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Updated /usr/local/share/snorby/snorby_start as follows:

#!/bin/bash
# Originally written by Vivek Rajagopalan
# http://www.unleashnetworks.com/blog/?p=356
# Revised by Doug Burks for Security Onion.
#
# Version:
# 20120229
#
# Changelog:
# 20111222 - Initial release for Security Onion
# 20120222 - Updated for Snorby 2.4.0
# 20120229 - Run in production mode

# Snorby directory
SNORBYHOME=/usr/local/share/snorby

# Configure Snorby for production mode
export RAILS_ENV=production

# Activate rbenv
export RBENV_ROOT=$SNORBYHOME/.rbenv
export PATH=$RBENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH
eval "$(rbenv init -)"

# Initialize database if necessary
if ! test -e $SNORBYHOME/db/first; then
    cd $SNORBYHOME
    echo "Initializing Snorby database"
    bundle exec rake snorby:setup | grep "datamapper"
    touch $SNORBYHOME/db/first
fi

# Start Snorby
cd $SNORBYHOME
echo "Starting thin web server"
bundle exec thin start --ssl -d
echo "Running Snorby jobs"
bundle exec script/delayed_job start

Added the following to /usr/local/bin/setup right before starting Snorby:

export RAILS_ENV=production

Packaged /usr/local/bin/setup:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/fpm-0.3.11/bin/fpm -s dir -t deb -n 
securityonion-setup -v 20120229 /usr/local/bin/setup

Added the following to security-onion-upgrade.sh:

sed -i 's| |=|g' $CONF
source $CONF
if [ "$VERSION" = "20120224" ]; then
        NEW="20120229"
        echo "**********************************************"   | $LOGGER
        echo "* Upgrading from $VERSION to $NEW."               | $LOGGER
        echo "**********************************************"   | $LOGGER
        DIR="/nsm/backup/$NEW"
        mkdir -p $DIR                                           | $LOGGER
        cd $DIR

        if [ -d /var/lib/mysql/snorby ]; then
                echo "* Stopping Snorby processes"              | $LOGGER
                ps aux |grep "thi[n]" |awk '{print $2}'|xargs kill -9
                ps aux |grep "delayed_jo[b]" |awk '{print $2}'|xargs kill -9
        fi

    echo "* Installing new Setup script"            | $LOGGER
    FILE=securityonion-setup_"$NEW"_i386.deb
    wget -q http://sourceforge.net/projects/security-onion/files/$NEW/$FILE -O $FILE | $LOGGER
    dpkg -i $FILE                       | $LOGGER

    echo "* Installing new snorby_start"            | $LOGGER
        SNORBYHOME=/usr/local/share/snorby
        FILE=snorby_start
        wget -q http://sourceforge.net/projects/security-onion/files/$NEW/$FILE -O $FILE | $LOGGER
        cp $FILE $SNORBYHOME/
        chmod +x $SNORBYHOME/$FILE

        if [ -d /var/lib/mysql/snorby ]; then
                echo "* Starting Snorby"                        | $LOGGER
                /usr/local/share/snorby/snorby_start            >> $LOG
        fi

        sed -i "s|VERSION=$VERSION|VERSION=$NEW|g" $CONF        | $LOGGER
        echo "* Upgrade to $NEW complete."                      | $LOGGER
        echo 
fi

Tested by:
Scott Runnels
Liam Randall
Eric Ooi
Heine Lysemose

Published:
http://securityonion.blogspot.com/2012/03/security-onion-20120229-now-available.
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