Proxylizer VMware image

Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:07 am

VMware image is available for the Proxylizer, which allows you to install Proxylizer on any OS (even on Windows).
More information about VMware image and installation steps,
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Proxylize ... l_method_2

bigskinsfan · Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:16 pm

Anyone get this to work? Maybe I'm missing some steps. Installed VMWare and the Proxylizer image. When I try to access the site via a browser, nothing comes up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

janisk · Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:33 pm

did you booted up and logged in it?

have you configured networking for VMware guests?

bigskinsfan · Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:51 pm

I can login to the Debian image through the VMware console. I also see the VMware network adapter in Network Connections. When I put the IP address of the VM image in a browser, it fails. I can ping the IP address.

bigskinsfan · Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:52 pm

I think the bottom line is, we don't have the proper privileges to make the changes within the Proxylizer/Debian image. Any time I try to change the IP address (or anything else) it says that I'm not authorized. Login is proxylizer and pwd is rootroot.

janisk · Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:37 pm

you should have to be logged in as root to do changes, hence, a bit familiar with Debian linux.

if you logged in as normal user - do $ sudo su

when prompted for password, enter users password again and then you should be able to set address.

also, as far as i know, dhcp client is configured on the interface, so if you have dhcp server by any change you can use that.

csickles · Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:35 pm

I have been poking arround. and tried editing the interfaces file...

NO communications... (after reboot)

I ran a ifconfig, and it shows the lookback interface but no "eth0"...

DoHHHHHHH..... no ethernet interface for the "LAN" to bind to......

NEXT ???

janisk · Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:04 am

have you configured your VMware server or player with networking?

as root, have you ran

ifconfig -a

to see what interfaces you have?

have you checked out

man interfaces

on what you have to write exactly in that /etc/network/interfaces file?

NEXT ???

gtrappmann · Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:32 pm

ifconfig eth1 inet down
ifconfig eth1 inet up 192.168.0.111 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255

in browser 192.168.0.111/proxylizer

tadaaaa !!!!

csickles · Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:39 pm

COOL...

Will give it a smack along side the head today and see what falls out !!

THX..

Craig

csickles · Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:47 pm

Ok...

Smacked it in the head, and here is what rolled out...

Proxylizer came up, I can get to the "setup screen for email / report users.
I can see the statistics page... NO DATA,,, the system is not accepting the syslog data from the router.

I have NO IP addresses available.. I guess due to no data...

I cant get to a SQL setup screen... (And the link to the screen shot on the WIKI is broken..) so I cant get a URL to see if it is setup incorrectly...

NEXT ???

janisk · Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:14 pm

check your remote logging on the router, make sure router is correctly sending log to proxylizer.

also you can check /var/log/proxylizer/ for logs and see whats there.

gtrappmann · Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:13 pm

hi...

i have the same problem.... logging in router is correct (i log paralel in memory)

i reach proxilizer with web interface but no logging data...
/var/log/proxylizer/ is empty

bigskinsfan · Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:44 am

How about a pre-built IOS with Debian (or whatever Linux flavor you think works best), MySQL, and Proxylizer configured so we can load it up on a system. That would probably help rookies as well as veterans alike. The biggest thing is, I believe that this is an essential tool.

janisk · Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:59 am

ok, little update

crontab is missing one entry:

* *     * * *           /var/www/proxylizer/checkwebproxy.sh >> /var/log/proxylizer/checkwebproxy.log &

on details where to add it look here:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Proxylize ... generation

ayufan · Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:17 pm

it would be best if you will create .deb package for easy installation :)

csickles · Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:58 pm

Command not found.

Next..

csickles · Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:58 pm

Command not found.

Next..

gtrappmann · Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:26 pm

yeeeeeeeha.......... it runs

thanx janisk

bigskinsfan · Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:33 pm

My apologies. I meant ISO.

janisk · Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:36 pm

Command not found.

Next..

you should have red this

especially part that starts after magical words:

Put two scripts in cron sheduler.

btw, new VMware guest image is put up with that line added, just download new one and do the network configuration stuff.

csickles · Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:26 pm

I did, I did, I did....

