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      mcury @chudak
      last edited by

      @chudak I'm using 2.4.4p3 with pfBlocker-NG-devel 2.2.5_28

      Check if the files downloaded from maxmind are located at:

      ls -lah /usr/local/share/GeoIP/

      Check the logs during the maxmind download, as you can see, it downloaded a 4MB database file.

      **Saving configuration [ 01/05/20 12:32:23 ]**

MaxMind Database downloading and processing ( approx 4MB ) ... Please wait ...

Download Process Starting [ 01/05/20 12:32:24 ]
 /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz		200 OK
 /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip		200 OK
Download Process Ended [ 01/05/20 12:32:28 ]

Country code update Start
 Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data [ 01/05/20 12:32:31 ]
 Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 01/05/20 12:33:08 ]
 Creating pfBlockerNG Continent PHP files
 IPv4 Africa			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:18 ]
 IPv6 Africa			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:19 ]
 IPv4 Antarctica		
 IPv6 Antarctica		
 IPv4 Asia			
 IPv6 Asia			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:22 ]
 IPv4 Europe			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:23 ]
 IPv6 Europe			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:33 ]
 IPv4 North America		 [ 01/05/20 12:33:35 ]
 IPv6 North America		 [ 01/05/20 12:33:42 ]
 IPv4 Oceania			 [ 01/05/20 12:33:44 ]
 IPv6 Oceania			
 IPv4 South America		
 IPv6 South America		 [ 01/05/20 12:33:45 ]
 IPv4 Proxy and Satellite	 [ 01/05/20 12:33:46 ]
 IPv6 Proxy and Satellite	
 IPv4 Top Spammers		
 IPv6 Top Spammers		
 pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
Country Code Update Ended

      dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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        chudak @jdeloach
        last edited by

        @jdeloach said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

        @chudak said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

        @mcury said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

        I just updated, already put my license key and it's working.

        How do you know it worked?

        I am on pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_28, added MaxMind License Key, ran update and reload, but when look at
        ls -lah /usr/local/share/GeoIP/
        my files dated Dec 3 2019

        Did it work ?

        You can run the following from the command prompt to see if it updates:
        "php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc", copy and paste without the quotes.

        yup that worked, thx !

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          SteveITS Rebel Alliance
          last edited by

          @BBcan177 , on pfBlockerNG, v2.1.4_20, it looks like if I open the plugin page (Firewall/pfBlockerNG) the MaxMind License Key field is blank. maxmind_key is populated in the saved config file, which I saved after entering it...I'm thinking maybe it's not populating correctly on the page?

          (saw your comment about upgrading/moving to -devel in all cases, just haven't gotten to that yet)

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            jan.kerstan @jdeloach
            last edited by

            @jdeloach said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

            You can run the following from the command prompt to see if it updates:
            "php /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php dc", copy and paste without the quotes.

            confirmed: running 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 -> pfBlockerNG 2.1.4_20 (updated, paste the MaxMind "License Key") worked!

            Thank you very much!

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by stephenw10

              I'll just add that I updated the package, filled in the key and ran an update. All went smoothly. 👍

              Steve

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                bjurkovski @dougs
                last edited by

                @dougs said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                @BBcan177
                Uninstalled pfBlockerNG and installed pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_28. Ran update as follows:

                 UPDATE PROCESS START [ 01/02/20 16:36:16 ]

===[  DNSBL Process  ]================================================

Saving DNSBL database... completed

Clearing all DNSBL Feeds completed
Reloading Unbound Resolver..... completed
DNSBL update [ 0 | PASSED  ]... completed
------------------------------------------------------------------------

===[  GeoIP Process  ]============================================

MaxMind Database downloading and processing ( approx 4MB ) ... Please wait ...

Download Process Starting [ 01/02/20 16:36:16 ]
 /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country.tar.gz		200 OK
 /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-Country-CSV.zip		200 OK
Download Process Ended [ 01/02/20 16:36:17 ]

Country code update Start
 Processing ISO IPv4 Continent/Country Data
 Processing ISO IPv6 Continent/Country Data [ 01/02/20 16:36:23 ]
 Creating pfBlockerNG Continent PHP files
 IPv4 Africa			 [ 01/02/20 16:36:24 ]
 IPv6 Africa			 [ 01/02/20 16:36:25 ]
 IPv4 Antarctica		
 IPv6 Antarctica		
 IPv4 Asia			
 IPv6 Asia			
 IPv4 Europe			
 IPv6 Europe			 [ 01/02/20 16:36:27 ]
 IPv4 North America		
 IPv6 North America		 [ 01/02/20 16:36:28 ]
 IPv4 Oceania			
 IPv6 Oceania			 [ 01/02/20 16:36:29 ]
 IPv4 South America		
 IPv6 South America		
 IPv4 Proxy and Satellite	
 IPv6 Proxy and Satellite	
 IPv4 Top Spammers		
 IPv6 Top Spammers		
 pfBlockerNG Reputation Tab
Country Code Update Ended



===[  IPv4 Process  ]=================================================

[ DNSBLIP_v4 ]			 Downloading update [ 01/02/20 16:36:29 ] .
[ DNSBLIP_v4 ] file_get_contents(/var/db/pfblockerng/DNSBLIP_v4.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory


 [ pfB_DNSBLIP_v4 - DNSBLIP_v4 ] Download FAIL
   Local File Failure


The Following List has been REMOVED [ DNSBLIP_v4 ]


===[  Aliastables / Rules  ]==========================================

No changes to Firewall rules, skipping Filter Reload
No Changes to Aliases, Skipping pfctl Update

 UPDATE PROCESS ENDED

                Looks like an error with DNSBLIP?

