Installing Openvpn package
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Dear team
Hope you are all doing well. I am reaching out to your regarding an issue. I am currently working on a virtual network topology where I am using pfSense vm between two WAN and I need to implement OpenVpn for that I need a missing package
openvpn-client-export package.Whenever I tried to install the package from Webgui, it says "Please wait while the update system initializes" and nothing happens.
Alternatively I tried visiting the package url link from my host machine but its unreachable
https://packages.pfsense.org/packages/What would be the way to install the package? Thank you Zawad
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@hossazaw is DNS working on pfSense? (Diagnostics>DNS Lookup).
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html#packages-netgate-com-has-no-a-aaaa-record
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@hossazaw said in Installing Openvpn package:
Whenever I tried to install the package from Webgui, it says "Please wait while the update system initializes" and nothing happens.
What pfSense version are you using?
Alternatively I tried visiting the package url link from my host machine but its unreachable
https://packages.pfsense.org/packages/packages.pfsense.org doesn't resolve for me, how did you get this URL?
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@SteveITS
Thank you for reaching out. I am using pfSense Community Edition 2.8. I had NAT adapter on it to connect it to the internet. Initially it was working then it broke I guess for all other VM in the topology. So I am redoing from scratch -
@patient0
Thank you for the question. I am using pfSense Community Edition 2.8.I found the url on gpt and also searched for the package in the website but with no luck
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@hossazaw said in Installing Openvpn package:
I found the url on gpt and also searched for the package in the website but with no luck
pfSense has its own 'package servers url' build in. Like Windows : no need to specify where to look for updates, Windows knows how to call home.
be ware : if if you found that url, you can't use it with a web browser.
It's a package server, not a web server.@hossazaw said in Installing Openvpn package:
Whenever I tried to install the package from Webgui, it says "Please wait while the update system initializes" and nothing happens.
A possible reason : and by far the most obvious one : DNS is broken.
The code (script) used to request the package list is somewhat resilient, and won't take no for an answer that quickly, and will stay in memory for some time, trying many times. It could be a non local temporary DNS issue after all. All this time, only one instance of this script is allowed, subsequent requests from your (GUI) side will get "Please wait while the update system initializes" as an answer.If DNS couldn't be used by the update script, because it (for pfSense itself) doesn't work, it can take quiet a while before it times out. Subsequent request will also fail.
To see better what actually happens :
Use the SSH or console access, option 8.
Start by reading this one : Troubleshooting Upgrades.