In NOT an X head...

so the lines dont mean that much to me..

I will pull the updated image.... THX...

Have a great one..

csickles · Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:07 pm

With new VM image...

NO new data is obtained. (checked logging settings)...

No email / reports generated..

checked SMTP settings...

Ip address updated and pings to the router and the mail system are ok.

Mail allow rules created (Mail frontier / Sonicwall) routers can send mail to exchange..

Next ??

bigskinsfan · Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:25 am

Has anyone been able to get this to work properly? Basically, has anyone been able to receive data and review it through the Proxylizer VMware image? If so, please let me know how. I can access Proxylizer, but there is no data whatsoever. Please help.
Thanks in advance!

bigskinsfan · Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:24 pm

I take it by the lack of response that the answer is that nobody has been able to get the proxylizer VMware image to work. Sad that something with so much potential just doesn't work.

janisk · Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:24 pm

go to this link:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Proxylizer

and follow steps in getting started, check if all the files are in correct places.
because before archiving image it wast tested and it worked.

if you need help about basic linux configuration:

http://debian.org

as it is debian linux used there.

also, make sure that networking on your vmware host is working properly and is set up correctly.

I can assure you it is working. With information you give i can only conclude that you have not put in any effort to get it working. Sorry if i am mistaken, but then give more information where the problem is - what packets do arrive, if mashine is reachable at all, networking is fonctional and no NAT configuration is used etc. etc.

bigskinsfan · Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:20 am

If you read some of the previous posts, you will see that I'm not the only one having this problem. I didn't build out a Linux system. I downloaded, installed, and configured the VMware Proxylizer image according to the Mikrotik instructions. I added the changes to ROS so that it can talk to Proxylizer. I can ping Proxylizer and access it through a browser. It just doesn't receive data. The interesting thing is no one outside of Mikrotik has come forward to say that they have been able to get the VMware Proxylizer image to work. I have built and rebuilt this setup numerous times all in hopes of getting it to work. So far, no luck.

So I am still looking for someone who has been able to implement the VMware Proxylizer image successfully. Hopefully, then I can get some guidance in figuring out what I'm doing wrong or what has been left out that is preventing a successful setup.

janisk · Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:16 pm

well, if you can ping that vmware guest and connect to it, and it is reachable from router that is sending out the logs, and is set up to send out correct logs, but still no luck on any data in the analyzer.

Check if crontab entries are set up correctly,

run:

crontab -l

to see if you have crontab entries set up. You should be able to find on one of previous posts about what and where you have to set up for that to work.

also, if you downloaded repaired vmware image there should everything be fine with crontab and should work. Please keep me informed of your crontab state, so you get proxylizer working.

engma7mod · Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:30 pm

how can i get i can't log in aweb page and command et error

MrIC · Thu May 14, 2009 6:38 pm

some help here pls
i downloaded the new image . web interface opened and i configed it
this is my config :

add bsd-syslog=no name=sendToProxylizer remote=172.16.1.49:514 src-address=0.0.0.0 syslog-facility=daemon syslog-severity=auto target=remote
add action=sendToProxylizer disabled=no prefix="" topics=web-proxy,!debug

status :

reports :

as u can see i didn't get any reports

so what i have to do ?
is there any thing wrong in my config ?

gtrappmann · Thu May 14, 2009 9:20 pm

maybe proxylizer is a fake ... like usermanager

or better a joke

Fri May 15, 2009 10:27 am

yes, proxylizer is an april fools joke. it doesn't do anything

but why usermanager, it's serious!?

MrIC · Fri May 15, 2009 1:00 pm

so can someone answer me ?
or i simply delete vmware image and forget proxylizer ?

userman · Fri May 15, 2009 1:22 pm

so can someone answer me ?
or i simply delete vmware image and forget proxylizer ?

1) Daily reports are sent on the next day. If you have created reports on 14.05.200., they will be sent 15.05.2009. Check, if you still have not received anything today after 16:00.

2) I'm not sure about Google's SMTP server requirements. Maybe it requires something, Proxylizer cannot handle. If possible, please try to use different SMTP server. Have you specified SMTP password (it is not displayed in proxylizer web because of security reasons)?

