SG-3100 upgrade from 23.09 to 24.03 - 2 issues

[stephenw10]

The Net Installer does not support the 3100 so just open a support ticket as previously. You do not need to have support to get recovery images.

[4eanlss]

@stephenw10
I've been doing a lot of debugging and learning; however, I've never been able to get my SG-3100 web GUI to work.
I've 'run recovery' from provided pfSense-plus-Netgate-3100-recovery-24.03-RELEASE-armv7.img

I can ssh and have confirmed there are no errors in /var/log/nginx/error.log.
nginx -t reports syntax is okay and test is successful.

Confirmed the anti-lockout rule exists.

Web GUI is always blank.
telnet show that the nginx server is responding when given a bad request.

Tried switching the interface to port 80 instead of 443; however, that resulted in no http response.

cat /var/log/system.log shows various pids with:
pfSense kernel: pid 38541 (pkg-static), jid 0, uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped)

Is the only option left to assume a bad configuration exists?
Is 'Reset to factory defaults' the only solution?

Thank you in advance.

[stephenw10]

Can we assume that initially after a clean re-install the gui is accessible as expected?

Do you have any packages in your config? Which ones?

[4eanlss]

@stephenw10

Can we assume that initially after a clean re-install the gui is accessible as expected?

No

Do you have any packages in your config? Which ones?

pfBlockerNG-devel, nut, System Patches

[stephenw10]

Ok if the gui is not accessible after a clean install, before your config has been restored, then check for a subnet conflict between the default LAN (192.168.1.1) and whatever the WAN might be connected to.

[4eanlss]

@stephenw10
WAN: DCHP
LAN: 192.168.0.1
OPT: 192.168.1.1 (not used)

Router otherwise working.
Should I just comment out the packages one at a time?

[4eanlss]

@stephenw10
I've tried upgradeconfig.
I've stopped the 3 (all) services: nut, pfb_dnsbl, pfb_filter; and, then have Restart PHP-FPM and Restart GUI. Still no web-gui.

[4eanlss]

@4eanlss
More specifically:
WAN (wan) -> mvneta2 -> v4/DHCP4: 192.168.10.129/24
LAN (lan) -> mvneta1 -> v4: 192.168.0.1/24
OPT1 (opt1) -> mvneta0 -> v4: 192.168.1.1/24

[4eanlss]

@stephenw10
Also, Filter Logs has confirmed that WebGui traffic is not being blocked from the client; it is being passed from client IP address to 192.168.0.1.

[4eanlss]

@stephenw10
I tried option Update from console:
pfSense-repoc-static: si_get_packages: failed to run the pkg info command: /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static info -R --raw-format json-compact pfSense-pkg-* 2>&1
pfSense-repoc-static: failed to read the installed pfSense packages
Messages:
Your Netgate device has pfSense+ as part of your device purchase.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
ERROR: It was not possible to identify which pfSense kernel is installed
Netgate 3100 - Serial: xxxxxxxxxx - Netgate Device ID: yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[4eanlss]

@4eanlss
pkg-static info -x pfsense
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

pkg-static -d update
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[stephenw10]

@4eanlss said in SG-3100 upgrade from 23.09 to 24.03 - 2 issues:

Router otherwise working.
Should I just comment out the packages one at a time?

You shouldn't have any packages installed after a clean install. That would only happen after restoring your config.

So it is accessible after a clean install? Or is it only an issue after restoring your config?

[4eanlss]

@stephenw10
Thanks for you help; however, at this point with the number of hours I have invested in trying to restore this 3100 I could have purchased two appliances. I'm typically not one to give it; however, I've come to the conclusion that the 24.03 software is not compatible with the SG-3100.

I've tried strategically removing packages from the config.xml with no success with run recovery.
I've tried with no config.xml on the recovery USB and still no web GUI -- always the same result.
I've tried resetting to factory defaults -- the same result -- there are two processes which always seg fault and a error about not being able to detect pfsense version. Never get a web gui either http or https.

If there was an option to get version 23.09 with a TAC ticket maybe I'd have a shot at getting this device working -- it was the last known working version.

I'm planning on purchasing a new device to save time and hassle.

[stephenw10]

You can ask TAC for the 23.09.1 recovery image.

I've been running 24.03 on a 3100 as my edge here since it we started tested it and it's been generally fine.