Log Browser always empty

[RonpfS]

@sebm Go to the shell or Diagnostics / Command prompt :

ls -al /var/log/pfblockerng

total 41989
drwxr-xr-x  2 unbound  unbound        13 Dec 15 17:15 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 root     wheel          30 Oct  2 19:39 ..
-rw-------  1 unbound  unbound  56569458 Dec 15 18:22 dns_reply.log
-rw-------  1 unbound  unbound  12481370 Dec 15 18:19 dnsbl.log
-rw-------  1 unbound  unbound   3320732 Mar 29  2019 dnsbl.log_old
-rw-------  1 root     wheel    15909775 Dec 15 17:15 dnsbl_parsed_error.log
-rw-------  1 root     wheel      626075 Dec 15 17:15 error.log
-rw-------  1 root     wheel      180038 Dec 15 17:15 extras.log
-rw-------  1 root     wheel    20548660 Dec 15 18:21 ip_block.log
-rw-------  1 root     wheel      330794 Dec 15 17:15 ip_permit.log
-rw-r--r--  1 root     wheel         120 Dec 10 04:00 maxmind_ver
-rw-------  1 root     wheel    10299841 Dec 15 17:15 pfblockerng.log
-rw-r--r--  1 unbound  unbound         0 Oct  2 18:53 py_error.log

[johnpoz]

^ Exactly.. good check!

[SebM]

@ronpfs Thanks for your comment.
This is the output I get for that command:

total 13696
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel      512 Dec 15 15:10 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 root  wheel     1024 Jun  2  2020 ..
-rw-------  1 root  wheel  2382734 Dec 15 15:24 dnsbl.log
-rw-------  1 root  wheel    16336 Dec 15 15:01 dnsbl_parsed_error.log
-rw-------  1 root  wheel   664071 Dec 15 15:10 error.log
-rw-------  1 root  wheel     3331 Dec 15 15:01 extras.log
-rw-------  1 root  wheel  3011054 Dec 15 15:01 ip_block.log
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      120 Dec 13 15:01 maxmind_ver
-rw-------  1 root  wheel   730595 Dec 15 15:01 pfblockerng.log

[johnpoz]

@sebm Well you should be able to view those.. call up say the maxmind ver

Your not logged in as some other account other than admin into the webgui are you?

[RonpfS]

@sebm

tail /var/log/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.log

[ SCANR_Shodan_v4 ]		 exists.
[ SCANR_ISC_Onyphe_v4 ]		 exists.
[ DNSBLIP_v4 ]			 exists.

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

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

 UPDATE PROCESS ENDED

Then check System log, Console to see if any errors are displayed.
No Crash report in the Dashboard ?

[SebM]

@johnpoz I confirm being logged in as admin, and do not even have other users created.

I tried to open that very file after having enabled MaxMind the other day, before posting here.

Here's the sad screenshot of what I see:

[johnpoz]

Can you try it with a different browser? Are you using any sort of addons in your browser that could block stuff?

[SebM]

@ronpfs There you go my friend:

Shell Output - tail /var/log/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.log

Alias table IP Counts
-----------------------------
   22091 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_PRI1_v4.txt

pfSense Table Stats
-------------------
table-entries hard limit   400000
Table Usage Count         140261

 UPDATE PROCESS ENDED [ 12/15/20 15:01:40 ]

I don't see any errors in Status / System Logs / System / General

No crash report in Dashboard that I can see.

[RonpfS]

@sebm Try F5 or CTRL-F5 to refresh the code.

Maybe something went wrong last time you upgraded. Disable pfBlockerNG, reinstall pfBlockerNG, enable pfBlockerNG.

[SebM]

@johnpoz I use Safari and have no Extensions enabled.

Just tried the same with a clean Firefox, same problem.
Nothing in the Log/File Details or Log sections...

Should I try a reboot?

[SebM]

@ronpfs said in Log Browser always empty:

Maybe something went wrong last time you upgraded. Disable pfBlockerNG, reinstall pfBlockerNG, enable pfBlockerNG.

As suggested:

1. disabled
2. uninstalled
3. re-installed
4. re-enabled

Same problem...

