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    PfBlockerNG won't start after 2.4 upgrade

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      mgaudette
      last edited by

      After upgrading to 2.4 (straight upgrade through web UI- did not reinstall pfSense for ZFS yet) the only thing that I have yet to fix is pfBlockerNG. It just wont start when I press the little "start" icon in the Dashboards services panel.  Nowhere does it give me an error (System logs  - General or pfBlockNG page logs). It just fails quietly, and I can see there are no pf rules in the WAN firewall rules (or any other interface for that matter).

      I did see a seemingly relevant forum post, I tried unchecking "keep settings" and removing/reinstalling package, no success there. I'm ok with losing my pfBlockedNG configuration, I can reconfigure it easily.

      Any idea?

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        mervincm
        last edited by

        I am far from a PFblocker expert, but are you referring to dnsbl service? I have been assuming that's not the main PFblocker functionality, instead that represents the DNS Block List only.  DNS Block list is enabled separately. on my system I have yet to configure DNS Block, and I see this service not tarted as well. I also see PFblockerNG stopping packets, so I know the main functionality is working.

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        • BBcan177B
          BBcan177 Moderator
          last edited by

          Did you follow this quick start guide:    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102470.msg572943#msg572943

          Also the DNS Resolver must be enabled to use DNSBL.

          "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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            mgaudette
            last edited by

            I am far from a PFblocker expert, but are you referring to dnsbl service?

            I am only using GeoIP blocking (blocking China for example), I do not use (yet) DNSBL functionality.  The whole package simply won`t start, but does not give me any errors. I just upgraded to 2.4.1, and I seem to notice the pfBlockerNG version had changed too, but that didn't fix anything.

            While I don`t think it is relevant to my issue, DNS resolver is NOT running, but I do have "bind" up and running instead.

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              mgaudette
              last edited by

              More info - I actually now see that it`s up and running (was that following  the 2.4.1 upgrade? possibly) but  the service tabs shows it stopped (little red "stopped" icon)

              Less of a problem, but still a minor one as I cannot rely on my dashboard to tell me what`s working or not.

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                mgaudette
                last edited by

                Well, I answered my own problem which was basically that the service tabs shows the pfBlockNG DNSBL "sub-functionnality", but not pfBlockerNG`s functionality itself.

                Sorry about that

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                • BBcan177B
                  BBcan177 Moderator
                  last edited by

                  As an FYI, in the pfSense Dashboard - Services widget, you can click on the wrench icon and hide services that you do not wish to see…

                  "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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                    mgaudette
                    last edited by

                    you can click on the wrench icon and hide services that you do not wish to see…

                    Thank you,  I did not know that

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