoIP: 1.6.11 [pfSense]
            	grepcidr: 2.0 [pfSense]
            	aggregate: 1.6_1 [pfSense]
            	pecl-intl: 3.0.0_11 [pfSense]
            	icu: 60.2_1,1 [pfSense]
            
            Number of packages to be installed: 9
            
            The process will require 49 MiB more space.
            10 MiB to be downloaded.
            [1/9] Fetching pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.2_3.txz: .......... done
            [2/9] Fetching lighttpd-1.4.48_1.txz: .......... done
            [3/9] Fetching lua52-5.2.4.txz: .......... done
            [4/9] Fetching whois-5.2.17.txz: ........ done
            [5/9] Fetching GeoIP-1.6.11.txz: .......... done
            [6/9] Fetching grepcidr-2.0.txz: ... done
            [7/9] Fetching aggregate-1.6_1.txz: .. done
            [8/9] Fetching pecl-intl-3.0.0_11.txz: .......... done
            [9/9] Fetching icu-60.2_1,1.txz: .......... done
            Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
            [1/9] Installing lua52-5.2.4...
            [1/9] Extracting lua52-5.2.4: ......... done
            [2/9] Installing icu-60.2_1,1...
            [2/9] Extracting icu-60.2_1,1: .......... done
            [3/9] Installing lighttpd-1.4.48_1...
            ===> Creating groups.
            Using existing group 'www'.
            ===> Creating users
            Using existing user 'www'.
            [3/9] Extracting lighttpd-1.4.48_1: .......... done
            [4/9] Installing whois-5.2.17...
            [4/9] Extracting whois-5.2.17: .......... done
            [5/9] Installing GeoIP-1.6.11...
            [5/9] Extracting GeoIP-1.6.11: .......... done
            [6/9] Installing grepcidr-2.0...
            [6/9] Extracting grepcidr-2.0: ..... done
            [7/9] Installing aggregate-1.6_1...
            [7/9] Extracting aggregate-1.6_1: .... done
            [8/9] Installing pecl-intl-3.0.0_11...
            [8/9] Extracting pecl-intl-3.0.0_11: .......... done
            [9/9] Installing pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.2_3...
            Extracting pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.2_3: .......... done
            Saving updated package information...
            done.
            Loading package configuration... done.
            Configuring package components...
            Loading package instructions...
            Custom commands...
            Executing custom_php_install_command()...
            Downloading MaxMind GeoIP databases. This may take a minute...
             GeoIP.dat... done.
             GeoIPv6.dat... done.
             GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip... done.
            Downloading MaxMind GeoIP databases... done.
            Converting MaxMind GeoIP databases for pfBlockerNG.
             This may take a few minutes...
            Country code update Start [ 06/12/18 14:24:18 ]
             Converting MaxMind Country databases for pfBlockerNG.
             Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
             Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 06/12/18 14:24:49 ]
            Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files...
             Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
             IPv4 Africa			 [ 06/12/18 14:24:58 ]
             IPv6 Africa			
             IPv4 Antarctica		
             IPv6 Antarctica		
             IPv4 Asia			
             IPv6 Asia			 [ 06/12/18 14:25:02 ]
             IPv4 Europe			
            Message from lua52-5.2.4:
            
            ===>   NOTICE:
            
            The lua52 port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
            more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
            the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:
            
            https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla
            
            More information about port maintainership is available at:
            
            https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/contributing/ports-contributing.html#maintain-port
            Message from GeoIP-1.6.11:
            
            GeoIP does not ship with the actual data files. You must download
            them yourself! Please run:
            # /usr/local/bin/geoipupdate.sh
            >>> Cleaning up cache... done.
            Success
            

            0_1528828031148_pfblockernotworkyworky.PNG

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            • M
              MeeleIkon @RonpfS
              last edited by

              @ronpfs said in pfBlockerNG not showing in menus, tried reinstalling:

              @meeleikon said in pfBlockerNG not showing in menus, tried reinstalling:

              pkg_edit.php

              The pfblockerNG url is https://pfsense.localdomain/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_general.php

              0_1528828915728_404pfblockng.PNG

              ☹

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              • RonpfSR
                RonpfS
                last edited by

                Check your config.xml, maybe something is breaking the installation.

                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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                • M
                  MeeleIkon
                  last edited by

                  I hope I sanitized this properly.... But no, nothing jumps out on the config.xml

                  0_1528834778798_config-foo.xml

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                  • RonpfSR
                    RonpfS @MeeleIkon
                    last edited by RonpfS

                    @meeleikon You don't have a

                    <installedpackages>
                    

                    section 🤔

                    But you have some pfblockerNG cron jobs!
                    So something is broken in your config.xml
                    Can you install any package ? Like Cron or System_Patches ?

                    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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                    • M
                      MeeleIkon
                      last edited by MeeleIkon

                      All other packages work fine. Literally just pfblocker and on a few firewalls all different configs. Only similarity is cron and openvpn.

                      0_1528922513568_installedpackages-config-foo.xml

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                      • RonpfSR
                        RonpfS
                        last edited by RonpfS

                        Those packages were probably installed before pfblockerNG.

                        Do you have <installedpackages> sections on your other firewalls?

                        Now if you try to install a package you didn't have installed, does the installation proceed ?

                        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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                        • M
                          MeeleIkon
                          last edited by

                          I was just able to install system patches and I can see it's shortcut under system and it's page opens.

                          My home firewall was also having an issue, I may try a reload and install pfblocker before cron and see what that does.

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                          • RonpfSR
                            RonpfS
                            last edited by

                            Maybe inspect Diagnostics / Backup & Restore / Config History to see what happened in the past with the config.

                            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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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Just so you know I had cron installed and am using it before I installed the pfblocker package.

                              An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                              If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                              Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                              SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.8, 24.11

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                              • BBcan177B
                                BBcan177 Moderator
                                last edited by BBcan177

                                Run the following command:

                                grep -A30 "<menu" /conf/config.xml
                                

                                And check to see if there is an empty <menu></menu> tag... I have seen this with another user, but am not sure if its a pfSense bug or a pfBlockerNG bug?

                                If there is an empty tag, you can edit /conf/config.xml and remove that empty tag. If you do that from pfSense > Edit File, that will reload the config after you press save and hopefully that fixes it.

                                "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                                Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
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