[RonpfS]

@sebm You can view files with Diagnostics / Edit File tab.
You can also download File with the Diagnostics / Command Prompt tab.

[SebM]

@sebm said in Log Browser always empty:

Should I try a reboot?

FYI,
I did the unimaginable after a 120 days uptime: rebooted.
Same problem persists...

[SebM]

@ronpfs said in Log Browser always empty:

@sebm You can view files with Diagnostics / Edit File tab.
You can also download File with the Diagnostics / Command Prompt tab.

That's right my friend: I confirm I was able to open or download any files from the /var/log/pfblockerng/ folder using these two methods.

Is that your subtle way to say "forget about it", use a workaround?

[RonpfS]

@sebm What version of pfsense ? No disk full ?

[RonpfS]

@sebm said in Log Browser always empty:

Is that your subtle way to say "forget about it", use a workaround?

It's a way for you to inspect log files until @BBcan177 find time to read your post.

[SebM]

@ronpfs said in Log Browser always empty:

@sebm What version of pfsense ? No disk full ?

pfSense 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_5
I have 450GB of space left

@ronpfs said in Log Browser always empty:

It's a way for you inspect log files until @BBcan177 find time to read your post.

It is what it is I suppose. I sure appreciate your time trying to help!

Should I try to install version 3.0.0_6?

[stepheng]

As stated before, I have exactly the same problem. I am running
2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)

pfBlockerNG-devel net 3.0.0_3

which obviously needs updating to _5 or is it _6 now?

I can see all the log files in the /var directory and access them directly via the diagnostics / edit file, but not via the pfBlockerNG menus.

I am running on a PC Engines APU2 device with a relatively small SSD but I do not have much used disk space:

Disk usage:
/
8% of 11GiB - zfs
/tmp
0% of 10GiB - zfs
/var
8% of 11GiB - zfs
/zroot
0% of 10GiB - zfs
/var/run
5% of 3.4MiB - ufs in RAM

This is more annoying than anything else. PfBlocker is clearly working and the logs show nothing strange (at least to my eyes).

The tail of my pfblockerng.log reads ....

Database Sanity check [ PASSED ]

Masterfile/Deny folder uniq check
Deny folder/Masterfile uniq check

Sync check (Pass=No IPs reported)

Alias table IP Counts

21104 total
21067 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_PRI1_v4.txt
37 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_PRI1_6_v6.txt

pfSense Table Stats

table-entries hard limit 400000
Table Usage Count 139282

UPDATE PROCESS ENDED [ 12/16/20 10:00:20 ]

[johnpoz]

And your seeing the same blank file section?

If not showing you which log file its trying to open or that is doesn't exist.. Points to reason being blank is its not trying to even open anything.

Could be a browser side problem..

[Gertjan]

@johnpoz said in Log Browser always empty:

Could be a browser side problem..

Note : I'm not seeing any issues.

It's the user, by selecting the "Log/File type" and then "Log/File selection" a fires a POST against the pfSense WebGUI/pfblockerng_log.php - ajax does it's job, and returns the info.
Nothings special, exactly the same thing is happening on the dashboard page (does your auto refresh work ?) , and other pfSense WebGUI pages.

edit : even this forum.netgate.com is using ajax heavily, right now, while your reading and typing.

I tried some basic "ajax" debugging with my browser (Firefox) as they all have some 'web development' functionalities integrated.

Hit Shift-Ctrl-E to access the "network" part direcly.
It will show up at the bottom.
Now, open the Firewall > pfBlockerNG > Log Browser page.
Select your file.

You will (should) see this at the bottom of the network-log-list-windows :

Clickint twice on this line will show the content being send from the webGUi to the browser (the file itself is base64 encoded).

/maxmind_ver|TWF4TWluZCBHZW9MaXRlMiBEYXRlL1RpbWUgU3RhbXAKTGFzdC1Nb2RpZmllZDogV2VkLCAwOSBEZWMgMjAyMCAxOTo0MDo1NSBHTVQKRHVwbGljYXRlIFJlcHJlc2VudGVkIElQNCBOZXR3b3JrczogNzgyNTUK|

You see the same thing ?