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    • N Offline
      Nachtfalke
      last edited by

      Hi,

      my CA is lost, too.

      Updated from:
      2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Sun Jan 23 02:03:12 EST 2011
      to:
      2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Sun Jan 23 10:30:03 EST 2011

      Just have "OpenVPN Client Export utility" installed.

      I read this earlier posts but didn't fully understand all.
      If you need some files/configs please let me know step by step what should I have to do to help you.

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      • jimpJ Offline
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        If you go to Diagnostics > Backup/Restore on the config history tab, if you do a diff between the config from before the update, and the current config, is the only difference the missing CA?

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        • jimpJ Offline
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          I've gone over the package code again and reviewed any place in the system that modifies the CA and came up empty yet again.

          I tried several times in a row on a VM and an ALIX to reproduce it and still have never lost a CA when it upgradesโ€ฆ

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          • N Offline
            Nachtfalke
            last edited by

            @jimp:

            If you go to Diagnostics > Backup/Restore on the config history tab, if you do a diff between the config from before the update, and the current config, is the only difference the missing CA?

            Sorry, I don't know how to use this feature :(

            1/23/11 21:07:02 	(system): Installed OpenVPN Client Export Utility package. 	Current
            		1/23/11 21:06:40 	(system): Intermediate config write during package install for OpenVPN Client Export Utility. 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 21:06:37 	(system): Removed OpenVPN Client Export Utility package. 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:57:41 	admin: /system_advanced_admin.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:56:38 	admin: /firewall_nat.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:56:36 	admin: /firewall_nat_edit.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:43:20 	admin: /system_usermanager_settings.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:38:15 	admin: Deleted CRL Test-Liste. 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:32:04 	admin: Deleted Certificate pfsense webGUI from CRL Test-Liste 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:32:02 	admin: Deleted Certificate Remote-User-VPN from CRL Test-Liste 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:31:39 	admin: Revoked cert Remote-User-VPN in CRL Test-Liste. 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:31:32 	admin: Revoked cert pfsense webGUI in CRL Test-Liste. 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:31:04 	admin: Saved CRL Test-Liste 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:22:28 	admin: /firewall_rules_edit.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:22:20 	admin: /firewall_rules_edit.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:21:57 	admin: /firewall_rules_edit.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:21:33 	admin: /firewall_rules_edit.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:19:30 	admin: /system_certmanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:19:16 	admin: /system_usermanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:18:44 	admin: /vpn_openvpn_server.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:13:16 	admin: /system_certmanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:09:28 	admin: /system_certmanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:08:50 	admin: /system_camanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:08:10 	admin: /system_camanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:08:07 	admin: /system_camanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:07:57 	admin: /system_certmanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:07:34 	admin: /system_usermanager.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:07:12 	admin: /vpn_openvpn_server.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:06:51 	admin: /firewall_rules.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            		1/23/11 20:06:44 	admin: /firewall_rules.php made unknown change 	Revert to this configuration 	Remove this backup 	Download this backup
            	ย  	1/23/11 20:03:21 	admin: /vpn_openvpn_server.php made unknown change
            
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            • jimpJ Offline
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Doesn't tell me much, really. To use the diff feature, select the "old" config in the first column of radio buttons, and the "new" config in the second column. Then press the diff button and it will show what changed between those two configuration files.

              So in your case, click the radio selector (circle button) in the first colmn next to "1/23/11 20:57:41" and click the topmost radio selector in the second column, then press 'diff'.

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              • N Offline
                Nachtfalke
                last edited by

                Configuration diff from 1/23/11 20:57:41 to 1/23/11 21:07:02
                --- /conf/backup/config-1295812661.xml 2011-01-23 21:06:37.000000000 +0100
                +++ /conf/config.xml 2011-01-23 21:07:02.000000000 +0100
                @@ -1655,9 +1655,9 @@
                <traffic_graphs-config>WAN1_graph-config:show,LAN_graph-config:hide,WAN2_graph-config:show,refreshInterval=1</traffic_graphs-config>
                
                 <revision>- <time>1295812661</time>
                - 
                - <username>admin</username>
                + <time>1295813222</time>
                + 
                + <username>(system)</username></revision> 
                 <openvpn><openvpn-server>@@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@
                <wins_server1>172.16.0.1</wins_server1>
                 <wins_server2><nbdd_server1>+ <dev_mode>tun</dev_mode></nbdd_server1></wins_server2></openvpn-server></openvpn> 
                 <l7shaper>@@ -1888,13 +1889,6 @@
                <ovpnallow>on</ovpnallow>
                
                - <ca>- <refid>4d3c7cc0e8548</refid>
                - 
                - <crt>(deleted)</crt>
                - <prv>(deleted)</prv>
                - <serial>2</serial>
                -</ca> 
                 <cert><refid>4d3c7ce6de525</refid></cert></l7shaper> 
                

                Hope this was correct ;-) Thanks for taking time!