                ~Doug

                Having the same issue

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                • fireodoF
                  fireodo @bjurkovski
                  last edited by

                  @bjurkovski said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                  @dougs said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                  @BBcan177
                  Uninstalled pfBlockerNG and installed pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_28. Ran update as follows:

                  Looks like an error with DNSBLIP?

                  ~Doug

                  Having the same issue

                  Maybe an Force Update can help?
                  Something else - I switched from pfblockerng to pfblockerng-devel an there is a increase of RAM usage from about 13% - is it also in your case?

                  Thanks,
                  fireodo

                  Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
                  SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
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                  Packages: Apcupsd Cron Iftop Iperf LCDproc Nmap pfBlockerNG RRD_Summary Shellcmd Snort Speedtest System_Patches.

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                    SteveITS Rebel Alliance @SteveITS
                    last edited by SteveITS

                    @teamits said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                    @BBcan177 , on pfBlockerNG, v2.1.4_20, it looks like if I open the plugin page (Firewall/pfBlockerNG) the MaxMind License Key field is blank. maxmind_key is populated in the saved config file, which I saved after entering it

                    I checked several times yesterday and the field had the key in it each time I logged in. On a hunch waited until overnight again, and this morning the field is blank in the GUI. Seems so unlikely but is there some way it could disappear overnight? If I export the config file this morning it's missing, compared to my last export 3 days ago:

                    <enable_log/>
                    <skipfeed>0</skipfeed>
                    <log_maxlines>20000</log_maxlines>
                    <maxmind_key>****</maxmind_key>
                    <maxmind_locale>en</maxmind_locale>
                    <database_cc/>
                    <inbound_interface>wan</inbound_interface>

                    vs

                    <enable_log/>
                    <maxmind_locale>en</maxmind_locale>
                    <database_cc/>
                    <skipfeed>0</skipfeed>
                    <log_maxlines>20000</log_maxlines>
                    <inbound_interface>wan</inbound_interface>

                    FWIW this is on an SG-4860 and it hasn't restarted in months.

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                      MarcO42
                      last edited by

                      Hi,
                      just a quiston: If Idon't want to use GeoIP and set "Disable MaxMind CSV database Updates" checkbox I'm already get an notification every hour that "MaxMind need a license". Is there a way to block this spam without disabling the notification or uninistalling pfBlockerNG?
                      Cheers
                      Marco

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                      • BBcan177B
                        BBcan177 Moderator @MarcO42
                        last edited by

                        @MarcO42
                        You need to disable the "Action" settings in the GeoIP tab and any IPv4/6 aliases that use the "GeoIP" state for the notifications to stop.

                        "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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                          christopa1999
                          last edited by

                          Instead of sign up Maxmind, can we use IP2Location database as replacement?

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                          • Sergei_ShablovskyS
                            Sergei_Shablovsky @christopa1999
                            last edited by

                            @christopa1999 said in pfBlockerNG MaxMind Registration required to continue to use the GeoIP functionality!:

                            Instead of sign up Maxmind, can we use IP2Location database as replacement?

                            Why avoid registration?
                            Just using MaxMind at this moment and after IP2locations integration ready, - just choose. ;)

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                              jt
                              last edited by

                              i followed the procedure and saved the registration key in our pfsense box, however, after ~1h I started to receive the email notifications again. when I checked back the box, the license key was missing. tried to put it again & save, same result. tried to generate a new key, no change.

                              does anyone know what might be wrong, please?

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                                provels @jt
                                last edited by

                                @jt Did you do a Reload/Force?

                                Peder

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                                • BBcan177B
                                  BBcan177 Moderator @jt
                                  last edited by

                                  @jt
                                  When you hit "save" did you get an error message... you probably didn't use the correct License key. Its only alpha-numeric with no spaces etc...

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

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                                    provels @BBcan177
                                    last edited by

                                    @BBcan177 And the license key, not the token like the other guy did...

                                    Peder

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                                      jt
                                      last edited by

                                      i did do reload
                                      i didn't get any error message
                                      i did fill the license key, paste as plain text, the long number, not the short one (token)

                                      still getting notifications :/

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                                        provels @jt
                                        last edited by provels

                                        @jt So your Key is a 16 char mixed-case alpha-numeric something like this?
                                        dkhLGtU8fBz3v1nN
                                        If so, I'd suggest getting a new Key.

                                        Peder

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                                          jt
                                          last edited by

                                          @provels yes, 16char mixed case alpha-numeric.
                                          i did exactly that today - got a new key. same result.
                                          funnily enough, out of 4 pfsense boxes we run, just a single one started to ask for the license.. :/

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                                          • provelsP
                                            provels @jt
                                            last edited by

                                            @jt Maybe do a reinstall of the package. I've got nothing else.

                                            Peder

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