23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade failed

[pete]

@SteveITS

Thank you @SteveITS.

Plugged Backup PFSense CE to currently working LAN (on kitchen table - very low on the WAF).

Updated it to PFSense +. It is updating now to 23.01 and leaving it there and restoring backup from other machine.

On reboot it gets all sorts of PHP errors and stays at the login prompt. Rebooted a couple of times and it is the same on reboot. I am screwed right now.

It seemed to stall at the squid prompts. Removed squid package and it booted. Reset the box via command prompt. Restored old build. On reboot dbended on kernel load.

Will start again from scratch on back up box.

Once I get this one going then taking primary off line and redoing it hopefully to work fine.

I am retired and this is a hobby and while I have backup boxes here many folks do not.

Need to step away now and readdress issues this afternoon.

[Dobby_]

@pete

You could try out installing 2.6 (zfs) and then upgrading to 23.01 and once more to 23.05
and if you will be install also back the config
then it would be the best option in my eyes.
You will need perhaps 30 minutes and all is
fine again. For the spare box I would try out
the 2.7 Development, if it is only a spare box
and for home usage and on top a hobby you
will be fine with it.

[pete]

Thank-you @dobby.

I did that and it worked and I did not update but when I restored my PFSense + old configuration it debended.

The second time I did it it said it was registered and wouldn't update to PFSense +.

So now booting in Ubuntu and reformatting drive and trying installation again.

This is on a Qotom. I also have two Jetways which I like much better than Qotom which I may try on.

In my retirement now hoarding firewalls ;).

I am still running on the redone Qotom PFSense + box to PFSense CE with the PFSense + backup restored to it. My VPN servers are running fine.

Just that I am occupying the kitchen table with a monitor and another server which is very low on the WAF.

[mark_lab_user]

@Dobby_ I just finished that exact procedure. All the way back to fresh 2.6 and then the 2 steps to upgrade.

I had to do it because "Available packages" was showing as empty and I was getting an error is syslog relating to the package manager.

And then I also had to update the RTL Ethernet driver to get my 2.5 Gbit card working.

But...

php-fpm[396]: /pkg_mgr_installed.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/pfSense-repo-setup' returned exit code '1', the output was 'pfSense-repoc-static: invalid signature failed to read the repo data. failed to update the repository settings!!!'

Has returned as of a few minutes ago.

Hmmm.

[mark_lab_user]

@mark_lab_user Oh, silly me, I forget to Register using my existing Token.

Now things are looking up.

Guess that explains the 'invalid signature'?

[Dobby_]

@pete said in 23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade failed:

In my retirement now hoarding firewalls ;).

1 pfSense+
1 pfSense Devel
1 OpenWRT (comes later)
1 RouterOS (On the way)

[tman222]

@mark_lab_user said in 23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade failed:

@mark_lab_user Oh, silly me, I forget to Register using my existing Token.

Now things are looking up.

Guess that explains the 'invalid signature'?

@mark_lab_user - I have been seeing the same error but was already registered for pfSense Plus when I saw it.

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/180382/unable-to-install-or-upgrade-packages

Are you saying that the invalid signature error went away as soon as you registered your pfSense Plus activation token?

[mark_lab_user]

@tman222 YES.

[pete]

Formatting the drive did not fix the registration error.

I see this on the registration page where I put the token in for PFSense+

Thank you for choosing Netgate pfSense

Your device does not require registration, we recognize it already. You may have already registered, or it may be a pre-registered Netgate appliance.

Well then I read this:

*@jarhead ***There was a discussion a month or two ago that touched on it... I seem to recall pfSense generates a hardware ID and if the hardware changes it is seen as different/new. So without changing something, you probably would need to contact Netgate as mentioned.

Yeah, there's no automated process to do that currently. So open a ticket if for any reason you need to.****

That is why I could not re-install PFSense + on original machine and now second test machine. So now trying new Jetway computer. So will open up a TAC request for machines that were registered with PFSense.

Yes here have been using a micro travel router (2" X 1"" running OpenWRT and a MQTT broker inside my alarm panel (OmniPro 2). Another one is running MeteoHub with a MeteoStick for my Davis Weather station. Well and another one is a wireless TOR box.
Well also running Kodi in my automobiles and using Openwrt to LTE modems. Really like KODI CoreElec which talks to the bus on the car. It shows up as a menu item.

