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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)

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        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
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 it alternates between Certificate and authentication issues.

            it flips on reboot.

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            • stephenw10S
              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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                • stephenw10S
                  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
                      last edited by

                      @matt2

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

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                        wifi-will @sgc
                        last edited by

                        @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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                          • stephenw10S
                            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
                                  last edited by

                                  @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
                                        last edited by

                                        @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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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Ah, OK. That manual fix should not be required for any users any longer but also it would never have applied to the 3100 because it's an armv7 device not amd64. Hence the errors you see there. You need to revert that change did you keep a copy of the original file?

                                          It should be:

                                          FreeBSD: { enabled: no }
                                          
                                          pfSense-core: {
                                            url: "pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v22_05_armv7-core",
                                            mirror_type: "srv",
                                            signature_type: "fingerprints",
                                            fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
                                            enabled: yes
                                          }
                                          
                                          pfSense: {
                                            url: "pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v22_05_armv7-pfSense_plus_v22_05",
                                            mirror_type: "srv",
                                            signature_type: "fingerprints",
                                            fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
                                            enabled: yes
                                          }
                                          

                                          What error are you seeing trying to update with that file in place?

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                                            dedskwirl @stephenw10
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                                            @stephenw10
                                            That seems to have worked. Thanks!

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