Comm Error Packages Section

[Cornelp]

We are running PfSEnse 2.5.2 RC in HA Pair. We are getting the error below every hour, 10s apart. Has anyone seen this on PFS 2.5.2?

A communications error occurred while attempting to call XMLRPC method merge_installedpackages_section: @

[stephenw10]

It can't sync the package config for some reason.

Once an hour sounds like maybe pfBlocker?

Do you have that installed only on the Primary perhaps?

Why are you running 2.5.2-RC and not Release?

Steve

[Cornelp]

@stephenw10
Hmm I thing it is PfBlocker. On the primary firewall, I went ahead and actually specified the backup firewall in the Sync Settings in PfBlocker and put the credentials in. Once I did that, I got this error in the logs:

/rc.filter_synchronize: The pfSense software configuration version of the other member could not be determined. Skipping synchronization to avoid causing a problem!

Is that cause the 2 firewalls are NOT in sync or?

Thanks.

[stephenw10]

@stephenw10 said in Comm Error Packages Section:

Do you have that installed only on the Primary perhaps?
Why are you running 2.5.2-RC and not Release?

Are you actually running different versions on each node? That will break sync for good reason.

Steve