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    • QinnQ
      Qinn
      last edited by Qinn

      Hmm it's been well over a month and as from what it looks in the dashboard MaxMind isn't updated, I looked in

      cat /var/log/pfblockerng/extras.log 
      

      and it reads:

      Download Process Starting [ 06/05/18 07:00:00 ]
       /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 [ 06/05/18 07:00:28 ]
      
      Country code update Start
       Converting MaxMind Country databases for pfBlockerNG.
       Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
       Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 06/05/18 07:01:46 ]
       Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
       IPv4 Africa                     [ 06/05/18 07:02:07 ]
       IPv6 Africa                     [ 06/05/18 07:02:08 ]
       IPv4 Antarctica
       IPv6 Antarctica
       IPv4 Asia
       IPv6 Asia                       [ 06/05/18 07:02:17 ]
       IPv4 Europe                     [ 06/05/18 07:02:19 ]
       IPv6 Europe                     [ 06/05/18 07:02:48 ]
       IPv4 North America              [ 06/05/18 07:02:58 ]
       IPv6 North America              [ 06/05/18 07:03:19 ]
       IPv4 Oceania                    [ 06/05/18 07:03:22 ]
       IPv6 Oceania                    [ 06/05/18 07:03:24 ]
       IPv4 South America
       IPv6 South America              [ 06/05/18 07:03:26 ]
       IPv4 Proxy and Satellite        [ 06/05/18 07:03:28 ]
       IPv6 Proxy and Satellite
       IPv4 TOP 20
       IPv6 TOP 20
       pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
      Country Code Update Ended [ 06/05/18 07:03:29 ]
      
      

      So it confirms that the last one, was the one I did manually, what goes wrong, why doesn't it update automatically once a month?

      Thnx for any advise

      Cheers Qinn

      Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
      Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
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      • RonpfSR
        RonpfS @Qinn
        last edited by RonpfS

        @qinn said in Update lists fail:

        was the one I did manually, what goes wrong

        Nothing is wrong for now. You did a manual update on June 5th. The next automatic update will be done by Cron between the 4th and the 10th of July.

        BTW my last update was on 06/07/18, but the version is from May 1st

        /var/log/pfblockerng/maxmind_ver

        MaxMind GeoLite2 Date/Time Stamp
        Last-Modified: Tue, 01 May 2018 16:48:16 GMT
        Duplicate Represented IP4 Networks: 36994
        

        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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        • QinnQ
          Qinn
          last edited by

          Thanks for you reply, always helpful, but I have to say nope. I hoped that to, but 10/15/16 08:20:12 (as you can see below) isn't possible so it's dd-mm-yy, so there is something wrong...

          
          Download Process Starting [ 10/15/16 08:18:03 ]
           /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 [ 10/15/16 08:18:40 ]
          
          Country code update Start
           Converting MaxMind Country databases for pfBlockerNG.
           Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
           Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 10/15/16 08:19:49 ]
           Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
           IPv4 Africa                     [ 10/15/16 08:20:03 ]
           IPv6 Africa                     [ 10/15/16 08:20:04 ]
           IPv4 Antarctica
           IPv6 Antarctica
           IPv4 Asia
           IPv6 Asia                       [ 10/15/16 08:20:12 ]
           IPv4 Europe                     [ 10/15/16 08:20:14 ]
           IPv6 Europe                     [ 10/15/16 08:20:40 ]
           IPv4 North America              [ 10/15/16 08:20:45 ]
           IPv6 North America              [ 10/15/16 08:21:02 ]
           IPv4 Oceania                    [ 10/15/16 08:21:05 ]
           IPv6 Oceania                    [ 10/15/16 08:21:07 ]
           IPv4 South America
           IPv6 South America              [ 10/15/16 08:21:09 ]
           IPv4 Proxy and Satellite        [ 10/15/16 08:21:10 ]
           IPv6 Proxy and Satellite
           IPv4 TOP 20
           IPv6 TOP 20                     [ 10/15/16 08:21:11 ]
           pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
          Country Code Update Ended
          
