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    [solved] Question regarding MIM: Controller not having a static *public* IP possible?

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    • Bob.DigB
      Bob.Dig LAYER 8
      last edited by Bob.Dig

      OT but didn't deserve its own thread I think: On 24.11-RC I noticed that on an installation (with 1 Gig RAM) the pfnet-controller Service wasn't running. I did a reboot, saw the same thing again. Starting it manually works. That controller is the actual controller of two other instances.
      Only thing I noticed:

      Screenshot 2024-11-14 115537.png

      No problem with my main-machine though. The service is running but it is not the controller of other instances.

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        marcosm Netgate
        last edited by

        Are the logs any different if you increase the log level?

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        • Bob.DigB
          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @marcosm
          last edited by Bob.Dig

          @marcosm Not really.

          Nov 14 17:07:10 	kernel 		controltun0: link state changed to DOWN 
          
          Nov 14 17:07:09 	pfnet-controller 	57413 	controltun0 packet from 185.*.*.*:*
          Nov 14 17:07:09 	pfnet-controller 	57413 	Unknown peerId in received packet from peer 4ae627
          Nov 14 17:07:09 	pfnet-controller 	57413 	NG System busy, will challenge peer
          Nov 14 17:07:09 	pfnet-controller 	57413 	NG Handshake received from 185.*.*.*:*
          Nov 14 17:07:09 	pfnet-controller 	57413 	controltun0 packet from 185.*.*.*:*
          Nov 14 17:07:09 	pfnet-controller 	57413 	Unknown peerId in received packet from peer 4ae627 
          

          Nothing after that for the MIM log.

          That IP is my very slow instance...

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            marcosm Netgate
            last edited by marcosm

            Would you please reproduce the issue, generate diagnostic data while it's still stopped, and upload it here?

            Also, are there any interesting logs from the client(s) when that happens?

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            • Bob.DigB
              Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @marcosm
              last edited by Bob.Dig

              @marcosm said in [solved] Question regarding MIM: Controller not having a static *public* IP possible?:

              Would you please reproduce the issue

              Done. This time even more services hadn't started... It is a VPS in the oracle cloud with just 1 GB RAM.

              Edit2: Now it stopped again, I can't even get it working... While I see it now is supporting DDNS, I haven't used that and it is way less stable. Maybe I am supposed to make a new config(db) for it? No, latter doesn't change anything.

              And on my main machine at home I have a WireGuard problem it seems, service isn't running although most of the tunnels do... And I see this, not the first time.

              Screenshot 2024-11-15 092241.png

              So I guess I am looking forward to an all new Install-Image to start over... At least CrystalDiskInfo isn't showing any problems. ๐Ÿ™„

              Edit: A Reboot fixed this for my main machine, still, I have never seen this before on it. Also did a RAM-check, no problems found.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                You should be able to install the RC directly with Net Installer if that's an option for you.

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                • Bob.DigB
                  Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @stephenw10
                  last edited by Bob.Dig

                  @stephenw10 said in [solved] Question regarding MIM: Controller not having a static *public* IP possible?:

                  You should be able to install the RC directly with Net Installer if that's an option for you.

                  I will do this with the final release. And reboot fixed all problems with my home installation for now. It might just be a problem with FreeBSD on ZFS on Hyper-V on NTFS. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                    marcosm Netgate
                    last edited by

                    The failing SCSI commands are telling. I've experienced similar issues before with VMs running on NFS shares. IMO the issue there is storage. I wouldn't trust it even with reinstalls.

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                    • Bob.DigB
                      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @marcosm
                      last edited by Bob.Dig

                      @marcosm Something seems odd to me with me the RC. I did an "offline" disk check in Windows, no problems found. After rebooting the host, the pfSense VM didn't boot fully, or to be more precise, not all services where loaded and a message said, that boot verification hasn't completed. And because it didn't, I disabled MIM and rebooted the Host again. This time everything went well and no problems at all.
                      So this behavior I only have seen with the RC, now at home and before in the oracle cloud... I will disable MIM on all machines and have a look if these problems are related to it...

                      @marcosm said in [solved] Question regarding MIM: Controller not having a static *public* IP possible?:

                      I wouldn't trust it even with reinstalls.

                      I will let you know if you where right. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                        marcosm Netgate
                        last edited by

                        If you're referring to the message:

                        Automatic boot verification is still running - wait a moment for boot to complete.

                        You'll need to wait for the boot process to finish. The GUI becomes available before all services are ready.

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                        • Bob.DigB
                          Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @marcosm
                          last edited by Bob.Dig

                          @marcosm said in [solved] Question regarding MIM: Controller not having a static *public* IP possible?:

                          You'll need to wait for the boot process to finish. The GUI becomes available before all services are ready.

                          Yeah, I did but it didn't.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Does it show 'bootup complete' at the console? If not how far does it get?

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                            • Bob.DigB
                              Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10 It never finished so I went in, disabled MIM and rebooted (the whole host). Now, absolutely no problem. And this is my main machine, it is fast compared to those cheap VPS I got. I hope it is not my drive, and I have seen similar in OCI. So I hope it is MIM to be honest, I would like to see the final release soon (don't need MIM).

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Mmm, me too!
                                This is the first report of this we've seen though so it's an edge case at most. I don't think this will hold a release.

                                Do you have the logs from that failed boot still?

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                                • Bob.DigB
                                  Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10 No, I have the RAM-disk enabled and I don't see anything before.

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