[Q] update ntopng directly from their repo?

[tswalker]

is it possible to update ntopng directly from their repo in CLI?  I have no experience on how to do so, but very hesitant because I fear it will break... a lot.

current version in their repo:
ntopng-4.3.210331.txz

current version as of OPNsense 21.1.3_3-amd64:
4.2.210309 (0) - Community Edition

[franco]

We have no experience with duplicated package names in third party repos and kindly asked everyone publishing them not to do it to avoid such conflicts.


Cheers,
Franco

[mdiorio]

Not sure where you're seeing ntop 4.2.210309 (0).  I have a fully updated OPNSense and just installed ntopng and it's at version 3.4.0 as reported in the web ui.

There's also an issue with the ntopng-geopip2update.sh file.  The URL's in the file are wrong - the subdomain doesn't exist.  Needed to update the URL's, which need to include the MaxMind license key.

There should also be a way to enter the MaxMind key in the OPNsense UI.

[packet loss]

When I recently tested ntopng I installed the plugin which was at version 3.4.0. I opened the ntopng webui and a popup window showed asking if I wanted to update to the latest 4+ version. I clicked on update but it didn't update and instead sent me to the ntop website. I found instructions on the ntop website on how to update to the latest version:

https://www.ntop.org/guides/ntopng/third_party_integrations/opnsense.html

You can install the enterprise version, and although it's just a demo, you can revert to the community edition by going to the OPNsense webui and under Services -> ntopng -> License check the community edition checkbox. All this information is provided in the link above.

I wasn't able to test it long and it seemed to work fine.

[tswalker]

Not sure where you're seeing ntop 4.2.210309 (0).  .

apology in response delay.. been very busy w/ work.

this is the version that is reported directly in ntopng > help > about pages.

3.4.0 is apparently the reported nDPI version within ntopng package