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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>That might be the reason, let me enable the feature and try it again.</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Leonard Jacobs <<a href="mailto:ljacobs@netsecuris.com">ljacobs@netsecuris.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:33 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "Saxena, Samiksha" <<a href="mailto:samiksha.saxena@one.verizon.com">samiksha.saxena@one.verizon.com</a>>, 'oisf-users' <<a href="mailto:oisf-users@lists.openinfosecfoundation.org">oisf-users@lists.openinfosecfoundation.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> RE: [Oisf-users] Suricata Rule Reload<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Did you enable the feature in your suricata.yaml file?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"># When rule-reload is enabled, sending a USR2 signal to the Suricata process<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> # will trigger a live rule reload. Experimental feature, use with care.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> #- rule-reload: true<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> # If set to yes, the loading of signatures will be made after the capture<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> # is started. This will limit the downtime in IPS mode.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> #- delayed-detect: yes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> <a href="mailto:oisf-users-bounces@lists.openinfosecfoundation.org">oisf-users-bounces@lists.openinfosecfoundation.org</a> [<a href="mailto:oisf-users-bounces@lists.openinfosecfoundation.org">mailto:oisf-users-bounces@lists.openinfosecfoundation.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Saxena, Samiksha<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 29, 2015 3:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> oisf-users<br><b>Subject:</b> [Oisf-users] Suricata Rule Reload<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">I am trying to reload the rules based on this document: <a href="https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/projects/suricata/wiki/Live_Rule_Swap">https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/projects/suricata/wiki/Live_Rule_Swap</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">When I tried the command Kill –USR2 PID, nothing happens, and new rules are not getting loaded. If I do Kill –9 it does kill the suricata. Am I missing something?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>