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    pfSense 2.7 with an old 2.4.5 config failing to upgrade

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      tbyte @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 This are the only lines with "gre" (excluding the certificates)

                              <priv>page-interfaces-gre</priv>
                              <priv>page-interfaces-gre-edit</priv>
              <gres></gres>
      
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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        That's from the 2.4 config before it is restored?

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          tbyte @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 yes on the live router.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Ok, that looks like a bug. https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/14859

            You can workaround it by simply removing the <gres></gres> line before importing it if you need to.

            Steve

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              tbyte @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10 That worked! Nice catch, thank you! Sorry for replying that slow, I couldn't test it until now.

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                davin.landry
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                I'm having a similar problem, but I'm upgrading from 2,2.6. I've looked for gre/gres in my config but don't see that anywhere. I do have a IPSec connection though.

                My error also has different numbers and paths.

                Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Unsupported operand types: string * int in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc:4163
                Stack trace:
                #0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(513): upgrade_130_to_131()
                #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/backup.inc(403): convert_config()
                #2 /usr/local/www/diag_backup.php(63): execPost(Array, Array)
                #3 {main} thrown in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc on line 4163
                PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc, Line: 4163, Message: Uncaught TypeError: Unsupported operand types: string * int in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc:4163
                Stack trace:
                #0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(513): upgrade_130_to_131()
                #1 /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/backup.inc(403): convert_config()
                #2 /usr/local/www/diag_backup.php(63): execPost(Array, Array)
                #3 {main} thrown

                Any ideas?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  @davin-landry said in pfSense 2.7 with an old 2.4.5 config failing to upgrade:

                  upgrade_config.inc:4163

                  That code updates custom gateway monitoring settings to be valid in newer instances.
                  https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc#L4161

                  Do you have custom gateway values in your config?

                  Steve

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                    davin.landry @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10

                    Yes I do, we have 4 entries in 'Gateways' and 2 rely on the IPSec connection.

                    Also, sorry for the delay in responding.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Ah so gateways at the remote side of a VTI tunnel?

                      That should still be valid. Do you have custom values in those? Latency, ping frequency etc?

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                        davin.landry @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        Yeah, they are for AWS. But no, no custom values, just have monitoring turned off.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Can we see the gateways section from the config you are importing? You can redact any public IP there if you wish.

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                            davin.landry @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            config-router.xml

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              That appears to be only the ipsec config. What matters here is the gateway section like:

                              	<gateways>
                              		<gateway_item>
                              			<interface>opt9</interface>
                              			<gateway>172.27.116.1</gateway>
                              			<name>WG0GW</name>
                              			<weight>1</weight>
                              			<ipprotocol>inet</ipprotocol>
                              			<descr></descr>
                              			<monitor_disable></monitor_disable>
                              			<gw_down_kill_states></gw_down_kill_states>
                              		</gateway_item>
                              		<gateway_item>
                              			<interface>opt14</interface>
                              			<gateway>dynamic</gateway>
                              			<name>GIF0_TUNNELV4</name>
                              			<weight>1</weight>
                              			<ipprotocol>inet</ipprotocol>
                              			<descr><![CDATA[Interface GIF0_TUNNELV4 Gateway]]></descr>
                              		</gateway_item>
                              		<gateway_item>
                              			<interface>opt17</interface>
                              			<gateway>dynamic</gateway>
                              			<name>WWAN0_PPP</name>
                              			<weight>1</weight>
                              			<ipprotocol>inet</ipprotocol>
                              			<interval>5000</interval>
                              			<time_period>100000</time_period>
                              			<alert_interval>20000</alert_interval>
                              			<descr><![CDATA[Interface WWAN0_PPP Gateway]]></descr>
                              			<monitor>1.1.1.1</monitor>
                              			<loss_interval>19995</loss_interval>
                              		</gateway_item>
                              		<gateway_item>
                              			<interface>opt25</interface>
                              			<gateway>10.0.2.1</gateway>
                              			<name>WG_GW0</name>
                              			<weight></weight>
                              			<ipprotocol>inet</ipprotocol>
                              			<descr><![CDATA[Wireguard gateway]]></descr>
                              			<gw_down_kill_states></gw_down_kill_states>
                              		</gateway_item>
                              		<defaultgw4>WAN_DHCP</defaultgw4>
                              		<defaultgw6></defaultgw6>
                              	</gateways>
                              
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                                davin.landry @stephenw10
                                last edited by

                                Sorry. Here you go.

                                config-router.xml

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Great. Nothing jumps out at me there, I've raised it with our devs.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Hmm, OK are you able to retest that?

                                    If so try removing the <interval/> lines from the config before importing it. If that prevents the error we should be able to add something to allow it.

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                                      davin.landry @stephenw10
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                                      Yes I can retry, I'll let you know something after the holiday.

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                                        davin.landry @stephenw10
                                        last edited by

                                        Test was successful most of the settings are now in the new system. A few things aren't working, like the openVPN service and DHCP service won't start but I think it might be because it doesn't have any real connections.
                                        I'm also getting the following error now.

                                        PHP Errors:
                                        [28-Nov-2023 03:29:20 America/Chicago] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc:4290
                                        Stack trace:
                                        #0 /etc/inc/config.lib.inc(513): upgrade_136_to_137()
                                        #1 /etc/rc.bootup(135): convert_config()
                                        #2 {main}
                                        thrown in /etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc on line 4290

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

                                          Still into 2.7.0 not 2.7.1?
                                          https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/RELENG_2_7_0/src/etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc#L4290

                                          if (!is_array($dhcpd['numberoptions']['item'])) {
                                          

                                          Do you have custom numbered options in your dhcp server config?

                                          Steve

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                                            davin.landry @stephenw10
                                            last edited by

                                            Yes I have 10 total different networks(vlans) with different scopes and 7 of those use the DHCP server.

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