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    • jimp

      Problems upgrading? Check the Troubleshooting Upgrades documentation
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    • jimp

      PSA: This category is for problems with the install or upgrade process, *NOT* problems noticed after install or upgrade
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      • jimp

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      Download pfSense+?
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      jimp

      Still a work in progress, no ETA but we are working on it. Not likely to make the release we're working on now, but we'll see.

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      upgrading 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 (amd64)
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      @brian-smit To your question about it not being offered:
      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html#upgrade-not-offered-library-errors

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      Ver 2.3.5
      • DanielR

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      @rcoleman-netgate said in Ver 2.3.5:

      AMD Geode or other 32-bit only CPU.

      My advice would be to get somewhat current hardware then.. 32bit only - that hardware has to be what 10+ years old.. time to move on..

    • bingo600

      Solved - Upgrading from 2.6.0 to Plus - Unable to check for updates
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      @adelaide_guy Same blocker. Next, opened a support ticket. Appears they need a cert output from in-place upgraded CE system to correct their backend (asked if the system was in-place upgraded CE migrating to Plus or newly downloaded CE v2.6 upgrading to Plus - might be different fix routes). Anyways Netgate support was awesome! Migration from CE to Plus is complete.

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      Bad request error upgrading to pfSense Plus
      • dpseattle

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      Fix: start a new taclite support request.
      Result: Chris verified the issue and then resolved it which allowed the system to upgrade from CE to Plus. Amazing customer service Netgate!

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      Downgrade from 2.6.0 to 2.5.2
      • aspiringnetworkadmin

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      @aspiringnetworkadmin I might be misreading that -- it could be the first is the ISO and the second is the USB file.

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      Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert
      • snapper

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      @stephenw10

      Hi, thanks for the update. I've checked again and the upgrade went though without a hitch.

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      Extremely slow downloads when updating packages with upgrade.
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    • T

      Authentication error repository pfSense-core has no meta file
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      I had to copy cert files from a running box to the installation with issues and then it worked...

      /etc/ssl -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7544 Feb 15 16:54 pfSense-repo-custom.cert -rw------- 1 root wheel 3242 Feb 15 16:54 pfSense-repo-custom.key
    • R

      SG-2100 from 21.05.2 to 22.01.2
      21.05.2 22.01.2 sg-2100 upgrade issue • • rcalhoun

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      Download
      • bbell_contract

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      @steveits Correct.

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      update 2.0.1 v
      • DanielR

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      Yeah, 2.0.1 is more then 10 y old. So I assume, your hardware is as old as well and could be incompatible with recent pfSense / FreeBSD versions.
      If you want to still use it try to get the latest BIOS for it first. Maybe it works with it.

      Aside from this any reason for hesitating to upgrade to a recent version?
      2.3.5 was the latest version which was available for 32 bit hardware. So I'm wondering if your hardware is still 32 bit.

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      upgraded to 2.6.0 but still saying "Version 2.6.0 is available."
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      @jackmax said in upgraded to 2.6.0 but still saying "Version 2.6.0 is available.":

      I managed to fix it.

      Thank you so much!! This really help me to solve the problem!!

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      Update to 22.01 Failed with "Authentication error"
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      Hi there,

      finally, I was able to update it, it is very strange, it was failing before on one package listed in the logs above, but today it was crashing many times by retrieving the other packages as well, but in the end, was able to get everything and make an update. I lost the system for 10 minutes after a reboot, I thought tomorrow I will have a very "nice" morning in the office with being hit by hundreds of questions about why the network is dead... The system is now alive, but during the boot process in logs I found some logs which do not really looking good, tomorrow will be more clear whether everything works as before :)
      BR,

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      Fails to update
      • CityUnionMission

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      @cityunionmission There have been a few posts in the last week or two about IPv6 having problems with packages, at least. Try checking "Prefer IPv4 over IPv6" on System/Advanced/Networking. That affects only connections from pfSense itself per the docs.

      Have you looked through https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html ?

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      MBT-4220 update to 2.6.0 failed - TWICE
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      @stephenw10 I don’t know; the original USB stick I had, didn’t feel like walking a non-IT person through downloading and burning a USB stick over a iPhone tethering network connection…

      It was simpler using the existing stick and updating…

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      Stuck at loading kernel after upgrade to 2.6 (SOLVED)
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      It appeared I could not get the installer to run from the USB. I tried writing the 2.6.0 image using both Ethcher and Win32DiskImager and then setting the USB first in the boot priority.

      I keep on booting into the normal pfSense auto boot menu and then pfSense would hang. Odd behaviors but I am glad 2.6.0 seems to be up and running.

      This would have to be my first upgrade issue in years. Of course I forgot to remove my two packages (avahi and pfblockerng) prior to the webgui upgrade.

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      installator does not see my SSD
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      stephenw10

      Hmm, probably not much we can do there. There may be some drive controller options in the BIOS you could try.

      You're seeing that just trying to boot the installer not after install?

      It may be possible to work-around it with loader variables. There are some shown here:
      https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/kernel-ahcich-timeout-in-slot.51868/

      Steve

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      Can i install pfsense on a macmini
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      Cool! I’ll do it and post results here tomorrow.

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      FIXED>Dashboard update showing 2.3.2_1 avail YET I did install it
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      @securityconscious thank you works today also

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      HE IPv6 tunnel and pfSense Update
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      Gertjan

      @nowa-it

      Maybe I have a dual WAN interface setup, as their is one for IPv4 and one for IPv6 but I'm not 'tracking', as the set up is static for the IPv6.

