Uninstalling ACME during pfsense CE 2.6-to-2.7 update?

[curby]

Hey folks, I'd like to not have to reconfigure my ACME after updating to pfsense 2.7.x. Can I just keep ACME installed? I know that the upgrade guide recommends uninstalling all packages in general; I'm just posting here hoping that folks have had success keeping their ACME package through the upgrade process. Alternatively, is using the "Diagnostics > Backup & Restore" feature with package configuration a better way to balance a clean upgrade with minimal setup effort?

Or has too much changed since pfsense 2.6.0 and ACME 0.7.2, and I should just resign myself to setting up everything from scratch after the upgrade?

Thanks!

[viragomann]

@curby said in Uninstalling ACME during pfsense CE 2.6-to-2.7 update?:

Alternatively, is using the "Diagnostics > Backup & Restore" feature with package configuration a better way to balance a clean upgrade with minimal setup effort?

Yes, do it this way. Works perfectly and packages are installed automatically again after restoring the backup.

[SteveITS]

@curby normally package data is left behind if the package is uninstalled. A few like pfBlocker have a checkbox to remove it during uninstallation. I haven’t used ACME but I’d expect you can uninstall and reinstall after.

In general I uninstall “big” packages like pfB and Suricata but leave others like the VPN export or apcupsd which don’t really affect operations.

The upgrade process reinstalls all packages, it’s just a matter of libraries or PHP versions changing before that happens.

[curby]

Thanks for the advice! I guess I'll uninstall my packages and then upgrade. I've already backed up my config.