So installed PFSense then PFSense + on the new Jetway (6 Gb ports / com port / vga). Next steps are to recover my backup. This is where when I tried last time to do this the computer failed to boot.

Netgate pfSense Plus - Netgate Device ID: 3

*** Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) on pfSense ***

 WAN (wan)       -> igb0       -> v4/DHCP4: 192.168.244.251/25
                                  v6/DHCP6: xxx/64
 LAN (lan)       -> igb1       -> v4: 192.168.1.1/24

 0) Logout (SSH only)                  9) pfTop
 1) Assign Interfaces                 10) Filter Logs
 2) Set interface(s) IP address       11) Restart webConfigurator
 3) Reset webConfigurator password    12) PHP shell + Netgate pfSense Plus tools
 4) Reset to factory defaults         13) Update from console
 5) Reboot system                     14) Disable Secure Shell (sshd)
 6) Halt system                       15) Restore recent configuration
 7) Ping host                         16) Restart PHP-FPM
 8) Shell

Enter an option:

[driise]

@driise @jimp

I went through the process of promoting my secondary firewall to the master, then formatted the physical server (Dell R210 II), reinstalled pfSense 2.6 CE -> upgraded to pfSense+ (23.01), attempted the 23.05 upgraded again, and have the exact same issue. No packages installed or configuration beyond WAN and LAN IPs done on fresh install

It would seem that either my license/token has an issue (since it auto-discovered it after install, I wasn't able to use a new token) or there's just something wrong with the upgrade packages that get downloaded.

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfsense-a.home.arpa]/conf: pfSense-upgrade -d
>>> Updating repositories metadata...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done
Processing entries: .. done
pfSense-core repository update completed. 15 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
Processing entries:
Processing entries............. done
pfSense repository update completed. 549 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
>>> Upgrading pfSense-upgrade...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
	pfSense-upgrade: 1.0_61 -> 1.0_66 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1

20 KiB to be downloaded.
[1/1] Fetching pfSense-upgrade-1.0_66.pkg: ... done
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/1] Upgrading pfSense-upgrade from 1.0_61 to 1.0_66...
[1/1] Extracting pfSense-upgrade-1.0_66: ...... done
pkg-static: No package(s) matching pfSense-pkg-*
pfSense-repoc-static: si_get_packages: failed to run the pkg info command: /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static info -R --raw-format json-compact pfSense-pkg-\*
pfSense-repoc-static: no pfSense packages installed
pfSense-repoc-static: invalid signature
failed to read the repo data.
failed to update the repository settings!!!
failed to update the repository settings!!!

[driise]

@driise

List of packages:

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfsense-a.home.arpa]/root: /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static info -a

