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    HEADS UP: snapshot server out of service until tomorrow

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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    • M Offline
      mromero
      last edited by

      Very probable it is not 100% exact as it is Sunday now and still barfing…...whatever happened to the mirror backup?  :P

      @jimp:

      @bertolo:

      5PM…ok... In what State? What time zone? GTM -XX:XX ?
      Thanks

      5PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) in the US, so GMT-5.
      But that's just a general time frame. Probably not 100% exact.

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      • jimpJ Offline
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        There are mirrors for the official release, but not for snapshots.

        Though the update check could stand to fail a bit more gracefully.

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          mromero
          last edited by

          It is totally screwed up as when I open PFSENSE dashboard it cannot connect to the server and just keeps trying forever.

          I suggest you disable this in the RC1 if you have no plans for an update mirror  ;)

          @jimp:

          There are mirrors for the official release, but not for snapshots.

          Though the update check could stand to fail a bit more gracefully.

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            last edited by

            @mromero:

            It is totally screwed up as when I open PFSENSE dashboard it cannot connect to the server and just keeps trying forever.

            I suggest you disable this in the RC1 if you have no plans for an update mirror  ;)

            @jimp:

            There are mirrors for the official release, but not for snapshots.

            Though the update check could stand to fail a bit more gracefully.

            Or you could remove the system information widget during the outages? Works for me.

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              liontaur
              last edited by

              Oh sure, here I am in the middle of a pretty wicked wind storm and I thought "hmmm, let's update the firewall's firmware." But I can't… Guess this means the power won't go out though as i'm doing nothing "mission critical" haha.

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                mromero
                last edited by

                What outages?

                We are in the middle of five days of torrential rains / cold snaps and have backup diesel and LPG generators / sat uplinks.

                Short of being swept away from a mountain top elevation fortress no outages for we humble folk…...now if PFSENSE had the sense  :P

                @heavy1metal:

                @mromero:

                It is totally screwed up as when I open PFSENSE dashboard it cannot connect to the server and just keeps trying forever.

                I suggest you disable this in the RC1 if you have no plans for an update mirror  ;)

                @jimp:

                There are mirrors for the official release, but not for snapshots.

                Though the update check could stand to fail a bit more gracefully.

                Or you could remove the system information widget during the outages? Works for me.

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                  Guest
                  last edited by

                  Is the pfsense GUI all slowed down for you guys because of this? Mine is going super slow. Beta 5, Jan 29 build amd64.

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                    ericab
                    last edited by

                    @jigglywiggly:

                    Is the pfsense GUI all slowed down for you guys because of this? Mine is going super slow. Beta 5, Jan 29 build amd64.

                    nope not here

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                      mromero
                      last edited by

                      Is the snapshot server still down or has it changed I.P. - still dead more than a day now…..... :-\

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                        rugby
                        last edited by

                        Seems like the Bios and CPU upgrade went badly.  Still down for me too.

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                        • jimpJ Offline
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          I added some extra code to handle a slow/timed out box a bit more gracefully, and it should also not keel over if it gets a 404 for the response. Yesterday when the snapshot server was down and pointed at a varnish box so it could display a maintenance page, the actual update version file was returning 404.

                          If you want to try the code out without updating to a new snapshot (since it's offline again, apparently…) you can always use gitsync:
                          http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Updating_pfSense_code_between_snapshots

                          I don't think there have been any changes that require a binary update except for a couple things like upnp that needed recompiled.

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                            Cino
                            last edited by

                            @jimp:

                            If you want to try the code out without updating to a new snapshot (since it's offline again, apparently…) you can always use gitsync:
                            http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Updating_pfSense_code_between_snapshots

                            Jim, thank you!! I just gitsync with the mainline and smos git.. Dashboard seems to be very responsive again.

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                              mromero
                              last edited by

                              Went there and saw a lot of radioactive warning signs thus will wait until you guys get your act together with the snapshot SERVERS  ::)

                              @jimp:

                              If you want to try the code out without updating to a new snapshot (since it's offline again, apparently…) you can always use gitsync:
                              http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Updating_pfSense_code_between_snapshots

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                                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                last edited by

                                @mromero:

                                Went there and saw a lot of radioactive warnings signs thus will wait until you guys get your act together with the snapshot SERVERS  ::)

                                Those are just requisite rear-coverings. It's only moderately more dangerous than running a snapshot, in all honesty. You only have to worry if you are on an older snapshot and you need binary changes between the snap you have and the current snap. If you just need to update the pfSense code, gitsync is fine.

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                                  mromero
                                  last edited by

                                  The snapshot server is up but has three day old stuff - what gives  :-\

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                                    Cino
                                    last edited by

                                    Jim,

                                    Now that the snapshot server is up, i'm getting this error on the dashboard page:

                                    Warning: curl_exec(): Could not call the CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION in /etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc on line 1470
                                    
                                    Unable to check for updates.
                                    
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                                    • jimpJ Offline
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      Yeah that'll be fixed on the next new snap. (Or if you gitsync again)

                                      The snaps are building now, when they're done and uploaded it should be all good again.

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                                        Cino
                                        last edited by

                                        @jimp:

                                        Yeah that'll be fixed on the next new snap. (Or if you gitsync again)

                                        The snaps are building now, when they're done and uploaded it should be all good again.

                                        I just gitsync and the error went away. Thank you again!! I noticed something on the rcs.pfsense.org site and my dashboard…. :-) still need a new build since upnp is shot, but then my box will be official....

                                        Good luck tomorrow and congrats!!

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                                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                          last edited by

                                          Actaully one more gitsync will have the real fix. I found a bug in my earlier fix. :-)

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                                            Cino
                                            last edited by

                                            @jimp:

                                            Actaully one more gitsync will have the real fix. I found a bug in my earlier fix. :-)

                                            Now its telling me I have the latest version. Thanks again to you and the whole pfsense team!!

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