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      KB8DOA @stephenw10
      last edited by KB8DOA

      @stephenw10 @bingo600

      It is now working and is seeing updates and packages correctly for v22.01

      Thank you all, for your assistance.

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        TheQuank @Matt2
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        @matt2 Worked on my Super Micro 1537 one too. Thanks so much!

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          gothixkhan
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          @bingo600 said in Unable to check for updates (SOLVED):

          https://forum.netgate.com/post/1062058

          My sincerest apologies to revive a resolved thread.
          currently experiencing this error.
          switching the upgrade channel to DEVEL and back to upgrade+ did not work for me.

          command pkg -d update keeps throwing certificate errors.

          this is a fresh install of pfsense 2.6

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            bingo600 @gothixkhan
            last edited by

            @gothixkhan
            The above solution, was due to an update error that Netgate made.
            I doubt they would make the same mistake again.

            I think there is something else : Than an incomplete update URL, causing your issue.

            /Bingo

            If you find my answer useful - Please give the post a šŸ‘ - "thumbs up"

            pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

            QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
            CPUĀ  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
            LANĀ  : 4 x Intel 211, DiskĀ  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Yes, any error you're seeing now is not the same cause.
              What's the actual error 'pkg -d update' shows?

              I know there were some backend issues yesterday you could potentially have been hitting.

              Steve

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                gothixkhan @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 it alternates between Certificate and authentication issues.

                it flips on reboot.

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Can we see the exact error text?

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                    gothixkhan @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10 not anymore, apparently.
                    it works now?

                    I'm sorry

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Cool, good to hear. šŸ‘

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                        gothixkhan @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 just to clarify what I did and why it worked.

                        I had it set to the development branch.
                        I think you guys had a release either yesterday or the day before.
                        the updater + upgrade to pf+ only works because it picked up the new release, which is 20221220.1549

                        up until yesterday it was erroring out.

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                          briddle @Matt2
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                          @matt2

                          I had the same issue and this worked like a charm!

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                            wifi-will @sgc
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                            @sgc Fixed for me. THankyou!

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                              Jare 0
                              last edited by

                              Still having trouble with this.

                              I'm on a 6100 - running 22.01.

                              When running "pkg -d update" I get different errors depending on the selected firmware branch. I get an invalid link error on the release branches and the dev branch gives me much more... few examples below. I can post the entire result if needed.

                              "pkg: Repository pfSense-core has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database"

                              "DBG(1)[79952]> PkgRepo: need forced update of pfSense-core"

                              "pkg: wrong architecture: FreeBSD:14:amd64 instead of FreeBSD:12:amd64"

                              "pkg: repository pfSense-core contains packages with wrong ABI: FreeBSD:14:amd64"

                              "Processing entries... done"

                              "Unable to update repository pfSense-core"

                              "Error updating repositories!"

                              I've searched around and found some info on forced update of the database but thought I'd check in here first.

                              Thank you.

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                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Looks like you may have pulled in a bad pfSense-upgrade at some point. What does pkg info pfSense-upgrade show?
                                You may need to switch the repo back to 22.01 and force reinstall pfSense-upgrade from there.

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                                  Jare 0 @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10

                                  pfSense-upgrade-1.0_27
                                  Name : pfSense-upgrade
                                  Version : 1.0_27
                                  Installed on : Fri Sep 16 19:48:18 2022 EDT
                                  Origin : sysutils/pfSense-upgrade
                                  Architecture : FreeBSD:12:amd64
                                  Prefix : /usr/local
                                  Categories : sysutils
                                  Licenses : APACHE20
                                  Maintainer : coreteam@pfsense.org
                                  WWW : https://www.pfsense.org/
                                  Comment : pfSense upgrade script
                                  Annotations :
                                  FreeBSD_version: 1203506
                                  build_timestamp: 2022-09-08T00:05:44+0000
                                  built_by : poudriere-git-3.3.99.20220831
                                  port_checkout_unclean: no
                                  port_git_hash : 83c4d6dbf695
                                  ports_top_checkout_unclean: yes
                                  ports_top_git_hash: 8065fbca4d5a
                                  repo_type : binary
                                  repository : pfSense
                                  Flat size : 63.7KiB
                                  Description :
                                  pfSense upgrade script

                                  WWW: https://www.pfsense.org/

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Yeah, that's a much later version.