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfsense-a.home.arpa]/root: /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static info -a
beep-1.0_1                     Beeps a certain duration and pitch out of the PC Speaker
bind-tools-9.18.8              Command line tools from BIND: delv, dig, host, nslookup...
bsnmp-regex-0.6_2              bsnmpd module allowing creation of counters from log files
bsnmp-ucd-0.4.5                bsnmpd module that implements parts of UCD-SNMP-MIB
bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20     Broadcom AirForce IEEE 802.11 Firmware Kernel Module
ca_root_nss-3.83               Root certificate bundle from the Mozilla Project
ccid-1.5.0                     Generic driver for USB CCID and ICCD
check_reload_status-0.0.14     run various pfSense scripts on event.
choparp-20150613               Simple proxy arp daemon
cpdup-1.22                     Comprehensive filesystem mirroring and backup program
cpustats-0.1_1                 cpustats
curl-7.85.0                    Command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs
cyrus-sasl-2.1.28              RFC 2222 SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer)
dbus-1.14.4,1                  Message bus system for inter-application communication
devcpu-data-20221002           AMD and Intel CPUs microcode updates
devcpu-data-amd-20221002       AMD CPUs microcode updates
devcpu-data-intel-20220809     Intel CPU microcode updates
dhcp6-20080615.2_4             KAME DHCP6 client, server, and relay
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dhcpleases6-0.1_3              read dhpcd6.leases file and trigger command on modification
dmidecode-3.4_2                Tool for dumping DMI (SMBIOS) contents in human-readable format
dnsmasq-2.87,1                 Lightweight DNS forwarder, DHCP, and TFTP server
dpinger-3.2                    IP device monitoring tool
expat-2.4.9                    XML 1.0 parser written in C
expiretable-0.6_2              Utility to remove entries from the pf(4) table based on their age
filterdns-2.2                  filterdns
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liblz4-1.9.4,1                 LZ4 compression library, lossless and very fast
libmcrypt-2.5.8_3              Multi-cipher cryptographic library (used in PHP)
libnghttp2-1.48.0              HTTP/2.0 C Library
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libsodium-1.0.18               Library to build higher-level cryptographic tools
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luajit-openresty-2.1.20220915  Just-In-Time Compiler for Lua (OpenResty branch)
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minicron-0.0.2                 very small cron
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mobile-broadband-provider-info-20220725 Service mobile broadband provider database
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mpdecimal-2.5.1                C/C++ arbitrary precision decimal floating point libraries
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perl5-5.32.1_3                 Practical Extraction and Report Language
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pfSense-Status_Monitoring-1.8  pfSense Status Monitoring
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pfSense-default-config-23.01   pfSense default config
pfSense-kernel-pfSense-23.01   pfSense kernel (pfSense)
pfSense-rc-23.01               pfSense rc script and rc.initial shell
pfSense-repo-23.01             Setup pfSense pkg(8) repositories
pfSense-repoc-20230523         pfSense dynamic repository client
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php81-pear-Net_Socket-1.2.2    PEAR Network Socket Interface
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zstd-1.5.2_1                   Fast real-time compression algorithm

[driise]

@driise said in 23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade failed:

pfSense-upgrade-1.0_66

more info:

GUI set to 23.01 branch

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/usr/local/etc: pkg info -l pfSense-upgrade
pfSense-upgrade-1.0_61:
	/usr/local/libexec/pfSense-upgrade
	/usr/local/pfSense/include/Netgate/repos/pfSense-update-repos.inc.php
	/usr/local/sbin/pfSense-update-repos.php
	/usr/local/sbin/pfSense-upgrade
	/usr/local/share/licenses/pfSense-upgrade-1.0_61/APACHE20
	/usr/local/share/licenses/pfSense-upgrade-1.0_61/LICENSE
	/usr/local/share/licenses/pfSense-upgrade-1.0_61/catalog.mk
[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/usr/local/etc:

GUI set to 23.05 branch

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/usr/local/etc: pkg info -l pfSense-upgrade
ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/sbin/pkg: Undefined symbol "__libc_start1@FBSD_1.7"
[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/usr/local/etc:

/usr/local/sbin/pkg* files from 23.05
(note different file sizes from the _61 files which are from 23.01

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/usr/local/etc: ls -al /usr/local/sbin/pkg*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   2917568 May 23 12:56 /usr/local/sbin/pkg
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  28860304 May 23 12:56 /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  29087192 Jan  7 13:49 /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static.pkgsave
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  29127216 May 28 10:08 /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static_61
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   2912880 May 28 10:05 /usr/local/sbin/pkg_61

[pete]

A recap and what I see this morning on master PFSense box.

1 - PFSense 23.01 was running fine last week. On notification of update to 23.05 backed it up.
2 - updated box and update failed.
3 - box did not reboot - debend.
4 - Installed 2.6.0-RELEASE on box and used back up from PFSense 23.01. It worked with errors and currently running.
5 - Tried to register box with new token to update box to PFSense 23.01 and got a message that box is already registered.
6 - This morning Mon, May 29, 23 got a new message to update.

2.6.0-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Mon Jan 31 19:57:53 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE
Version 23.01 is available. 
Version information updated at Mon May 29 6:09:08 CDT 2023

So should I back up and try to update?

Should I try to update via command line console?
or
Via update GUI?

[driise]

@pete

Think this means that it's old activation token was detected (same thing mine did when I re-installed). It will upgrade to 23.01 just fine. I'll bet a donut you'll have the same upgrade failure going to 23.05. It's odd, 23.05 worked on my VM (failed first time, worked second), but not my physical regardless what I try to do on it.