          
           Download Process Starting [ 05/12/18 16:43:36 ]
           /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 [ 05/12/18 16:44:09 ]
          
          Country code update Start
           Converting MaxMind Country databases for pfBlockerNG.
           Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
           Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 05/12/18 16:45:27 ]
           Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
           IPv4 Africa                     [ 05/12/18 16:45:48 ]
           IPv6 Africa                     [ 05/12/18 16:45:49 ]
           IPv4 Antarctica                 [ 05/12/18 16:45:50 ]
           IPv6 Antarctica
           IPv4 Asia
           IPv6 Asia                       [ 05/12/18 16:45:59 ]
           IPv4 Europe                     [ 05/12/18 16:46:01 ]
           IPv6 Europe                     [ 05/12/18 16:46:30 ]
           IPv4 North America              [ 05/12/18 16:46:40 ]
           IPv6 North America              [ 05/12/18 16:47:01 ]
           IPv4 Oceania                    [ 05/12/18 16:47:04 ]
           IPv6 Oceania                    [ 05/12/18 16:47:06 ]
           IPv4 South America
           IPv6 South America              [ 05/12/18 16:47:08 ]
           IPv4 Proxy and Satellite        [ 05/12/18 16:47:10 ]
           IPv6 Proxy and Satellite
           IPv4 TOP 20
           IPv6 TOP 20
           pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
          Country Code Update Ended [ 05/12/18 16:47:11 ]
          
          
          Download Process Starting [ 06/05/18 07:00:00 ]
           /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 [ 06/05/18 07:00:28 ]
          
          Country code update Start
           Converting MaxMind Country databases for pfBlockerNG.
           Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
           Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 06/05/18 07:01:46 ]
           Creating pfBlockerNG Continent XML files
           IPv4 Africa                     [ 06/05/18 07:02:07 ]
           IPv6 Africa                     [ 06/05/18 07:02:08 ]
           IPv4 Antarctica
           IPv6 Antarctica
           IPv4 Asia
           IPv6 Asia                       [ 06/05/18 07:02:17 ]
           IPv4 Europe                     [ 06/05/18 07:02:19 ]
           IPv6 Europe                     [ 06/05/18 07:02:48 ]
           IPv4 North America              [ 06/05/18 07:02:58 ]
           IPv6 North America              [ 06/05/18 07:03:19 ]
           IPv4 Oceania                    [ 06/05/18 07:03:22 ]
           IPv6 Oceania                    [ 06/05/18 07:03:24 ]
           IPv4 South America
           IPv6 South America              [ 06/05/18 07:03:26 ]
           IPv4 Proxy and Satellite        [ 06/05/18 07:03:28 ]
           IPv6 Proxy and Satellite
           IPv4 TOP 20
           IPv6 TOP 20
           pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
          Country Code Update Ended [ 06/05/18 07:03:29 ]
          
          

          Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
          Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
          Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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          • RonpfSR
            RonpfS @Qinn
            last edited by

            @qinn said in Update lists fail:

            so it’s dd-mm-yy,

            The date is in mm-dd-yy format.

            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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            • QinnQ
              Qinn @RonpfS
              last edited by Qinn

              @ronpfs please take a look at the logging in extras.log above and below, that can't be as there is no 15 month ...🙃

              Download Process Ended [ 10/15/16 08:18:40 ]
              

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              • RonpfSR
                RonpfS @Qinn
                last edited by

                @qinn And you care about 2016 events ? 😜

                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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                • QinnQ
                  Qinn @RonpfS
                  last edited by

                  @ronpfs ROFL ;)

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                  Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
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                  • QinnQ
                    Qinn
                    last edited by Qinn

                    Somehow this won't go away, last Maxmind is 7 june and still pfBlockerNG did not update it. Is there anyway to restore the "automatic updates" or do I have to remove and reinstall the package?

