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      Antibiotic
      last edited by Antibiotic

      Could be to assist for someone. Did fresh renew of Pfsense webConfigurator certificate in strict security mode and after reboot magic happened)))Packages become available)))

      pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
      CPU: Intel N100
      NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
      RAM : 16 GB DDR5
      Disk: 128 GB NVMe
      Brgds, Archi

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        barnops
        last edited by

        @antibiotic said in Pfsense 2.6 to plus. Unable to check:

        Please fix this issue as I'm check on forum it happened sometimes. Did install fresh copy of pfsense 2.6 and unlucky now))) , to upgrade. Error:Could not load client certificate /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert
        pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg01.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/meta.txz: Authentication error
        repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings

        Same.

        1 week ago I upgraded a firewall from 2.6 to Plus, then to 23.01.

        Today I went to upgrade a 2nd firewall and am encountering this issue...so it cropped up sometime in the last 7 days.
        I first factory reset and attempted the update prior to restoring my backup.

        First "Could not load client certificate...."
        I remedied this by copying the cert and KEY from the working firewall.

        Now I am presented with:
        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
        pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/meta.txz: Bad Request
        repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
        pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/packagesite.pkg: Bad Request
        pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/packagesite.txz: Bad Request
        Unable to update repository pfSense-core
        Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
        pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01//meta.txz: Bad Request
        repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
        pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01//packagesite.pkg: Bad Request
        pkg-static: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01//packagesite.txz: Bad Request
        Unable to update repository pfSense
        Error updating repositories!

        If I run "pkg bootstrap -f" I get this back:

        The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
        Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
        Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/, please wait...
        pkg: Error fetching https://pfsense-plus-pkg.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01//Latest/pkg.txz: Bad Request
        A pre-built version of pkg could not be found for your system.
        Consider changing PACKAGESITE or installing it from ports: 'ports-mgmt/pkg'.

        I can't update to Plus, and therefore can't upgrade to 23.01.....very annoying.

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          rcoleman-netgate Netgate @barnops
          last edited by

          @barnops what do you get when you do

          pfSense-upgrade -c 
          

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            barnops @rcoleman-netgate
            last edited by

            @rcoleman-netgate said in Pfsense 2.6 to plus. Unable to check:

            @barnops what do you get when you do

            pfSense-upgrade -c 
            

            When set to the pfSense Plus Upgrade branch:
            >>> Updating repositories metadata... failed.
            ERROR: Unable to compare version of pfSense-repo

            When set to the Stable (2.6) branch:
            >>> Updating repositories metadata... done.
            Your system is up to date

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              Antibiotic @barnops
              last edited by

              @barnops Did you try my tip with web configurator certificate renewing?

              pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
              CPU: Intel N100
              NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
              RAM : 16 GB DDR5
              Disk: 128 GB NVMe
              Brgds, Archi

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                rcoleman-netgate Netgate @Antibiotic
                last edited by

                @antibiotic This shouldn't have anything to do with this. The local GUI Cert is not related to repo access.

                Ryan
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                Requesting firmware for your Netgate device? https://go.netgate.com
                Switching: Mikrotik, Netgear, Extreme
                Wireless: Aruba, Ubiquiti

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                  Antibiotic @rcoleman-netgate
                  last edited by

                  @rcoleman-netgate roger that))))

                  pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                  CPU: Intel N100
                  NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                  RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                  Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                  Brgds, Archi

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                    barnops @rcoleman-netgate
                    last edited by

                    @rcoleman-netgate said in Pfsense 2.6 to plus. Unable to check:

                    @antibiotic This shouldn't have anything to do with this. The local GUI Cert is not related to repo access.

                    But for the record, I did.
                    It didn't solve anything.

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                      barnops @barnops
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                        barnops
                        last edited by

                        @barnops Also, interesting that the validity dates on this cert are expired.

                        openssl x509 -in /etc/ssl/pfSense-repo-custom.cert -text
                        Certificate:
                        Data:
                        Version: 3 (0x2)
                        Serial Number:
                        7f:c3:e5:________________________:45:83:59:5a:08
                        Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
                        Issuer: C = US, ST = Texas, L = Austin, O = "Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)", OU = ProdTrack CA, CN = ProdTrack CA
                        Validity
                        Not Before: Mar 10 19:01:29 2023 GMT
                        Not After : Mar 11 07:01:29 2023 GMT

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                          JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator @barnops
                          last edited by

                          Perhaps related: since a reboot this morning I don't get any package repos with the following errors:

                          ...shortened...
                          
