Hello,

What is the rationale for five attempts? Why not three?

-Michael

> On 23 Mar 2022, at 04:04, Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
> ---
> config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl b/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
> index eb276030b..c8bc52b1b 100644
> --- a/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
> +++ b/config/cfgroot/ids-functions.pl
> @@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ sub downloadruleset ($) {
> 	# If no provider is given default to "all".
> 	$provider //= 'all';
> 
> +	# The amount of download attempts before giving up and
> +	# logging an error.
> +	my $max_dl_attempts = 5;
> +
> 	# Hash to store the providers and access id's, for which rules should be downloaded.
> 	my %sheduled_providers = ();
> 
> @@ -364,19 +368,33 @@ sub downloadruleset ($) {
> 		# Pass the requested url to the downloader.
> 		my $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url);
> 
> -		# Perform the request and save the output into the tmpfile.
> -		my $response = $downloader->request($request, $tmpfile);
> +		my $dl_attempt = 1;
> +		my $response;
> 
> -		# Check if there was any error.
> -		unless ($response->is_success) {
> -			# Obtain error.
> -			my $error = $response->content;
> +		# Download and retry on failure.
> +		while ($dl_attempt <= $max_dl_attempts) {
> +			# Perform the request and save the output into the tmpfile.
> +			$response = $downloader->request($request, $tmpfile);
> 
> -			# Log error message.
> -			&_log_to_syslog("Unable to download the ruleset. \($error\)");
> +			# Check if the download was successfull.
> +			if($response->is_success) {
> +				# Break loop.
> +				last;
> 
> -			# Return "1" - false.
> -			return 1;
> +			# Check if we ran out of download re-tries.
> +			} elsif ($dl_attempt eq $max_dl_attempts) {
> +				# Obtain error.
> +				my $error = $response->content;
> +
> +				# Log error message.
> +				&_log_to_syslog("Unable to download the ruleset. \($error\)");
> +
> +				# Return "1" - false.
> +				return 1;
> +			}
> +
> +			# Increase download attempt counter.
> +			$dl_attempt++;
> 		}
> 
> 		# Obtain the connection headers.
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>