3) Try "once" report - create a new report with type "Once" and Generate time "Generate now". Check if it is generated and sent after 10 minutes.

4) Are just the emails missing, or the reports are not generated at all? Check in report table the column "Action", what do you see when moving mouse over "History"? Does it show "History: 0"? It means "no report generated". In this case something is wrong with report generation scripts. If you see "History: 1" or any other number greater than zero, it means "reports are generated, but no emails are sent"

MrIC · Fri May 15, 2009 3:46 pm

so can someone answer me ?
or i simply delete vmware image and forget proxylizer ?
1) Daily reports are sent on the next day. If you have created reports on 14.05.200., they will be sent 15.05.2009. Check, if you still have not received anything today after 16:00.

2) I'm not sure about Google's SMTP server requirements. Maybe it requires something, Proxylizer cannot handle. If possible, please try to use different SMTP server. Have you specified SMTP password (it is not displayed in proxylizer web because of security reasons)?

3) Try "once" report - create a new report with type "Once" and Generate time "Generate now". Check if it is generated and sent after 10 minutes.

4) Are just the emails missing, or the reports are not generated at all? Check in report table the column "Action", what do you see when moving mouse over "History"? Does it show "History: 0"? It means "no report generated". In this case something is wrong with report generation scripts. If you see "History: 1" or any other number greater than zero, it means "reports are generated, but no emails are sent"

1) 16:00 will be soon after 2 hours .
2) can u tell me about SMTP server works fine ? yes i specified SMTP password .
3) i will try it now , after my lunch

4) the reports are not generated at all . History 0

userman · Fri May 15, 2009 4:33 pm

4) the reports are not generated at all . History 0

Seems like this is not an SMTP error, but report generation script issue.

What do you see in files /home/proxylizer/proxylizercrontab and /var/log/proxylizer/mail_send_log.log?

MrIC · Fri May 15, 2009 11:35 pm

4) the reports are not generated at all . History 0
Seems like this is not an SMTP error, but report generation script issue.

What do you see in files /home/proxylizer/proxylizercrontab and /var/log/proxylizer/mail_send_log.log?

/home/proxylizer/proxylizercrontab

/var/log/proxylizer/mail_send_log.log

u mean that ? sorry if i did something wrong but i don't know lot about Linux

so what i have to do now

csickles · Fri May 15, 2009 11:38 pm

"yes, proxylizer is an april fools joke. it doesn't do anything "

Is this the joke or is the pckage the joke ??

Wondering out loud...

If the package is ,,, it is still working... ther are still questions being asked...

userman · Mon May 18, 2009 9:07 am

u mean that ? sorry if i did something wrong but i don't know lot about Linux

so what i have to do now

Ok, this seems all fine. Have you executed the commend from wiki:

crontab /home/proxylizer/proxylizercrontab

It tells the cron to actually use this /home/proxylizer/proxylizercrontab file as the config.

You can check, what config is active for cron, issuing the follwoing command:

 crontab -l

Cron uses different config for each user. If you are running shell as root, to check, which config is active for proxylizer user, first you need to switch the user:

su proxylizer

and the the crontab -l thing.

If you see the same content, which is displaye by cat /home/proxylizer/crontab , then cron is using the right config and the bug is elsewhere. Otherwise rerun the first command mentioned here (when you are in the shell as proxylizer user).

Mon May 18, 2009 9:12 am

craig, come on ... "sarcasm". proxylizer is working fine.

csickles · Mon May 18, 2009 6:16 pm

Im just being a b*TT because I cant get it working...

I can NEVER get data to update...

Tried all the suggested fixes and nothing...

I will bring a box to the MUM and see if I can get help building an immage that works..

Craig

userman · Tue May 19, 2009 9:36 am

Im just being a b*TT because I cant get it working...

I can NEVER get data to update...

Tried all the suggested fixes and nothing...

I will bring a box to the MUM and see if I can get help building an immage that works..

Craig

If your box has a public IP, please send access info to support at mikrotik dot com, we will log on the box and see if we could help remotely.

csickles · Thu May 21, 2009 7:20 pm

Its a VM on my DT...

