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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Interesting. It looks like at some point you added the ntop repo to get the subscription version?

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      • mgiM
        mgi
        last edited by mgi

        Hello,

        I have the same problem now on my Netgate 2100.

        I updated the repo config already from "repo" to "firmware", but after I did that, I see cert issues related the new domain.

        For some reason the content of my post is flagged as spam and I can post those. The full post can be found on https://pastebin.com/T6yRB4Yw

        Any ideas?

        Thanks...

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          SteveITS Galactic Empire @mgi
          last edited by

          @mgi The 1100/2100 repos are still offline while they sort out the issue affecting older models.
          https://forum.netgate.com/topic/178049/pfsense-plus-23-01-updates-on-the-1100-and-2100-systems

          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 👍 helpful posts!

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          • mgiM
            mgi @SteveITS
            last edited by mgi

            @steveits thanks! I missed that announcement.

            EDIT: seems that my box is safe when the repos are back online.

            [22.05-RELEASE][admin@pfsense]/root: gpart show
            =>       1  62533295  ada0  MBR  (30G)
                     1    409600     1  efi  (200M)
                409601     70012     2  fat32  (34M)
                479613  62053683     3  freebsd  [active]  (30G)
            
            =>       0  62053683  ada0s3  BSD  (30G)
                     0        16          - free -  (8.0K)
                    16  62053667       1  freebsd-zfs  (30G)
            
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            • frankkellyF
              frankkelly @rcoleman-netgate
              last edited by

              @rcoleman-netgate said in Unable to check for updates (SOLVED):

              @peterhouse

              1. Upgrades to 1100/2100 models are suspended while an issue is being fixed

              This seems to be what is stopping me from upgrading a 2100 at one of my remote sites, as it has yet to be reimaged to upgrade to ZFS. I guess I will be having someone onsite walk through the reinstall process, thanks for linking that post here.

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                KB8DOA @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10 said in Unable to check for updates (SOLVED):

                Interesting. It looks like at some point you added the ntop repo to get the subscription version?

                Yes I did but was just a newer version as the Netgate Package of ntopng is or was quite far behind.

                Now I understand the ramifications of installing outside of Official Packages.

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                  alexbd819 @KB8DOA
                  last edited by alexbd819

                  @kb8doa Thank you sir, that did solved my issue as well!

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                    bavcon22
                    last edited by

                    I had the exact this problem when I decide to update my pfsense+ from version 23.01 to 23.05. On my appliance I had installed APCUPSD package and this for the reason for error on "Dashboard" page. On the "System Update" page I still receive error.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      So you were able to upgrade by removing apcupsd?

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                        bavcon22 @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 In web page I was not able to update, but with SSH yes.

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                          azdeltawye @bavcon22
                          last edited by

                          Hello,
                          Having same problem: "Unable to check for updates"

                          $ pkg info pfSense-upgrade

                          pfSense-upgrade-1.0_67
                          Name           : pfSense-upgrade
                          Version        : 1.0_67
                          Installed on   : Wed Jun  7 14:59:23 2023 MST
                          Origin         : sysutils/pfSense-upgrade
                          Architecture   : FreeBSD:14:amd64
                          Prefix         : /usr/local
                          Categories     : sysutils
                          Licenses       : APACHE20
                          Maintainer     : coreteam@pfsense.org
                          WWW            : https://www.pfsense.org/
                          Comment        : pfSense upgrade script
                          Annotations    :
                          	FreeBSD_version: 1400085
                          	build_timestamp: 2023-06-06T04:14:40+0000
                          	built_by       : poudriere-git-3.3.99.20220831
                          	port_checkout_unclean: no
                          	port_git_hash  : 33c2f885cd36
                          	ports_top_checkout_unclean: yes
                          	ports_top_git_hash: 33c2f885cd36
                          	repo_type      : binary
                          	repository     : pfSense
                          Flat size      : 71.0KiB
                          Description    :
                          pfSense upgrade script
                          
                          WWW: https://www.pfsense.org/
                          

                          Then I type in the following command:
                          $ pkg-static -d update

                          and nothing happens...

                          any thoughts?

                          Hardware: 4100-MAX running 23.05

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                            azdeltawye @azdeltawye
                            last edited by

                            Additional info:

                            Orange LED was flashing on device indicating update was available. I then rebooted from the UI (I usually reboot prior to update) then that's when when I got the 'Unable to check for updates' message.
                            Subsequently, no more orange LED...

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              First thing to try is go to Sys > Update > Update Settings and resave the branch to the current stable version.

                              If it still fails try running pfSense-upgrade -d at the command line to see what the error is.

                              Steve

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                                bavcon22 @KB8DOA
                                last edited by

                                @KB8DOA When I had error like in your post I could not also get updates from github.io. I do not solve this problem yet, but in my case the suspicious program is snort. Definitely I mess up with snort's configuration to much.

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                                • JonathanLeeJ
                                  JonathanLee @Matt2
                                  last edited by

                                  @Matt2 Make sure you hide your serial and id. This is only for you infom

                                  Make sure to upvote

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                                    Farhan 0 @bushman666
                                    last edited by

                                    @bushman666
                                    Thank you. This solution perfectly works for me. From 2.6.0 to 2.7.0 upgrade.

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