enable command

enable Command

You will learn how to enable and disable feed sources from the command line.

Basic usage

Enable a specific feed:

update-ipsets enable firehol_level1

This creates the source enable marker for that feed. The daemon picks up the change on the next scheduler cycle or after a SIGHUP.

Disable a feed

Add --disable to remove the enable marker:

update-ipsets enable firehol_level1 --disable

The feed stops being scheduled for download and processing. Existing committed outputs remain on disk.

Enable or disable all feeds

Enable every known feed in the catalog:

update-ipsets enable --all

Disable every known feed:

update-ipsets enable --all --disable

Use this when you want a clean slate — either enable everything and selectively disable, or disable everything and selectively enable.

Flags

Flag	Description
--config <path>	Path to the configuration catalog
--all	Apply to all known feeds
--disable	Disable instead of enable
--silent	Suppress output
--verbose	Show what changed

Specifying the config path

Override the default config location:

update-ipsets enable --config /opt/update-ipsets/etc/config firehol_level1

Combining with the daemon

The enable command modifies enable markers on disk. The running daemon detects the change when:

• The next scheduler evaluation runs (controlled by the daemon --interval duration)
• You send SIGHUP to reload configuration
• You restart the daemon

For immediate effect without restart:

update-ipsets enable firehol_level1
sudo systemctl kill -s HUP update-ipsets

Or use the admin API to enable feeds at runtime:

curl -X POST -u "$UPDATE_IPSETS_ADMIN_USER:$UPDATE_IPSETS_ADMIN_PASSWORD" http://localhost:18889/api/v1/admin/feeds/firehol_level1/enable

Checking current state

Use --verbose to see which feeds changed state:

update-ipsets enable --all --verbose

Output shows each feed and whether its enable marker was created, removed, or already in the requested state.