I created a test version of a RPZ add-on and I am looking for feedback

jon · 19 December 2024 17:54

Let’s try the install again from the beginning.

Copy the rpz-beta-0.1.17-17.ipfire.tar file to the /opt/pakfire/tmp/ directory. Please speak up if you need assistance with this!

Then:

# 1 - go to this directory:
cd /opt/pakfire/tmp/

# 2 - list the file
ls -l /opt/pakfire/tmp

# 3 - uncompress the file:
tar xvf rpz-beta-0.1.17-17.ipfire.tar

# 4 - check to make sure there are files there:
ls -l /opt/pakfire/tmp

# 5 - copy this one file to a new location
cp -v ROOTFILES /opt/pakfire/db/rootfiles/rpz

# 6 - install RPZ
NAME=rpz ./install.sh

You do not need to use sudo or add a -X or rename anything. So if a step above does not work, please copy and paste the command and its results.

EDIT:
FYI - when you enter ls -l /opt/pakfire/tmp you will see this:

[root@ipfire tmp] # ls -l /opt/pakfire/tmp
total 72
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14496 Dec  9 21:32 files.tar.xz
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  1873 Dec  9 21:32 install.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   555 Dec  9 21:32 ROOTFILES
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40960 Dec 19 11:42 rpz-beta-0.1.17-17.ipfire.tar
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  2024 Dec  9 21:32 uninstall.sh
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  2268 Dec  9 21:32 update.sh
[root@ipfire tmp] #

sonic · 19 December 2024 18:32

Thank you!
It was almost in line with what I did, but I probably messed up something, this worked.

Maybe the above post should be on that wiki page.

jon · 19 December 2024 20:06

done!

Please add feedback about RPZ.

sonic · 19 December 2024 20:41

Testing it now.
AdBlock Tester: test your AdBlock extensions
96/100
Works here: Test your ad blocker (in a few simple steps) - Ads-blocker.com

Yotube adblock doesn’t work as good as uBlock Origin. Not with the lists I found.

bbitsch · 19 December 2024 20:48

Which lists do you use?
My Adblock Tester score is 100/100.

sonic · 19 December 2024 21:00

Right now I am just testing different lists.
I think I will grab most of the ones from inside of this:
uBlock/assets/assets.json at 16a0ebbfb05c4582ecc68454ba3b45b403164dde · gorhill/uBlock · GitHub

bbitsch · 19 December 2024 21:07

@sonic , these lists are not in unbound RPZ syntax!

I recommend the collection of hagezi. Links can be found on the IPFire wiki page on RPZ by @jon.

sonic · 19 December 2024 21:34

I was using the TXT lists from inside of json.
But thanks for suggestion, I’ll try it.

phantom · 19 December 2024 22:20

How would one use CLI to determine what version of RPZ is running?

Thank You!

jon · 20 December 2024 00:31

Currently there is not an easy way. Once RPZ is approved by the Core Developers than it will be much easier.

Try running this and posting the results:

grep version= /usr/sbin/rpz*

I am running rpz-beta-0.1.17-17 and I see this for the individual scripts:

[root@ipfire ~] # grep version= /usr/sbin/rpz*
/usr/sbin/rpz-config:version="2024-10-29 - v41"
/usr/sbin/rpz-functions:#	version="2024-09-01   v01"
/usr/sbin/rpz-make:version="2024-12-02 - v11"
/usr/sbin/rpz-metrics:version="2024-11-04 - v24"
/usr/sbin/rpz-sleep:version="2024-08-16"        # v05
[root@ipfire ~] #

phantom · 20 December 2024 13:40

Thanks!~ Mine prints out the same…
:
[root@ipfire ~]# grep version= /usr/sbin/rpz*
/usr/sbin/rpz-config:version=“2024-10-29 - v41”
/usr/sbin/rpz-functions:# version=“2024-09-01 v01”
/usr/sbin/rpz-make:version=“2024-12-02 - v11”
/usr/sbin/rpz-metrics:version=“2024-11-04 - v24”
/usr/sbin/rpz-sleep:version=“2024-08-16” # v05

sonic · 20 December 2024 19:48

It worked so great that… my wife got upset.
“Where are my ads!?” “Why are you changing things without asking me?!”

jon · 20 December 2024 21:15

Glad to hear it work really well!

You could add her favorite ads to the custom allowlist.

siosios · 11 January 2025 23:32

I know @jon has something in the works for something better than this down the road but for anyone that feels capable of editing the rpz.cgi you can add this.

&Header::openbox('100%', 'left',"Rpz-Metrics");

print '<br><textarea style="width:100%" rows=11 name="text" readonly="readonly">';
if ( -e "/usr/sbin/rpz-metrics" ) {
	my @metrics = `rpz-metrics`;
	print "@metrics";

}
print '</textarea>';
&Header::closebox();

to line 184 after &_print_customlists();

so it looks like:

&_print_customlists();
&Header::openbox('100%', 'left',"Rpz-Metrics");

print '<br><textarea style="width:100%" rows=11 name="text" readonly="readonly">';
if ( -e "/usr/sbin/rpz-metrics" ) {
	my @metrics = `rpz-metrics`;
	print "@metrics";

}
print '</textarea>';
&Header::closebox();
&Header::closebigbox();
&Header::closepage();

###--- End of GUI ---###

and it will give you the metrics so you don’t have to open the console to see them.

rjschilt · 12 January 2025 05:38

Thanks @jon and others for this addon.

Greatly appreciated.

I have been running pihole on a Raspberry Pi alongside ipFire for several years - this has now been replaced with your addon… less moving parts and no loss of function / defense.

Looking forward to seeing this addon included in the Pakfire stable.

Cheers,