How to I install 2.3? What url to use

davros123 · Feb 17, 2016, 12:33 PM

Hi guys,
What "Base URL" do I put in the "Firmware Auto Update URL" to get the beta's here https://snapshots.pfsense.org/amd64/pfSense_master/updates/

Thanks.

PS. sorry for what seems to be a very simple question, but I've been searching for the info. for half an hour :(

EDIT: ok, i think it's as follows using the ssh menu option13

Enter an option: 13

Starting the pfSense console firmware update system..

1) Update from a URL
2) Update from a local file
Q) Quit

Please select an option to continue: 1

Enter the URL to the .tgz or .img.gz update file.
Type 'auto' to use https://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/latest.tgz
> https://snapshots.pfsense.org/amd64/pfSense_master/updates/pfSense-Full-Update-2.3-BETA-amd64-latest.tgz

Fetching file...    6%

sgw · Mar 31, 2016, 11:55 AM

I would also like to know.

pfsense 2.2.6 i386 on an APU board here, fiddled with images and URLs and couldn't get it updated so far :P

heper · Mar 31, 2016, 12:00 PM

you can download a full update file. you can use the manual update feature in the webgui.
i have no clue if there currently is an auto-update url available.

maverick_slo · Mar 31, 2016, 12:04 PM

Hmmm shouldn`t it be RC already?

jimp · Mar 31, 2016, 12:28 PM

The RC images are being tested internally before we publish them, they'll be up before too long.

There isn't an active "auto-update" URL that 2.2.x or earlier can read from currently, but you can feed a full URL to an update file to a console or ssh session using option 13, then option 1, from a 2.2.x or earlier install.

sgw · Mar 31, 2016, 1:58 PM

thanks for infos. I will take the step of changing my setup to 64bit (amd64) as my pcengines APU should work with this, right?
Taking the way via console now.

jimp · Mar 31, 2016, 2:00 PM

Yes, APU will work with 64-bit images.

sgw · Mar 31, 2016, 2:58 PM

On my way. Backup to xml, upgrade to pfSense-CE-Full-Update-2.3-BETA-amd64-latest.tgz via console.
Takes quite a while already to unpack/install. Looking forward if it even boots ;) (considering the change of platform on the way)

jimp · Mar 31, 2016, 3:02 PM

When switching architectures it can have trouble rebooting afterward. You may have to manually power cycle it if it doesn't reboot on its own after a few minutes.

sgw · Mar 31, 2016, 4:04 PM

This looks strange … the process lasts for over an hour already. Just "Firmware upgrade in progress..." and then one dot after the other.
The webgui isn't reachable anymore: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '*' in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 869".
Internet works ... should I powercycle already? hmm ...

EDIT: solved via reboot. 2.3 beta up and running! nice ;-) thanks!