                                    Make sure the update branch is set to 22.01 then run:
                                    pkg upgrade -f pfSense-upgrade

                                    That should bring you back to the correct pkg for 22.01 and that should then allow you to upgrade to either 22.05 or 23.01b.

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                                      Jare 0 @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10

                                      Just gave that a shot and received the following;

                                      pkg: invalid url: /pfSense_plus-v22_01_amd64-core
                                      pkg: Cannot parse configuration file!

                                      I would obviously like a quick fix to this, but would doing a clean install of 22.05 and uploading my 22.01 config file clear up this issue? I've been toying with the idea of changing to ZFS anyway.

                                      I appreciate your time - thank you.

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                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @Jare 0
                                        last edited by

                                        @jare-0 said in Unable to check for updates (SOLVED):

                                        would doing a clean install of 22.05 and uploading my 22.01 config file clear up this issue?

                                        Yes. An that's also probably quickest if you have local access to the firewall.

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                                          thwong @techpro2004
                                          last edited by

                                          @techpro2004 thanks for your fix.
                                          I was running stable 22.05.14 and since then I couldn't update to any version.

                                          With your fix, I can update mine to development version without any issues.

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                                            dedskwirl @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10
                                            I'm having a similar issue. Running pkg info pfSense-upgrade gives me the following:

                                            pfSense-upgrade-1.0_27
                                            Name           : pfSense-upgrade
                                            Version        : 1.0_27
                                            Installed on   : Fri Sep 16 19:30:36 2022 EDT
                                            Origin         : sysutils/pfSense-upgrade
                                            Architecture   : FreeBSD:12:armv7
                                            Prefix         : /usr/local
                                            Categories     : sysutils
                                            Licenses       : APACHE20
                                            Maintainer     : coreteam@pfsense.org
                                            WWW            : https://www.pfsense.org/
                                            Comment        : pfSense upgrade script
                                            Annotations    :
                                            	FreeBSD_version: 1203506
                                            	build_timestamp: 2022-09-08T00:04:38+0000
                                            	built_by       : poudriere-git-3.3.99.20220831
                                            	port_checkout_unclean: no
                                            	port_git_hash  : 83c4d6dbf695
                                            	ports_top_checkout_unclean: yes
                                            	ports_top_git_hash: 8065fbca4d5a
                                            	repo_type      : binary
                                            	repository     : pfSense
                                            Flat size      : 63.7KiB
                                            Description    :
                                            pfSense upgrade script
                                            

                                            And running pkg-static update -f gives me the following output:

                                            Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                            pkg-static: Repository pfSense-core has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database
                                            Fetching meta.conf: . done
                                            Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done
                                            Processing entries:
                                            pkg-static: wrong architecture: FreeBSD:12:amd64 instead of FreeBSD:12:armv7
                                            pkg-static: repository pfSense-core contains packages with wrong ABI: FreeBSD:12:amd64
                                            Processing entries... done
                                            Unable to update repository pfSense-core
                                            Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                            pkg-static: Repository pfSense has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database
                                            Fetching meta.conf: . done
                                            Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
                                            Processing entries:
                                            pkg-static: wrong architecture: FreeBSD:12:amd64 instead of FreeBSD:12:armv7
                                            pkg-static: repository pfSense contains packages with wrong ABI: FreeBSD:12:amd64
                                            Processing entries... done
                                            Unable to update repository pfSense
                                            Error updating repositories!
                                            

                                            I have also tried the fix pinned at the top of this page. I do not have local access to the system. Running an SG-3100.

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