Thanks Micah. That fixed it. Deleting freshclam.dat allowed it to connect to the local mirror. cheers
On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 6:25 AM Micah Snyder (micasnyd) <micas...@cisco.com> wrote: > Hi j, > > I see you are seeing this error, even though you're having it use your own > private database mirror: > "FreshClam previously received error code 429 or 403 from the ClamAV > Content Delivery Network (CDN)." > > When freshclam fails to download because of a 429 or 403 error code the > database mirror, it will record this in the freshclam.dat file next to > the databases. Subsequent attempts to run freshclam will just check that > file and self-rate limit until 24 hours have passed. After that expires, > freshclam will actually try to update again. > > I doubt your own private mirror served up a 429 or 403 error message, so > it's possible you got that prior to switching over to your private > mirror. To speed things up, try deleting the freshclam.dat file in your > database directory, then try freshclam again. > > Regards, > Micah > > Micah Snyder (they/them) > ClamAV Development > Talos > Cisco Systems, Inc. > ------------------------------ > *From:* clamav-users <clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net> on behalf of > j via clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2024 2:24 AM > *To:* clamav-users@lists.clamav.net <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> > *Cc:* j <jcpars...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* [clamav-users] Issue getting private local mirror to work > > Hello, > I have set up cvdupdate on my server and apache to serve the files - no > issues there, cvdupdate checks and gets the latest updates. > Issue is with downstream servers. I can curl the files directly, but > freshclam wont get them. > I've set the following in freshclam.conf: > DNSDatabaseInfo no > DatabaseMirror https://cvdupdate.host/db > > But on running freshclam I am still getting: > # freshclam --debug > ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 17 15:39:10 2024 > WARNING: Can't query no > WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode. > WARNING: FreshClam previously received error code 429 or 403 from the > ClamAV Content Delivery Network (CDN). > This means that you have been rate limited or blocked by the CDN. > 1. Verify that you're running a supported ClamAV version. > See https://docs.clamav.net/faq/faq-eol.html for details. > 2. Run FreshClam no more than once an hour to check for updates. > FreshClam should check DNS first to see if an update is needed. > 3. If you have more than 10 hosts on your network attempting to download, > it is recommended that you set up a private mirror on your network > using > cvdupdate (https://pypi.org/project/cvdupdate/) to save bandwidth on > the > CDN and your own network. > 4. Please do not open a ticket asking for an exemption from the rate > limit, > it will not be granted. > WARNING: You are still on cool-down until after: 2024-07-17 18:32:06 > > Any assistance would be appreciated please. > Thanks > >
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