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                • jimpJ Offline
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  I removed your cert data from that post since it really shouldn't be public, I just needed to know if the only thing missing was the CA, and that seems to be the case. Though I'm not sure why that extra setting popped up in the openvpn config for the tun device between those steps, since you didn't change any of the openvpn config, just the package (and it only reads, doesn't write)

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                  • N Offline
                    Nachtfalke
                    last edited by

                    I did an firmwareupdate on another box but without OpenVPN Client Export Utility and without OpenVPN configured.

                    I created a TEST-CA - then did the update - and the TEST-CA is still there:

                    Configuration diff from 1/23/11 23:01:34 to 1/23/11 23:51:10
                    --- /conf/backup/config-1295820094.xml 2011-01-23 23:31:35.000000000 +0100
                    +++ /conf/config.xml 2011-01-23 23:51:10.000000000 +0100
                    @@ -804,7 +804,7 @@
                    <traffic_graphs-config>WAN_graph-config:show,LAN_graph-config:show,refreshInterval=1</traffic_graphs-config>
                    
                     <revision>- <time>1295820094</time>
                    + <time>1295823070</time>
                    
                    <username>(system)</username></revision> 
                    @@ -1104,4 +1104,11 @@
                    <crt>XXXxxxXXX</crt>
                    <prv>XXXxxxXXX</prv>
                    
                    + <ca>+ <refid>4d3caeb37ade1</refid>
                    + 
                    + <crt>XXXxxxXXX</crt>
                    + <prv>XXXxxxXXX</prv>
                    + <serial>0</serial>
                    +</ca> 
                    
                    

                    Installed packages:
                    Cron
                    Lightsquid
                    squid2

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                    • jimpJ Offline
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      So on that other box, if you install the client exporter and/or configure openvpn, I wonder if it gets lost.

                      Nothing I do (install the package, configure openvpn, etc) has lost a CA for me yet.

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                        Nachtfalke
                        last edited by

                        Hello again,

                        today I created a new CA on my first pfsense box, where I have OpenVPN and the OpenVPN Export Utility installed.

                        What I did:
                        Created a CA
                        Restarted the box - CA still exists
                        updated from:
                        2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Sun Jan 23 10:30:03 EST 2011
                        to:
                        2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Mon Jan 24 07:08:15 EST 2011

                        CA still exists!

                        This is the config history diff:

                        Configuration diff from 1/23/11 21:07:02 to 1/24/11 18:12:36
                        --- /conf/backup/config-1295813222.xml 2011-01-24 11:04:23.000000000 +0100
                        +++ /conf/config.xml 2011-01-24 18:12:36.000000000 +0100
                        @@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@
                        <traffic_graphs-config>WAN1_graph-config:show,LAN_graph-config:hide,WAN2_graph-config:show,refreshInterval=1</traffic_graphs-config>
                        
                         <revision>- <time>1295813222</time>
                        + <time>1295889156</time>
                        
                        <username>(system)</username></revision> 
                        @@ -1903,4 +1903,11 @@
                        <crt>XXXxxxXXX</crt>
                        <prv>XXXxxxXXX</prv>
                        
                        + <ca>+ <refid>4d3db071b0917</refid>
                        + 
                        + <crt>XXXxxxXXX</crt>
                        + <prv>XXXxxxXXX</prv>
                        + <serial>0</serial>
                        +</ca> 
                        
                        

                        I have got another box, where I could do a test. Any special things I should do - any ideas ?

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                        • jimpJ Offline
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Restore your config from the one that had the CA disappear, then install the OpenVPN export package, and then run and update. See if it disappears there.

                          If it does, then something else in your config is triggering it, though I have no idea what it might be.

