Update is not available

[ciscokid]

My home page claims:

23.09-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Tue Oct 31 15:56:00 EDT 2023
FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT

Version 23.09.1 is available.
Version information updated at Wed Aug 7 9:02:32 EDT 2024

When I click on the download arrow, the system takes me to the update page and claims I am up to date. The orange light on the router front face never lights up.

Possibly unrelated, I am getting lots of messages like this:

Notices
Certificate Manager
The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:
Certificate: webConfigurator default (6234a44bd3e10) (6234a44bd3e10): Expired 474 days ago @ 2024-08-07 03:01:00

Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

[stephenw10]

Try switching the update branch to something else and then back.

If that doesnt work then at the command line run: pkg-static -d update

Check what errors it shows.

[Gertjan]

@ciscokid said in Update is not available:

The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:

Click : pfSense The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring

[ciscokid]

@stephenw10 Switching the update branch did the trick. During this process, I noticed that the router firmware was old. Is there a way to get notified of new firmware versions?

[stephenw10]

Newer firmware is released via new update package versions. So if you add the installed packages widget that will show when updates are available to the pkg.

[SteveITS]

@ciscokid said in Update is not available:

Is there a way to get notified of new firmware versions?

also:

• https://www.netgate.com/blog/
• "Subscribe to Email Updates" at the bottom of I think every page on their site
• https://forum.netgate.com/category/15/messages-from-the-pfsense-team
• reddit.com/r/Netgate (much less posting than r/PFSENSE)

[Gertjan]

@SteveITS

Auto update check, checks for updates to base system + packages and sends email alerts.

[ciscokid]

@Gertjan I have never received any emails in all the years since I bought my Netgate router. Where is this action set in the menu?

[Gertjan]

@ciscokid

Sorry, yes, you're right.
You have to click with the mouse, or tap on my phrase, as it is a link to another forum post where you are told what to do.
You have to create (copy and paste actually) a file.
You have to install the pfSense 'cron' package.
Etc.