Let me see when I can get the time to set it up..

Craig

csickles · Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:46 am

So..

I reloaded my system with the newest VM Player, and data started to show up via the syslog...

I have configured reports and an IP user and a SMTP gateway to my exchange server...

(I pump it thru one of my scanning gateways for ease on configuration)...

I now get no reports..

report log looks like ::

1 2000-01-12 2009-06-05 14:37:01 1 second
2 2000-01-11 2009-06-05 14:36:01 1 second
3 2000-01-10 2009-06-05 14:35:01 1 second
4 2000-01-09 2009-06-05 14:34:01 1 second
5 2000-01-08 2009-06-05 14:33:01 1 second
6 2000-01-07 2009-06-05 14:32:01 1 second
7 2000-01-06 2009-06-05 14:31:01 1 second
8 2000-01-05 2009-06-05 14:30:01 1 second
9 2000-01-04 2009-06-05 14:29:01 1 second
10 2000-01-03 2009-06-05 14:28:01 1 second
11 2000-01-02 2009-06-05 14:27:01 1 second
12 2000-01-01 2009-06-05 14:26:03 1 second
No records for this conditions!

[GO BACK]

I will make the system avail to support if Normis can drop me an email when he is avail for a few. and I will open the ports..

Craig

di9383 · Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:42 pm

The same problem. Proxylizer just shows 0 in reports history. And one more problem - after reboot of mikrotik and virtual machine with proxylizer the last one just stoped to recieve any logs at all. When I refresh the status page the information isn't changing. What the problem can be (I tried the suggestion about crowntab - it's all right).
Before reboot proxylizer was recieving the syslog information but didn't make the reports.

tgrand · Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:01 pm

Any updates on the VMWare image and Reports?

I have setup Proxylizer using VMWare Player on a WindowsXP machine.
Database is populating fine.
Report Generator is not generating reports.

The database has been populating for over 48 hours.
Still no reports.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:48 am

If you read some of the previous posts, you will see that I'm not the only one having this problem. I didn't build out a Linux system. I downloaded, installed, and configured the VMware Proxylizer image according to the Mikrotik instructions. I added the changes to ROS so that it can talk to Proxylizer. I can ping Proxylizer and access it through a browser. It just doesn't receive data. The interesting thing is no one outside of Mikrotik has come forward to say that they have been able to get the VMware Proxylizer image to work. I have built and rebuilt this setup numerous times all in hopes of getting it to work. So far, no luck.

So I am still looking for someone who has been able to implement the VMware Proxylizer image successfully. Hopefully, then I can get some guidance in figuring out what I'm doing wrong or what has been left out that is preventing a successful setup.

Can you tell me what kind of reports have you created? What date ranges, time ranges? maybe post some screenshots of your report settings

di9383 · Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:50 pm

Any updates on the VMWare image and Reports?

I have setup Proxylizer using VMWare Player on a WindowsXP machine.
Database is populating fine.
Report Generator is not generating reports.

The database has been populating for over 48 hours.
Still no reports.

You can read my answer (the last one for a moment, I didn't find the way to give a link to the post here) in this topic. I think it should help you.

bax · Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:05 pm

What is wrong with links for download VMware image? with direct link I have corupted zip file and torent is not find ...

Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:07 pm

What is wrong with links for download VMware image? with direct link I have corupted zip file and torent is not find ...

I just downloaded all the files and checked them, there are no errors, and all links are working

bax · Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:09 pm

Now Im also downloaded image OK. I dont know why before I downloaded corupted image...
Well now it was all working ... but...
Database is populating fine router sends data and status is growning.
Report Generator is not generating reports even with report - create once.
Hm I will wait another 24 hours.
I was also change default pasword for root, and username - proxylizer ...
Does I will have problem if I change password for mysql: root password - "proxylizer" ?
Or this is not need? I dont want security hole with default passwords

bax · Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:42 pm

Hm ... Database is populating fine ... but just for few hours ...
I delete image and extract it again ... and get same thing

for few hours.
Something is broken in this version of proxylizer ...
Does anybody have this image working?
Maybe is wmare player version is bad? My is 6.5