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                            Nachtfalke
                            last edited by

                            Couldn't make a cross change with the config files because of different configurations on my two boxes, but on the secon box, where no OpenVPN Server or OpenVPON Export utility was installed I created a CA and then did an Update and everything seems to be fine. CA is still there.

                            Don't know why but now it's okay.

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                              Nachtfalke
                              last edited by

                              Next Update. next loss of CA :(

                              Configuration diff from 1/25/11 08:36:41 to 1/25/11 08:47:56
                              --- /conf/backup/config-1295941001.xml 2011-01-25 08:37:17.000000000 +0100
                              +++ /conf/backup/config-1295941676.xml 2011-01-25 09:31:11.000000000 +0100
                              @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
                               <time-update-interval><timeservers>0.pfsense.pool.ntp.org</timeservers>
                               <webgui>- <protocol>http</protocol>
                              - <ssl-certref>4d3c7ce6de525</ssl-certref>
                              + <protocol>https</protocol>
                              + <ssl-certref>4d3e7dac18276</ssl-certref>
                               <port><nodnsrebindcheck><nohttpreferercheck>@@ -1618,9 +1618,9 @@
                              <traffic_graphs-config>WAN1_graph-config:show,LAN_graph-config:hide,WAN2_graph-config:show,refreshInterval=1</traffic_graphs-config>
                              
                               <revision>- <time>1295941001</time>
                              - 
                              - <username>admin</username>
                              + <time>1295941676</time>
                              + 
                              + <username>(system)</username></revision> 
                               <openvpn><l7shaper>@@ -1816,17 +1816,17 @@
                              
                               <cert>- <refid>4d3c7ce6de525</refid>
                              + <refid>4d3e7dac18276</refid>
                              
                              - <caref>4d3c7cc0e8548</caref>
                              - <crt>XXXxxxXXX</crt>
                              - <prv>XXXxxxXXX</prv>
                              + <caref>4d3e7d889b803</caref>
                              + <crt>XXXxxxXXX</crt>
                              + <prv>XXXxxxXXX</prv>
                              +</cert> 
                              + <cert>+ <refid>4d3e7dcd508d4</refid>
                              + 
                              + <caref>4d3e7d889b803</caref>
                              + <crt>XXXxxxXXX</crt>
                              + <prv>XXXxxxXXX</prv></cert> 
                              - <ca>- <refid>4d3e7d889b803</refid>
                              - 
                              - <crt>XXXxxxXXX</crt>
                              - <prv>XXXxxxXXX</prv>
                              - <serial>0</serial>
                              -</ca></l7shaper></openvpn></nohttpreferercheck></nodnsrebindcheck></port></webgui></time-update-interval> 
                              
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                              • jimpJ Offline
                                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                last edited by

                                Looks like there were a lot of other cert changes in that diffโ€ฆ a different WebGUI cert, different CAs, etc. Not sure what you did between one place and another there.

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                                  Nachtfalke
                                  last edited by

                                  before the update I deleted all left certificates. Then Created a new CA: HPA-CA and 2 certificates pfsense webGUI and VPM-Remote-User. Then did the firmware update and after this the CA get lost.

                                  Fact is, there wasn't a difference to the other config diffs (in my eyes). Perhaps I will do a complete new installation of my pfsense box with the actual snapshot.

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                                  • M Offline
                                    myka
                                    last edited by

                                    Mine situation is the same as Nachtfalke. Same packages. Also tried recreating CA. It got lost again after second update.

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                                      myka
                                      last edited by

                                      HA :)

                                      deleted packages Open-VM-Tools and OpenVPN Client Export Utility.

                                      Updated. CA is still there

                                      reinstalled OpenVPN Client Export Utility then Open-VM-Tools

                                      CA is still there

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                                      • jimpJ Offline
                                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                        last edited by

                                        Yeah it seems to be something about the combination of reinstalling the OpenVPN Client Export package only during the firmware upgrade cycle that kills it.

                                        Still no idea whyโ€ฆ

                                        EDIT: It's really quite puzzling because nothing in the package modifies the CA, only reads, and it doesn't do either one when installing or uninstalling.

                                        Can someone who is able to reproduce this remove the client export package and try a couple updates without it installed? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree.

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                                          myka
                                          last edited by

                                          Tried in situation when only one of those packages installed. In either way CA is lost.

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                                          • jimpJ Offline
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            How about with no packages installed?

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