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    1100 upgrade, 22.05->23.01, high mem usage

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      jrey @beerguzzle
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      @beerguzzle said in 1100 upgrade, 22.05->23.01, high mem usage:

      I have pfblockerng version 3.2.0_2, I will apply the update and see what happens.

      it won't change the static memory loss caused by the security reports running, but it certainly has some great features.
      I actually did the troubleshooting on the cron issue that is fixed in there. That was a fun weekend ;-). but all around that is a very good update they have done an excellent job pulling it all together so quickly.

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        SteveITS Galactic Empire @DefenderLLC
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        @defenderllc said in 1100 upgrade, 22.05->23.01, high mem usage:

        Netgate suggested commenting out the 3 periodic lines

        He made a patch already.

        @beerguzzle said in 1100 upgrade, 22.05->23.01, high mem usage:

        Netgate has withdrawn release of 23.01 for smaller boxes. While they didn't actually say it, they seem to acknowledge that there is a real bug

        There were threads about it like this one. Early models of 1100/2100 had a small EFI partition, and the issue is an "out of space" copying to it. I'm not clear myself if that means "all sold with UFS" or just early models. I have a 2100 that had an 800K partition and had the problem. New installs and newer devices have ZFS and a 200 MB EFI partition so aren't affected. Per that thread Netgate was unable to duplicate the issue, at least as of this weekend, but stopped the updates anyway. A new install will use ZFS and the new file system layout so is unaffected. One can still request the 23.01 image file and reinstall fine.

        I would normally have waited longer myself, knowing they skipped a FreeBSD version and jumped to PHP 8 with lots of coding changes, but was testing the 2100.

        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
        Upvote ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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          jrey @SteveITS
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          @steveits

          i saw that too, was sure, because I couldn't remember if it was enable in prior version or not.
          @jimp suggests none of it was not enabled in prior version

          The change to crontab will for sure stop it and all the other reports it runs too.
          again out of the box the way it was configured no one would have seen them anyway ..

          There are 3 fixes that will alleviate the problem caused by the security reports.
          Dealers choice at this point.

          crontab is likely the best final solution since they say there is nothing else needed.

          All good. Cheers

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            beerguzzle
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            I just applied patch ff715efce5e6c65b3d49dc2da7e1bdc437ecbf12 that was put out by the Netgate crew, see https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14016, and rebooted. Also see the discussion in the thread "23.1 using more RAM" about this patch.

            After reboot, wired mem dropped from 55% to 33% on my 1100. I'll check it in the morning to see what happened at 3 AM.

            Netgate 1100 and Netgate 2100, latest pfsense+ version

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              MachasaChaira @beerguzzle
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              @beerguzzle Hello, my first comment here. Same situation, SG-1100 with 85% memory in constant use. I applied that patch and Memory usage dropped to 35% after rebooting.

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                beerguzzle
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                Checking my system this morning after applying patch ff715efce5e6c65b3d49dc2da7e1bdc437ecbf12 and rebooting yesterday... Bliss! Nothing happened at 3 AM and my wired mem usage remains at about 35%. I consider this problem solved.

                Screenshot 2023-02-23 at 7.49.39 AM.png

                Netgate 1100 and Netgate 2100, latest pfsense+ version

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                  rpsmith @beerguzzle
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                  Patch "ff715efce5e6c65b3d49dc2da7e1bdc437ecbf12" has completely resolved my SG-1100 memory problems!

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                    FSC830 @rpsmith
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                    @rpsmith said in 1100 upgrade, 22.05->23.01, high mem usage:

                    Patch "ff715efce5e6c65b3d49dc2da7e1bdc437ecbf12" has completely resolved my SG-1100 memory problems!

                    +1
                    ๐Ÿ˜Š
                    Applied patch and rebootet yesterday at 8:00pm

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                    Regards

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                      mcury Rebel Alliance @FSC830
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                      @fsc830 Applied this patch in my SG-3100, everything OK, memory usage didn't change at night.
                      Thanks

                      dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                        JMV43 0 @MachasaChaira
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                        @machasachaira How do we apply the patch?

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                          SteveITS Galactic Empire @JMV43 0
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                          @jmv43-0 Install the System Patches package and use the patch ID.
                          https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/system-patches.html

                          Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                          When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                          Upvote ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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                            MachasaChaira @SteveITS
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                            @steveits I didn't know that way, I used the fetch command on the CLI to bring the file and replace the original.

                            Thanks.

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                              SteveITS Galactic Empire @MachasaChaira
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                              @machasachaira :) System Patches is relatively new (1-2 years), and a wonderful idea. Netgate publishes a list of Recommended patches for the version you're on. Updating that package updates the list of patches. Any patch with a commit ID can also be pulled in.

                              Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                              When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                              Upvote ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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                                JMV43 0 @SteveITS
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                                @steveits Thanks

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                                  mr.castoro
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                                  Applied this patch 2 days ago. Absolutely solved the 3am memory leak. However, dns broke on my sg 1100 the past two days. I had to restart the dns resolver service to restore dns. Anyone else experiencing this?

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                                    SteveITS Galactic Empire @mr.castoro
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                                    @mr-castoro There are a bunch of DNS threads lately.
                                    If you have Resolver set to forward, ensure DNSSEC is unchecked.

                                    Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                                    When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                                    Upvote ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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                                      MachasaChaira @mr.castoro
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                                      @mr-castoro Have you restarted your SG after the patch update? I have not experienced any problems after rebooting.

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                                        mr.castoro @MachasaChaira
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                                        @machasachaira yes, several times

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                                          rpsmith @mr.castoro
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                                          @mr-castoro -- No problems with my SG-1100 and DNS but I use the "Forwarder" and not the "Resolver" and I point the Forwarder to my two Pi-hole IPs. Works great that way!

                                          Also, instead of pointing it to a Pi-hole, you could just use: 9.9.9.9, 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 or some other external DNS.

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