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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      mark_lab_user @mark_lab_user
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      @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'?

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        Dobby_ @pete
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        @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)

        #~. @Dobby

        Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
        PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
        PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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          tman222 @mark_lab_user
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          @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?

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            mark_lab_user @tman222
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            @tman222 YES.

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            • peteP
              pete
              last edited by 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:
              
              • Pete

              Auto mater
              23.09.1-RELEASE (amd64)
              built on Mon Dec 11 12:24:00 CST 2023
              FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT
              PFSense + Qotom - Master
              PFSense + Jetway - Backup
              PFSense + Jetway - Backup
              PFSense + Generic - Backup

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                driise @driise
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                @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!!!
                
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                  driise @driise
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                  @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...
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                  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
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                  pfSense-Status_Monitoring-1.8  pfSense Status Monitoring
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                  pfSense-upgrade-1.0_66         pfSense upgrade script
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                    driise @driise
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                    @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
                    
                    
                    
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                    • peteP
                      pete
                      last edited by 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?

                      • Pete

                      Auto mater
                      23.09.1-RELEASE (amd64)
                      built on Mon Dec 11 12:24:00 CST 2023
                      FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT
                      PFSense + Qotom - Master
                      PFSense + Jetway - Backup
                      PFSense + Jetway - Backup
                      PFSense + Generic - Backup

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                        driise @pete
                        last edited by

                        @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.

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                        • peteP
                          pete @driise
                          last edited by

                          @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.

                          • Pete

                          Auto mater
                          23.09.1-RELEASE (amd64)
                          built on Mon Dec 11 12:24:00 CST 2023
                          FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT
                          PFSense + Qotom - Master
                          PFSense + Jetway - Backup
                          PFSense + Jetway - Backup
                          PFSense + Generic - Backup

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                            Gertjan @pete
                            last edited by

                            @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 :

                            df97cad5-6aed-4b5b-afb3-99c8f0ce055d-image.png

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

                            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                            • peteP
                              pete @Gertjan
                              last edited by

                              @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.

                              • Pete

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                              23.09.1-RELEASE (amd64)
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                              • Dobby_D
                                Dobby_ @pete
                                last edited by

                                @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!

                                #~. @Dobby

                                Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                                PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                                PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                                • S
                                  SteveITS Galactic Empire @Gertjan
                                  last edited by

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

                                  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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                                  • peteP
                                    pete
                                    last edited by 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
                                    
                                    • Pete

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                                    built on Mon Dec 11 12:24:00 CST 2023
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                                    PFSense + Jetway - Backup
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                                    • peteP
                                      pete
                                      last edited by pete

                                      You guys are great!!!!

                                      I finished the Jetway just now which is sitting at 23.01.
                                      For time bean will not update both firewalls to 23.05.

                                      I restored the backup from the currently running master (Qotom) before I tried to update to the Jetway and I disconnected the WAN and LAN interfaces when I updated. Rebooted a couple of times via console and it booted just fine.

                                      Next unplugging master and replacing it with the Jetway backup.

                                      I have a serial port connection to a GPS and another one to the UPS which is no big deal right now.

                                      It should be fine when I swap the Qotom for the Jetway.

                                      • Pete

                                      Auto mater
                                      23.09.1-RELEASE (amd64)
                                      built on Mon Dec 11 12:24:00 CST 2023
                                      FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT
                                      PFSense + Qotom - Master
                                      PFSense + Jetway - Backup
                                      PFSense + Jetway - Backup
                                      PFSense + Generic - Backup

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                                      • D
                                        Draco @aaronssh
                                        last edited by

                                        @aaronssh Upgrading SG-5100 from 23.01. Hit the same certificate errors, and the same @pdavis steps fixed things for me.

                                        23.05 is installed, all packages updated, and it seems to be running fine.

                                        I hope Netgate can figure out what is going on with their certificates...

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                                        • Dobby_D
                                          Dobby_ @Draco
                                          last edited by

                                          @Draco said in 23.01 -> 23.05 upgrade failed:

                                          I hope Netgate can figure out what is going on with their certificates...

                                          Let us imagine you buy a license, and install your
                                          pfSense. Please don´t get me wrong here, but Netgate is earning their money with that licenses.
                                          So now you will be able to DD (disk dump) the
                                          entire HDD/SSD and play it back to many devices
                                          let us imagine they are all total identically to the
                                          first hardware, and now you have paid once and
                                          have "installed" it ten times (10x) so you have not
                                          paid nine times (9x) and now all that units will be
                                          updating and/or upgrading at the same time, it
                                          will be not working. But for a single unit (device)
                                          you could install and upgrade once the other
                                          upgrades have to wait then a small time frame
                                          during the cert. lease time is renewed. Thats it
                                          like I see it from here, I could be wrong, or
                                          totally not hitting the point fir sure.

                                          #~. @Dobby

                                          Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
                                          PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
                                          PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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                                          • M
                                            McPie
                                            last edited by

                                            This is what worked for me:

                                            System / Update
                                            Update Settings / Click on Save

                                            Go back to System Update tab and then it lets you upgrade to 23.05

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