Error retrieving latest release sourceban

Sakretsos · **Author**

as the title says.... i have problem with the Error retrieving latest release. in admin panel on sourcebans... all the other things working right.. but this one.. give me error.. any idea how to fix that ? what ports need to be opened ? thnx !

maxolahird · 02-19-2013 , 13:19 Re: Error retrieving latest release sourceban

if you want help from others, tell more details about the error, how is it like, when it happens. We don't have a crystal ball.

Sakretsos · 02-19-2013 , 13:42 Re: Error retrieving latest release sourceban

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxolahird

if you want help from others, tell more details about the error, how is it like, when it happens. We don't have a crystal ball.

in the admin control panel ... on Version Information i get Latest release: Error instead of the version of the sourcebans and i get this error Error retrieving latest release. ( on the admin control panel )

checkster · 02-20-2013 , 05:04 Re: Error retrieving latest release sourceban

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SourceBans Manual

Table of Content

Prerequisites

Webserver
- PHP 5.2
- MySQL 5.0
Source Dedicated Server
- SourceMod

The Basic Admin Tool also supports SourceBans.
#top
Setting up Sourcebans

Webpanel
Note: You will need a database already setup before you start the installation.

Upload all the contents of /web_upload from the zip file to your webserver where you want SourceBans to be installed to.
CHMOD the following files/folders to 777:
- /config.php
- /demos
- /images/games
- /images/maps
- /themes_c
Navigate your browser to http://yourdomain.com/your_sourcebans/install and follow the instructions on the screen.
Depending on the status of your file permissions, you may come to a screen telling you copy some text into your config.php file. You must do this when it tells you, or any AMX imports you need to do, will fail.
You will always get some code to add to /addons/sourcemod/configs/databases.cfg (on your gameserver), it is important to add this before you install the SourceBans plugin, or the plugin will not be able to contact the database.
Once you come to the end of the installation, you need to delete the /install folder from your server. Once you have done this, your SourceBans install will be done.
1. #topGame Plugin
  This part describes the installation of the SourceBans plugin. Throughout this document there may be abbreviations, words, or phrases representative of other objects or phrases. Here is a list of what certain things represent:
  - / - this represents the "mod" directory, for example, cstrike, dod, or hl2mp
  - When a file path is trailed with * this represents "every file" in this directory
  - root/rooted - this means that this is where a file path starts.
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  Installation
  Extract the contents of the plugin package to your / directory.
  For your convenience this is a list of the files and their necessary locations, all of these are rooted in the /game_upload directory.
  
  addons/sourcemod/configs/sourcebans/sourcebans.cfg
  addons/sourcemod/plugins/sourcebans.smx
  addons/sourcemod/scripting/sourcebans.sp
  addons/sourcemod/translations/sourcebans.phrases.txt
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  Database setup
  Edit addons/sourcemod/configs/databases.cfg and add an entry for SourceBans.
  It should have the following general format:
  "Databases" { "driver_default" "mysql" "sourcebans" { "driver" "mysql" "host" "localhost" // The host where your mysql server is located "database" "sourcebans_db" // The name of the database "user" "sb" // The name of the user that the plugin should use to connect "pass" "sbpass" // The password for this user } }
  #top
  Configuration
  After extracting these to your / directory find your sourcebans.cfg directory and set up the necessary information.
  The following is an explanation of each option.
  - Website - When a player is banned it shows this website address to the banned player along with the message given to them on the banning.
  - Addban - Allows administrators to add a ban to the database without the player being in the current server, and without using the web interface.
  - Unban - Allows administrators to remove a ban from the database without having to use the web interface.
  - DatabasePrefix - This is the prefix given to your bans tables in your MySQL database (this should be set up during the web interface installation)
  - RetryTime - This is how long a after a ban check has failed (usually due to connection issues) for the plugin to check again.
  - ProcessQueueTime - How often should backup ban queue is processed in minutes. This queue is a local file that is used to store bans when you lose connectivity to the mysql server.
  - AutoAddServer - Automatically add the server to the webpanel if it's not added yet.
  - ServerIP - The server's IP address. Needed when AutoAddServer is enabled.
  - ServerPort - The server's port number. Needed when AutoAddServer is enabled.
  - BackupConfigs - Store the admins and groups on the gameserver for when the database is down. Will overwrite admins.cfg and admin_groups.cfg.
  - EnableAdmins - Enable the admins portion of SourceBans.
  - ServerID - Set the server ID assigned by SourceBans here. You can find this ID in the webpanel under Admin Panel > Servers.
  - BanReasons - These are generic options that are displayed in a menu if no reason is given when the console command for ban.
  - HackingReasons - These are generic options that are displayed in a menu if hacking is selected from the ban menu.
  #top
  Updating
  
  Updating is real easy. Just upload all the files to your FTP, and then navigate to http://yourdomain.com/your_sourcebans/updater. Now your database is updated to the latest version.
  
  http://www.sourcebans.net/manual#updating

Sakretsos · *Last edited by Sakretsos; 02-21-2013 at 21:32.*

what is that ? this is not fix my problem ...

Can someone help me with this problem ? maybe require any port to be opened ?.

Rytis · 02-22-2013 , 08:14 Re: Error retrieving latest release sourceban

Create this php file and upload that to your root folder from SourceBans. If it says "fsockopen() is deactivated", then you need to activate fsockopen.

PHP Code:


			
<?php

if(function_exists('fsockopen')) echo "fsockopen() is activated";

else echo "fsockopen() is deactivated";

?>

**Peace-Maker** · 02-28-2013 , 07:11 Re: Error retrieving latest release sourceban

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sakretsos

as the title says.... i have problem with the Error retrieving latest release. in admin panel on sourcebans... all the other things working right.. but this one.. give me error.. any idea how to fix that ? what ports need to be opened ? thnx !

It's fetching a website. Port 80. That shouldn't be blocked on your site.
Try creating a .php file with that content on your webserver.

PHP Code:


			
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
echo file_get_contents("http://www.sourcebans.net/public/versionchecker/?type=rel");