                          Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/meta.txz: Authentication error
                          repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/packagesite.pkg: Authentication error
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          Certificate verification failed for /C=US/ST=Texas/L=Austin/O=Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)/OU=pfSense Plus/CN=pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com
                          35160031232:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-plus-RELENG_23_01/crypto/openssl/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c:1921:
                          pkg: https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-pfSense_plus_v23_01/packagesite.txz: Authentication error
                          Unable to update repository pfSense
                          Error updating repositories!
                          

                          Don't forget to upvote 👍 those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

                          If you're interested, I'm available to discuss details of German-speaking paid support (for companies) if needed.

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                            barnops
                            last edited by

                            Looks like whatever was going wrong was resolved this morning.
                            I am now able to pull the update version.

                            But wasn't it a requirement to swap to 22.01 first when upgrading from CE to Plus?
                            Now 23.01 is listed when going from 2.6.0.

                            01c7f714-0256-439d-acdf-2413d7ebd43b-image.png

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                              barnops @barnops
                              last edited by barnops

                              @barnops said in Pfsense 2.6 to plus. Unable to check:

                              Looks like whatever was going wrong was resolved this morning.
                              I am now able to pull the update version.

                              But wasn't it a requirement to swap to 22.01 first when upgrading from CE to Plus?
                              Now 23.01 is listed when going from 2.6.0.

                              01c7f714-0256-439d-acdf-2413d7ebd43b-image.png

                              Seems like it updated properly to 23.01 with no ill effects:
                              Removing unnecessary packages... done.
                              Cleanup pkg cache... done.
                              pfSense 23.01-RELEASE amd64 Fri Feb 10 20:06:33 UTC 2023
                              Bootup complete

                              So what ended up being the issue?

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                                Antibiotic
                                last edited by Antibiotic

                                Again unable to check available packages. Please fix it!
                                Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                pkg: pkg00.atx.netgate.com/pfSense_plus-v23_01_amd64-core/meta.txz: Bad Request
                                repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings. Trying entering to https://pfsense-plus-pkg00.atx.netgate.com/ from browser and result: 400 Bad Request
                                No required SSL certificate was sent
                                nginx.

                                pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                                CPU: Intel N100
                                NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                                RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                                Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                                Brgds, Archi

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                                  Antibiotic
                                  last edited by

                                  Solution : rm /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-custom.*

                                  pfSense plus 24.11 on Topton mini PC
                                  CPU: Intel N100
                                  NIC: Intel i-226v 4 pcs
                                  RAM : 16 GB DDR5
                                  Disk: 128 GB NVMe
                                  Brgds, Archi

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                                    JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator @Antibiotic
                                    last edited by

                                    @antibiotic said in Pfsense 2.6 to plus. Unable to check:

                                    Solution : rm /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo-custom.*

                                    Randomly deleting repository files isn't really a "solution". That seems more like a thing, that was working for you, but the repos are set from changing/setting the release path in the update screen.

                                    Don't forget to upvote 👍 those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

                                    If you're interested, I'm available to discuss details of German-speaking paid support (for companies) if needed.

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                                      rcoleman-netgate Netgate @JeGr
                                      last edited by

                                      @jegr said in Pfsense 2.6 to plus. Unable to check:

                                      Randomly deleting repository files isn't really a "solution". That seems more like a thing, that was working for you, but the repos are set from changing/setting the release path in the update screen.

                                      That is in our redmine, however, as a workaround.

                                      Ryan
                                      Repeat, after me: MESH IS THE DEVIL! MESH IS THE DEVIL!
                                      Requesting firmware for your Netgate device? https://go.netgate.com
                                      Switching: Mikrotik, Netgear, Extreme
                                      Wireless: Aruba, Ubiquiti

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                                        Siman
                                        last edited by Siman

                                        same issue... come one netgate, do your job... Just saying PFS+ is supposed to be the payed for tier, and I got customers running it...

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                                          rcoleman612 @Siman
                                          last edited by

                                          @siman said in Pfsense 2.6 to plus. Unable to check:

                                          same issue... come one netgate, do your job... Just saying PFS+ is supposed to be the payed for tier, and I got customers running it...

                                          If you're a paying customer have you bothered to open a ticket with TAC?
                                          https://go.netgate.com/

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                                            Siman @rcoleman612
                                            last edited by

                                            @picturetaker Customers haven't called me yet. I run it at home in lab form, if I get called and Im working for them I would open one. Can't do anything if I'm not representing them.

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