Adblock support thread

Thank you for this new version.

I just installed it (Xiaomi WiFi Router 3G), it remains to test new features.

Eh, what list blocks raw.githubusercontent.com? I'm sorry if this has been answered before.
Is there any way to find out?

EDIT: Added it to whitelist as workaround. I just thought it was a weird domain to have in a blocklist.

Most probably you are using an old adblock config with a buggy adguard regex - please update at least the adguard section and re-run adblock.

since adblock 3.6.2 you can search in backups, too ... to find out the respective source list.

@dibdot I have to stick to barrier_breaker. How can I get your latest version (3.5 or 3.6) to work with BB? I can re-build using BB sdk. Do you think that will work fine?

BB? Well, that's really quite old ... :wink:
The frontend (LuCI) won't work.
The backend should work, maybe there are procd related auto start problems, if so please set adb_trigger to timed in your adblock config. Said that, this is a completely unsupported configuration ...

Good luck!

Thanks.
Currently I am struggling to get the backend running.
I even tried setting adb_trigger to timed. No difference. Any steps to troubleshoot?
root@OpenWrt:/tmp# /etc/init.d/adblock restart
root@OpenWrt:/tmp# /etc/init.d/adblock status
::: no adblock runtime information available

No, I never used BB. Just try to start adblock directly in /usr/bin/adblock.sh and go from there ...

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Nah, adguard isn't enabled and I'm using the 3.6.3 config now.
I guess I have to enable backups and grep the files?

No, just use the query function, see here

Must be some file i need to clear maybe, I get:

:::
::: results for domain 'raw.githubusercontent.com'
:::
  + raw.githubusercontent.com
:::
::: results for domain 'githubusercontent.com'
:::
  + raw.githubusercontent.com

You haven't enabled adblock backups, with backups in place you will see something like this:

query

I made some progress, however a few errors still remain.
Will /usr/bin/adblock.sh free the shell prompt and move to background if successfully running?
I want to use the whitelist feature so believe I need to use the later versions.
I had 3.1 working on BB.

root@OpenWrt:~# /usr/bin/adblock.sh 
adblock instance started ::: action: start, priority: 0, pid: 22470
user.info adblock-3.6.3[22470]: blocklist with overall 2 domains loaded successfully (AWF-5G, OpenWrt Barrier Breaker unknown)

root@OpenWrt:~# /etc/init.d/adblock status
::: adblock runtime information
/etc/rc.common: line 138: json_load_file: not found

nslookup shows the domain blocking is not working.

Oh sorry, my mistake.
It was adb_list.urlhaus.gz.... I'll remove that list, didn't really trust it in the first place.
I really like the new features, good job!
Perhaps you could add a note in the luci-app that backups need to be enabled to get the full functionallity.

@dibdot Thanks to your help, I was able to run version 3.5.0 successfully on BB.
blacklist worked so basic things are in place.
However I am not able to use the whitelist feature.
I emptied adblock.blacklist and added a domain in adblock.whitelist and restarted the app.
However I don't see this file getting generated: /tmp/adb_list.jail
Any directions please?

root@OpenWrt:/tmp# /etc/init.d/adblock status
::: adblock runtime information
  + adblock_status  : enabled
  + adblock_version : 3.5.0
  + overall_domains : 0 (normal mode)
  + fetch_utility   : /usr/bin/uclient-fetch (libustream-ssl)
  + dns_backend     : dnsmasq (/tmp)
  + last_rundate    : 16.01.2019 12:35:24

extra option 'adb_jail' in adblock config enabled? Default is '0', enabled is '1'.

Edit: If you're only interested in the restrictive 'jail' list, it might be easier to maintain that list manually, see here

I didn't find adb_jail in adblock.conf in version 3.5.0 when this feature is first added.

It's not a mandantory option, therfore not part of the stock config. Usually the setup is done via LuCI ... you should always consult the online readme, here the link for 3.5.0: https://github.com/openwrt/packages/blob/c44e40809eb30e937e390b541807515ed594b664/net/adblock/files/README.md

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So i enabled adb_jail option and restarted.
whiltelist is not working. All sites are accessible.
Here are some outputs, if it helps.

root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/config/dhcp 

config dnsmasq
	option domainneeded '1'
	option boguspriv '1'
	option filterwin2k '0'
	option localise_queries '1'
	option rebind_protection '1'
	option rebind_localhost '1'
	option local '/lan/'
	option domain 'lan'
	option expandhosts '1'
	option nonegcache '0'
	option authoritative '1'
	option readethers '1'
	option leasefile '/tmp/dhcp.leases'
	option resolvfile '/tmp/resolv.conf.auto'
	option serversfile '/tmp/adb_list.overall'

root@OpenWrt:~# cat /tmp/adb_list.overall 
root@OpenWrt:~# cat /tmp/adb_list.jail 
server=/rediff.com/#
server=/#/
root@OpenWrt:~# /etc/init.d/adblock status
::: adblock runtime information
  + adblock_status  : enabled
  + adblock_version : 3.5.0
  + overall_domains : 0 (normal mode)
  + fetch_utility   : /usr/bin/uclient-fetch (libustream-ssl)
  + dns_backend     : dnsmasq (/tmp)
  + last_rundate    : 16.01.2019 20:46:10

Sorry with historic releases like BB you are on your own, no more input from my side (maybe others chime in).

Thank you for your work and the great addon.
I'm on the latest snapshot release (3.6.3) and everything works great.

I noticed, however, that the report function only evaluates a certain time interval.
The router is already running for one day. Do you know which option this affects?

root@LEDE:~# /etc/init.d/adblock report
:::
::: Adblock DNS-Query Report
:::
  + Start    ::: 2019-01-17, 05:02:32
  + End      ::: 2019-01-17, 06:36:03
  + Total    ::: 200
  + Blocked  ::: 0 (0.00 %)
:::
root@LEDE:~# uptime
 08:28:24 up 1 day,  3:27,  load average: 0.06, 0.07, 0.07