                    0_1532498621196_Maxmind.png

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                    • BBcan177B
                      BBcan177 Moderator
                      last edited by BBcan177

                      Did you check to see if something is blocking access to MaxMind web site? Another possibility is that MaxMind is blocking your IP or rate limiting it for some reason...

                      Does MaxMind resolve?

                      host -t A geolite.maxmind.com
                      

                      Can you download from this URL in a browser window:

                      https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz
                      

                      Did you check the pfBlockerNG error.log?

                      If you run the updater script, do you get any errors?

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

                      Try the latest pfBlockerNG-devel version and see if that solves your issue....

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

                      Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                      Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                      Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                      • QinnQ
                        Qinn @BBcan177
                        last edited by Qinn

                        First a big thanks for you help and time, now to your advise, it gave the following results:

                        1. Yes, MaxMind did resolve
                        code[2.4.3-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: host -t A geolite.maxmind.com
                        geolite.maxmind.com has address 104.16.37.47
                        geolite.maxmind.com has address 104.16.38.47
                        
                        
                        1. Yes, I can download the file GeoIP.dat.gz

                        2. I added the files

                        /var/log/pfblockerng/extras.log and error.log
                        

                        0_1532592170771_pfblokcerNG.7z

                        I don't see anything out of the ordinary in these two, but I'm not a dev 😉 The 2 last updatesof MaxMind that are mentioned in the logs, where the result of a manually update using

                        code php -f /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc
                        

                        My best guess is that if the MaxMind update is a cron job, it's not working anymore, a:

                        code crontab -l
                        

                        results in:

                        code crontab: no crontab for root
                        

                        So my last straw would be changing the update settings to the latest development and installing it, but I don't like unsolved cases (sorry that's me 🤓 ) is there anything more I could look into, as I still don't get how MaxMind is updated as it doesn't seem to be a cron job?

                        btw From what I've read, when I want to move over to the latest dev of pfblockerNG I have to first deinstall pfblockerNG and then install the dev version and all settings will be restored, is this the right way to move over to the dev version?

                        Cheers Qinn

                        Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                        Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                        Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                        • K
                          kpa
                          last edited by

                          PfSense doesn't have user specific crontabs ( for reasons that I have hard time understanding myself) and the only crontab on the system is the /etc/crontab file.

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                          • QinnQ
                            Qinn @kpa
                            last edited by Qinn

                            @kpa Thanks for pointing that one out to me, awaiting BBcan177 advise on how to proceed, hoping he can do something with the results and logs I provided.

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                            Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                            Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                            • BBcan177B
                              BBcan177 Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @qinn said in Update lists fail:

                              btw From what I've read, when I want to move over to the latest dev of pfblockerNG I have to first deinstall pfblockerNG and then install the dev version and all settings will be restored, is this the right way to move over to the dev version?

                              Yes I would just go to devel and see if that fixes your issue.... There are a ton of new features in devel....
                              https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/8lnugz/pfblockerng_devel_version_released/

                              Also install the "Cron" package for pfSense and you can see the pfSense Cron tasks from there.

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

                              Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                              Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                              Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                              • QinnQ
                                Qinn @BBcan177
                                last edited by

                                @bbcan177 said in Update lists fail:

                                @qinn said in Update lists fail:

                                btw From what I've read, when I want to move over to the latest dev of pfblockerNG I have to first deinstall pfblockerNG and then install the dev version and all settings will be restored, is this the right way to move over to the dev version?

                                Yes I would just go to devel and see if that fixes your issue.... There are a ton of new features in devel....
                                https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/8lnugz/pfblockerng_devel_version_released/

                                Also install the "Cron" package for pfSense and you can see the pfSense Cron tasks from there.

                                Thanks for your advise 👍 👍 hoping for a release soon, I don't care about an ETA, take your time and keep up the good work.

                                Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                                Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                                Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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