Cloud (Central) Management: PFMonitor

[FATeknollogee]

Just a curious question...

https://www.pfmonitor.com
Why is PFMonitor "banned" from being able to "manage" OPNsense instances?

This seems like a good use case for some OPNsense users?

[mimugmail]

Why should it be banned? Its technically not possible to block a kind of solution

[franco]

Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time. ;)

What makes you put "banned" in bold letters? I couldn't find "banned" on the website and you don't give context which is either withholding information or unsolicited advertising.

Only this is on the website:

OPNSense 17.7 - 18.1.2 (Discontinued after 18.1.2)

As far as small American business here goes I think in this particular case the revenue stream from Europe through OPNsense is probably not desired for one reason or another.


Cheers,
Franco

[FATeknollogee]

fyi: I do not work for PFMonitor and I have not used this application.

I used the word "banned" because of the following reply I received from Brent at PFMonitor.

I asked if current versions of OPNsense 23.x (and beyond) would work with PFMonitor?

He said:No.
"It was made impossible to support by the developers of OpenSense they added code that uninstalls my plug-in if it's found during any update"

[mimugmail]

Nonsense, the code is open, have a look at it :)
Maybe he is not aware of how to handle it

[FATeknollogee]

I am just reporting what he told me.
I have sent him a link to this thread.

[franco]

So all those years ago I was helping the author out converting his code to a native plugin, building it and providing it to him in a free private repository from GitHub. At some point I removed it since I was under the impression he would have made a copy by then.

This little insight should shed a light on the previous claim regarding the technical skill at play here.


Cheers,
Franco

[FATeknollogee]

@Franco
Thank you for providing valuable detail.