No packages installed/Unable to check for updates

Ramosel

This started with a notification this morning that an overnight backup failed. Not something I worry too much about as I usually manually run one, leave it alone and it works for months.

When I finally sat down to look at it, when I logged in and got the dashboard, I saw there was nothing in the "Installed Packages" widget, just an note saying "No packages installed". I went to the Package Manager and pretty much the same thing: "There are no packages currently installed" on a normal background. So I checked the Available Packages tab and got a red background with "Unable to retrieve package information". So back to the Dashboard/System Information widget and under "Version" I get the current version running but at the bottom of that section, I see "Unable to check for updates". I know I have packages, they are installed and running. I know I have a connection, you'll be reading this post.

Is there an issue at Netgate that package and Software updates are not retrievable?

bingo600

@ramosel
There was an issue

The short fix is here:
https://forum.netgate.com/post/1062070

Ramosel

@bingo600

Thanks, running the command Stephen sent I get the following. Is part of the url missing?

: pkg-static -d update
DBG(1)[32771]> pkg initialized
pkg-static: invalid url: /pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-core
pkg-static: Cannot parse configuration file!

bingo600

@ramosel

Yes - Bad url

Fix is this (switch to the devel btanch , and immediately switch back)

Stephen's post
If you're still seeing it, because the firewall pulled in the bad pkg, then switching the update branch to development and then back to latest stable will pull in the fixed pkg.

Ramosel

@bingo600 said in No packages installed/Unable to check for updates:

@ramosel

Yes - Bad url

Fix is this (switch to the devel btanch , and immediately switch back)

Gotcha, I thought reading that through they were talking about changing the actual version, but it was just the selection without choosing to commit the change and rewrites the config. Easy enough, Thanks. Seems to have cured all issues I saw this morning.

The pkg-static runs fine and to completion now as well.

Is there any thoughts as to how the URL is going bad? Every thing has been fine for weeks without any config changes.

Rick

Thanks Bingo, Thanks Stephen!
(is that like Bingo Fuel, I'm outta here?)