Good morning Adolf,

you missed to update the language cache after extracting the archive,
so the language strings are missing and the WUI infinite loops here.

Best regards,

-Stefan
 
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> I did a fresh install of the latest tar file and ran the convert
> script. It ran for a bit longer than in the past and then stopped
> with no errors.
> 
> I then went to the WUI page and it showed "Downloading and unpacking
> new ruleset. Please wait until all operations have completed
> successfully..."
> 
> It is still showing that message after more than 5 minutes and the
> error log has a large number of the following lines in it:-
> 
> Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> 288.
> Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> 288.
> Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> 288.
> Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> 288.
> 
> The number of lines keeps increasing with time so it seems something
> is in a loop. So this time I never even got to see the IDS WUI page.
> Reloading the IPFire browser and re-selecting IDS gives the same
> message.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adolf.
> 
> On 10/04/2021 22:56, Adolf Belka wrote:
> > Hi Stefan,
> > 
> > I copied the new tarfile to my ipfire vm testbed machine and
> > extracted it and ran the converter script. No errors. I then used
> > the wui page to add a new provider to the list then selected to
> > customize the rules and ticked the box for the added rules. Then I
> > pressed apply and got a blank white screen again.
> > 
> > 
> > The error log has the following:-
> > 
> > Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> > 288.
> > Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> > 288.
> > Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> > 288.
> > Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> > 288.
> > Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> > 288.
> > Smartmatch is experimental at /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/ids.cgi line
> > 288.
> > Could not open /var/ipfire/suricata/oinkmaster-provider-
> > includes.conf. Permission denied
> > 
> > 
> > ls- hal of /var/ipfire/suricata shows the following
> > 
> > drwxr-xr-x  2 nobody nobody 4.0K Apr 10 22:47 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 49 root   root   4.0K Apr  5 08:20 ..
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody    0 Dec 14 19:05 ignored
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root   root    21K Apr  1 20:00 oinkmaster.conf
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody   61 Apr 10 14:40 oinkmaster-modify-
> > sids.conf
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root   root      0 Apr 10 14:54 oinkmaster-provider-
> > includes.conf
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody   55 Apr 10 22:47 providers-settings
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root   root   6.0K Apr  5 07:13 ruleset-sources
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody  102 Apr 10 14:54 settings
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody  140 Apr 10 22:41 suricata-dns-
> > servers.yaml
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody  125 Apr 10 14:54 suricata-emerging-
> > used-rulefiles.yaml
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody  159 Apr 10 22:41 suricata-homenet.yaml
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody   98 Apr 10 14:40 suricata-http-
> > ports.yaml
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody   95 Apr 10 14:54 suricata-static-
> > included-rulefiles.yaml
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody   76 Apr 10 22:47 suricata-urlhaus-
> > used-rulefiles.yaml
> > -rw-r--r--  1 nobody nobody  214 Apr 10 14:54 suricata-used-
> > providers.yaml
> > 
> > Three of the files are owned root:root while all the others are
> > nobody:nobody
> > 
> > 
> > The above was with extracting and applying the updated tar file on
> > top of IPFire after running the last version.
> > 
> > I will do a fresh clone of my IPFire vm and then repeat the tar
> > extraction and convert and see if that gives any difference.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Adolf
> > 
> > On 10/04/2021 20:25, Stefan Schantl wrote:
> > > Hello list followers,
> > > 
> > > after getting a lot of feedback and bug reports I'm happy to
> > > announce the third test version for the new IDS system.
> > > 
> > > https://people.ipfire.org/~stevee/ids-multiple-providers/ids-multiple-providers-003.tar.gz
> > > 
> > > If you just join testing, please omit the installation
> > > instructions
> > > from the initial Mail from this list.
> > > 
> > > The converter script now works as expected and runs very smooth.
> > > 
> > > As usual please post your feedback and opinions to this list and
> > > any
> > > remain bugs to our bugtracker. (https://bugzilla.ipfire.org)
> > > 
> > > A big thanks in advance,
> > > 
> > > -Stefan
> > >