Suricata 2.0.4 fails to install

BearOne

Hi,
I tried to install suricata today (fresh installation, pfSense 2.15 AMD64, suricata 2.0.4 pkg v2.1.1, but no luck.

Installation hangs at "Executing custom_php_install_command()…"
Deinstallation troublesome, too. Hangs at "Deinstall commands...". Trying 2 or 3 times the package gets deinstalled.

Other installed packages before: 1 (Open-VM-Tools, pfSense running on a ESXi-Host)

Any hints?

Oh, and merry christmas :-)

bmeeks

@BearOne:

Hi,
I tried to install suricata today (fresh installation, pfSense 2.15 AMD64, suricata 2.0.4 pkg v2.1.1, but no luck.

Installation hangs at "Executing custom_php_install_command()…"
Deinstallation troublesome, too. Hangs at "Deinstall commands...". Trying 2 or 3 times the package gets deinstalled.

Other installed packages before: 1 (Open-VM-Tools, pfSense running on a ESXi-Host)

Any hints?

Oh, and merry christmas :-)

Can you post the system log messages from the period during the attempted package install?

Bill

BearOne

Dec 26 19:33:55 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: Beginning package installation for suricata .
Dec 26 19:33:56 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
Dec 26 19:35:25 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: [Suricata] Installing free GeoIP country database files…
Dec 26 19:35:25 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: [Suricata] Updating the GeoIP country database files…
Dec 26 19:35:27 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: [Suricata] GeoIP database update finished.
Dec 26 19:35:28 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall

Installation window shows:
Loading package instructions…
Custom commands...
Executing custom_php_install_command()...

That's all.

Installation some days ago with previous version worked like a charm.

bmeeks

@BearOne:

Dec 26 19:33:55 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: Beginning package installation for suricata .
Dec 26 19:33:56 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
Dec 26 19:35:25 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: [Suricata] Installing free GeoIP country database files…
Dec 26 19:35:25 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: [Suricata] Updating the GeoIP country database files…
Dec 26 19:35:27 php: /pkg_mgr_install.php: [Suricata] GeoIP database update finished.
Dec 26 19:35:28 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall

Installation window shows:
Loading package instructions…
Custom commands...
Executing custom_php_install_command()...

That's all.

Installation some days ago with previous version worked like a charm.

Have you tried removing the package by clicking the X icon to completely delete the package? If not, try that and then install it again.

Another user had a similar issue I believe, but I was never able to reproduce it in my test virtual machines.

Bill

BearOne

Hi again,

thx for the suggestion, but I tried all 3 (deinstall,reinstall,reinstall gui c.) several times, and made complete new VMs also. Did not work out so far.

Strange.

bmeeks

@BearOne:

Hi again,

thx for the suggestion, but I tried all 3 (deinstall,reinstall,reinstall gui c.) several times, and made complete new VMs also. Did not work out so far.

Strange.

Open a console session on the firewall and try this command after attempting to install the package again:


php /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_post_install.php

Post any console screen output messages that look suspicious, and also post the system log output from the same time period.

Bill

pihl

Have the same issue, here is the output

php /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_post_install.php
Content-type: text/html

Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_post_install.php on line 123

BearOne

Yep, that's my output, too. Tried on a different machine today, same result.

bmeeks

@pihl:

Have the same issue, here is the output

php /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_post_install.php
Content-type: text/html

Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /usr/local/pkg/suricata/suricata_post_install.php on line 123

Ah-ha .. ;D! That's the bug report I needed. Let me examine the offending line and see what's up.

Edit: I see the problem. I will submit the fix for review and approval by the pfSense Team in the next couple of days.

BearOne

Great! Thank you!

bmeeks

The Pull Request containing the fix has been posted for the pfSense Developers to review and merge. Here is a link for anyone wishing to follow the progress: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense-packages/pull/761

Bill

bmeeks

The "fails to install bug" in the Suricata package should now be fixed with the latest update of the package to Suricata 2.0.4 pkg v2.1.2.

Bill

BearOne

Confirmed, everything runnin' now.

Thanks again for the fast response and fix!