ClamAV refuses to start and when viewing the status you see ConditionPathExistsGlob=/var/lib/clamav/daily.{c[vl]d,inc} was not met. This error means that ClamAV wasn't able to download any anti-virus signatures.
# systemctl status clamav-daemon
● clamav-daemon.service - Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service.d
└─extend.conf
Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2021-09-09 04:02:59 MDT; 16min ago
Condition: start condition failed at Thu 2021-09-09 04:08:49 MDT; 11min ago
└─ ConditionPathExistsGlob=/var/lib/clamav/daily.{c[vl]d,inc} was not met
Docs: man:clamd(8)
man:clamd.conf(5)
https://www.clamav.net/documents/Common Problems
Freshclam should only be run once per hour as ClamAV will rate limit you otherwise:
# /usr/bin/freshclam -d --foreground=true
Thu Sep 9 04:22:56 2021 -> ClamAV update process started at Thu Sep 9 04:22:56 2021
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> ^Can't download daily.cvd from https://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> ^FreshClam received error code 429 from the ClamAV Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> This means that you have been rate limited by the CDN.
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> 1. Run FreshClam no more than once an hour to check for updates.
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> FreshClam should check DNS first to see if an update is needed.
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> 2. If you have more than 10 hosts on your network attempting to download,
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> it is recommended that you set up a private mirror on your network using
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> cvdupdate (https://pypi.org/project/cvdupdate/) to save bandwidth on the
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> CDN and your own network.
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> 3. Please do not open a ticket asking for an exemption from the rate limit,
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> it will not be granted.
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> ^You are on cool-down until after: 2021-09-09 08:22:57
Thu Sep 9 04:22:57 2021 -> main database available for download (remote version: 61)You can try to download them manually and check for any errors:
Centos/RHEL/CloudLinux/AlmaLinux
// first stop the freshclam service (Centos/RHEL/CloudLinux/AlmaLinux 8 only)
systemctl stop clamav-freshclam
// run the freshclam command to try to download the signatures and check for any errors
/usr/bin/freshclam -d --foreground=true
// start up the freshclam service (Centos/RHEL/CloudLinux/AlmaLinux 8 only)
systemctl start clamav-freshclam
// try to start clamav
systemctl restart clamd@scanDebian/Ubuntu
// first stop the freshclam service
systemctl stop clamav-freshclam
// run the freshclam command to try to download the signatures and check for any errors
/usr/bin/freshclam -d --foreground=true
// start up the freshclam service
systemctl start clamav-freshclam
// try to start clamav
systemctl restart clamav-daemonManually Downloading Signatures
As a last resort you can manually download ClamAV signatures from us to get ClamAV started:
// Centos/RHEL/CloudLinux/AlmaLinux
cd /var/lib/clamav/
wget https://www.danami.com/hotfix/clamav/main.cvd
wget https://www.danami.com/hotfix/clamav/daily.cld
chown clamupdate:clamupdate main.cvd
chown clamupdate:clamupdate daily.cld
systemctl restart clamd@scan
// Debian/Ubuntu
cd /var/lib/clamav/
wget https://www.danami.com/hotfix/clamav/main.cvd
wget https://www.danami.com/hotfix/clamav/daily.cld
chown clamav:clamav main.cvd
chown clamav:clamav daily.cld
systemctl restart clamav-daemon