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    pfSense 2.7 with an old 2.4.5 config failing to upgrade

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      davin.landry
      last edited by

      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
                            last edited by

                            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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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Right but do any of them have numbered options set like:
                                    Screenshot from 2023-11-28 18-30-57.png

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                                      davin.landry @stephenw10
                                      last edited by davin.landry

                                      Yeah, "66" on my phone VLAN.

                                      Oh and yeah I must have downloaded this before the update to 2.7.1, It's been on the workbench a little while. I'll update it.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Ok, I don't expect 2.7.1 to be any different but the line numbers in the php error might have changed.

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