[pete]

@driise

Thank you. This is the original master PFSense box.

I am dependent on this box right now and the backup box is running fine but I have not restored the old configuration on it yet.

[Gertjan]

@pete said in 23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade failed:

This is the original master PFSense box

Next time :
Get the "soon to be previous firmware" (23.01 in this case) from Netgate using the TAC service.
If something goes wrong, no need to go all the way back to 2.6.0 .... As importing a future 23.01 config into an older 2.6.0 version is far from ideal.

This will kick in inverse Murphy's law : "if you have an easy way back, you won't need it"

Also : If you had 23.01,didn't you have ZFS ?

If the 23.05 isn't playing well for me, I can get back to 23.01 with one click :

Btw : to get ZFS, you need to re install ones from USB and select the ZFS partition scheme.

[pete]

@Gertjan

Get the "soon to be previous firmware" (23.01 in this case) from Netgate using the TAC service.
If something goes wrong, no need to go all the way back to 2.6.0 .... As importing a future 23.01 config into an older 2.6.0 version is far from ideal.

Thank you. I did not know I could get 23.01 from the TAC service. I did get a few errors relating to my 23.01 configuration restoral to the 2.6.0 build. It is still runing fine today though. I did build a new box a couple of days ago and upgraded it to 23.01 but I have not restored the old 23.01 back up to it yet. I did move the WAN connection on the new box from the LAN to a T-Mobile modem to give it a try.....bit slower.

If you had 23.01,didn't you have ZFS ?

Yes ZFS on the 23.01 build. Wondering if that was the issue when upgrading the first time to 23.05.

[Dobby_]

@pete said in 23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade failed:

5 - Tried to register box with new token to update box to PFSense 23.01 and got a message that box is already registered.

If no hardware changes were done, you
could use the old one again. I was
registering two PC Engines APU and
could use that token even again.

So should I back up and try to update?

I woudl try it, but in another way or order!

• 2.6 zfs fresh install
  no pkgs, config backup and system backup
• upgrade to 23.01 zfs
  no pkgs, config backup and system backup
• upgrade to 23.05 zfs

If all went fine for you, please create now a
new boot environment "2305fine install" or
what ever and then reboot. Now you install
the pkgs (but now latest version!) and then
you can begine to play in each one after
another one (backup). But if now something
goes wrong, you boot from the 2305failsafe
next time and get rid of all new installs! That
is saving your much time. If you have a config Backup, done step-by-step let us say for the
entire system, then all the rules then for all
you packages, you can play them back step
by step and will easily able to find out if a
failures occours what it was and when it
was occouring.

Should I try to update via command line console?

Definitely YES, each of mine were upgraded
and updated only via console, sorry I was not mentioned it before. (Above thread)

Via update GUI?

No! Please, don´t get me wrong here but
I personally would not do that!

[SteveITS]

@Gertjan Plus is only available for direct install on Netgate hardware. 2.6 would have been CE.

[pete]

I am in house #2 and VPN'd to house #1 and see:

@Dobby_ said in 23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade failed:

If no hardware changes were done, you
could use the old one again. I was
registering two PC Engines APU and
could use that token even again.

Same hardware which was running 23.01 which is now running with a restored back up from 23.01 shows:

2.6.0-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Mon Jan 31 19:57:53 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE

Version 23.01 is available. 
Version information updated at Mon May 29 14:51:16 CDT 2023

and

register part is showing:

Thank you for choosing Netgate pfSense®

Your device does not require registration, we recognize it already. You may have already registered, or it may be a pre-registered Netgate appliance.

This is what I mentioned earlier afraid now to update it except maybe via command line.

This is the master in house #1. I did configure Jetway backup with PFSense + and have not restored old backup to it yet .

I was going to get the Jetway going then swap it out with current master and see how it works then fix primary.

House #2 is stable with CE so will leave that alone for now running on a Qotom mini PC.

Version	2.6.0-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Mon Jan 31 19:57:53 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE

The system is on the latest version.
Version information updated at Mon May 29 14:57:48 CDT 2023