      When I got home yesterday, I managed to install the proposed pfBlocker update over he.net/IPv6. It went slowly ....... like 9600 bits / sec slow.

      After my daily Youtube-brain-food, and some data center checking around me ( Europe Internet backbone ) I saw huge traffic going east. Berlin, Warschau and further.
      Something going on in east Europe ?? ;)
      As he.net is a major player for most transatlantic connections, I guess I just have to wait it out.

      edit : found No packages available on multiple CE 2.6 devices - and it looks like it not the ipv6 tunnel from he.net, but more closer to where the update servers live.
      Could still be he.net of course.

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      Clarification on using USB stick during installation to restore backup.
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      MrPete

      @steveits Actually I only place it in the root these days.

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      Failed upgrade to 22.01 on SG-2220
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      jimp

      The configuration isn't copied to RAM during upgrade, it remains in place on the disk and isn't touched then. Not sure what might have happened, but it wouldn't have only been from the upgrade being interrupted. Not unless whatever happened also corrupted the filesystem.

      The upgrade process doesn't touch the disk in that way, it only applies new OS packages in place of the old ones and makes config adjustments afterward. If it gets interrupted in the wrong place, such as during the kernel package update, I could see it failing to boot like you showed. But that wouldn't result in losing the config or other filesystem data in most cases.

      It's possible there was some existing filesystem corruption that was exasperated in some way by the upgrade but that's also quite rare. If that was the case, a reinstall should fix it all up, unless there is a hardware issue underneath such as a failing disk. You might want to keep a close eye on it and make regular backups just in case. Turning on ACB can also help there, but you'll still want to retain a local backup periodically, especially using the new option to backup SSH keys, as that will result in a smoother experience with ACB overall.

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      Package Manager is not working
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      @patrick0525 See https://forum.netgate.com/topic/171033/no-packages-available-on-multiple-ce-2-6-devices/

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      DEINSTALL script failed
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      jimp

      That's expected, harmless, and has been covered multiple times here in different threads.

      It was a bug in the DEINSTALL script of the old kernel. It's fixed in the new kernel. But there isn't a way to fix that bug without hitting it at least once as it removes the old package during upgrade.

      You won't see it on future upgrades on that system.

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      Installation gets stuck with a message ums0: 3Buttons and [XYZ] coordinates' ID=0
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      @rajesharide
      Hello,
      I was trying with installer Software as Serial mode. It was throwing error
      I tried with VGA mode installer and its working now

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      pfSense-Installer geht nicht
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      Good Morning.
      It's done. And the crucial hint came from you around. A big thank you to you. What was the reason: It was the USB serial adapter. I got myself a new adapter and - believe it or not - it now shows everything it should. I completed the installation and it works. Great thing. Thanks to the forum

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      Please wait while the update system initializes
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      DNS not resolver local pfsense after upgrade 2.6.0 to pfsense plus 22.01
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      @steveits Im restore to factory and reconfigure all, after this all work fine. The strange thing is that everything is configured in the same way. Same options all and same packages which were not uninstalled.

      Thank you very much for your attention.
      Best Regarts

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      Full Disk Encryption
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      Registering new instance with used license
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      jimp

      The license is only good for the same system for which it was issued. If you wiped and reloaded the VM, it would still work. Since you deleted and re-created the VM, it's now a different system with a new ID.

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      RAID required for ZFS?
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      @ronrn18 said in RAID required for ZFS?:

      What I am hoping to understand is is whether or not I NEED to install a second drive to install ZFS filesystem

      You do not.

      It just means that if your one drive fails, you lose everything. As ZFS prides itself on keeping your data safe, you will likely see warnings going with this options, but it's perfectly fine.

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      Upgrade to 2.6.0 is ignored
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      @bingo600 thank you, it was zabbix.

      I removed Zabbix package only, then performed the upgrade without any problem and reinstalled Zabbix (I confirm that settings are remembered).

      thank you

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      Downgrade 2.7-dev to 2.6
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      @solution said in Downgrade 2.7-dev to 2.6:

      I would like to avoid reinstallation as it is in production at a remote location.
      I don't use dev in production but when the intern heard "upgrade" he selected 2.7.

      If anyone has already successfully downgraded please share it with us.

      Thank you very much.

      translation using google translate

      Do NOT attempt a downgrade. That is highly likely to go badly at this point since the 2.7 DEVELOPMENT tree code is now a bit different from the 2.6.0 production code. Maybe on the same day or the next day after 2.6.0 was released a downgrade might have been fine, but not at this point in the cycle.

      So obtain a current config backup and do the full reinstall. Unless you trust your intern at the site, sounds like a road trip is in your near future 🙂.

    • MrPete

      2.6 install: didn't reboot when asked, and std instructions fail :(
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      @gertjan Sorry, that was a typo. It's about reboot, not shutdown.

      AFAIK, at the end of install, when it asks about "reboot", that's what it intends to do.

      The reboot does not complete. Instead it gets as far as I showed, and stops. I had to manually finish.

      UPDATE: I have found it never reboots. Separate topic...

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      Failing to run usbrecovery
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      @taylor_wright2022 If the ticket's result was to get you the firmware image it is related to the process of fixing your other issue.

      If you did not get the firmware image from that ticket but are using an older image (not 22.01 or 21.05.2) please open a new ticket.