Problems with pfsense repo server? Very slow download.

chrcoluk

It eventually finished. So patience was the answer.

rmaeder

There is definitely a problem with the pfSense repo. Just bringing up the System>Update page takes over 2 minutes, with an error "pfSense-repoc: failed to fetch the repo data"
Eventually it displays 2.7.1 as current, and 2.7.2 as Latest, but I don't think it is a good idea to start the upgrade in this situation.

rmaeder

The problems with the repo server seem solved, and the upgrade, via the serial console, was as smooth as the previous one, from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1. I didn't even have to uninstall the packages first.

chrcoluk

@rmaeder yeah, I agree, but for me I had already started the process before discovering it wasnt going smoothly. Luckily it did eventually download.

SteveFW

Same error as rmaeder here:
I run a 2-node CARP 2.7.1 cluster. Upgraded the passive node from 2.7.1 to 2.7.2 a couple of hours ago. Downloading the packages took forever but it did work in the end.
Now trying to upgrade the active node but no dice.
Followed the hints in the "Troubleshooting upgrades" chapter in the documentation. Commands like "pkg-static update -f" or "pkg-static bootstrap -f" all work fine. No DNS or connectivity issues.
I even tried "certctl rehash" + reboot, even though I cannot image that being the cause.

However, "pfSense-upgrade -d -c" results in:

pfSense-repoc-static: failed to fetch the repo data
failed to read the repo data.
failed to update the repository settings!!!
failed to update the repository settings!!!

after a while (smells like a TCP timeout) so I guess the repo server is not happy at the moment?

marcg

@SteveFW

Issues here, too. Attempting to update pfSense+ 23.09 > 23.09.1.

System>Updates shows "failed to fetch repo data" and "Up To Date" even though the system is on 23.09 and 23.09.1 is available.

pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
runs cleanly, but pkg-static update and pfSense-upgrade both complain about the repo.

[23.09-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade

The following package files will be deleted:
        /var/cache/pkg/pkg-1.20.8_2~3424425005.pkg
        /var/cache/pkg/pkg-1.20.8_2.pkg
        /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-repo-23.09~f7beb456eb.pkg
        /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-upgrade-1.2.1.pkg
        /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-repo-23.09.pkg
        /var/cache/pkg/pfSense-upgrade-1.2.1~a3941cdb25.pkg
The cleanup will free 10 MiB
Deleting files: 100%
All done
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf:   0%
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf:   0%
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
        pfSense-repo-23.09 [pfSense]
        pfSense-upgrade-1.2.1 [pfSense]
        pkg-1.20.8_2 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be reinstalled: 3

10 MiB to be downloaded.
[1/3] Fetching pfSense-repo-23.09.pkg: 100%    6 KiB   6.5kB/s    00:01
[2/3] Fetching pkg-1.20.8_2.pkg: 100%   10 MiB  10.9MB/s    00:01
[3/3] Fetching pfSense-upgrade-1.2.1.pkg: 100%   21 KiB  21.4kB/s    00:01
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/3] Reinstalling pfSense-repo-23.09...
[1/3] Extracting pfSense-repo-23.09: 100%
[2/3] Reinstalling pkg-1.20.8_2...
[2/3] Extracting pkg-1.20.8_2: 100%
[3/3] Reinstalling pfSense-upgrade-1.2.1...
[3/3] Extracting pfSense-upgrade-1.2.1: 100%
You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if it is no longer needed.

[23.09-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg-static update -f
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
pkg-static: An error occured while fetching package
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!

[23.09-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pfSense-upgrade -d -c
pfSense-repoc-static: failed to fetch the repo data
failed to read the repo data.
failed to update the repository settings!!!
failed to update the repository settings!!!

arminhempel

Problems here, as well.

Package Manager is slow and doesnt list available Packages.

System -> Update -> System Update brings:

pfSense-repoc: failed to fetch the repo data

I'm a bit worried, that this seems to be ongoing for a couple of days now. Hope they can solve it on Monday.

SteveFW

Update: I was able to upgrade the second FW just now. Downloads where speedy and the upgrade uneventful.

marcg

@SteveFW said in Problems with pfsense repo server? Very slow download.:

Update: I was able to upgrade the second FW just now. Downloads where speedy and the upgrade uneventful.

Yep, all good here, too. Smooth upgrade.

Thanks to whoever fixed this.

arminhempel

issues are fixed for me as well, thanks!