Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Snort will not start - PFSense 21.05 / FreeBSD 12.2

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved IDS/IPS
    snortsnort not start
    5 Posts 3 Posters 940 Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • F
      fst
      last edited by

      Netgate 3100 device w/ PFSense - just purchased a few days ago. Installed Snort with pay version oinkcode. Rules update worked fine. Configured Snort for WAN port. Selected the start button for Snort and the cog wheel icon just shows spinning indicating Snort is trying to start. The cog wheel icon never changes to started status. Anyone with any idea(s) why Snort will not start would be great. Thanks in advance.

      fireodoF 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • fireodoF
        fireodo @fst
        last edited by

        @fst

        Maybe you have to do this:

        Affected users can install the System Patches package and then create an entry for the patch URL https://redmine.pfsense.org/attachments/download/3707/patch-disable-pcrejit-arm.diff to apply the fix.

        Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
        SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
        pfsense 2.7.2 CE
        Packages: Apcupsd Cron Iftop Iperf LCDproc Nmap pfBlockerNG RRD_Summary Shellcmd Snort Speedtest System_Patches.

        F 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • bmeeksB
          bmeeks
          last edited by

          @fireodo is correct. You either need to install the System Patches package, and then the PHP patch he referenced.

          The problem is that PHP itself is crashing when some Perl regex functions are called, and that crash subsequently kills Snort.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • F
            fst @fireodo
            last edited by

            @fireodo Thanks for the information. I have worked around with this issue for a few days now. No resolve. This is the first Netgate device I have deployed and it is already requiring way too much time to get basic services working. Each service seems to have a problem(s) according to the research on this forum site. I will go back to using Sonicwall and Ubiquiti products. Just thought I would give Netgate / PFSense a try. Thanks again.

            fireodoF 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • fireodoF
              fireodo @fst
              last edited by

              @fst said in Snort will not start - PFSense 21.05 / FreeBSD 12.2:

              Thanks again.

              You're welcome. Sorry for not getting it working!

              Regards,
              fireodo

              Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
              SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
              pfsense 2.7.2 CE
              Packages: Apcupsd Cron Iftop Iperf LCDproc Nmap pfBlockerNG RRD_Summary Shellcmd Snort Speedtest System_Patches.

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • First post
                Last post
              Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.