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    Issues updating from 2.3-RC (or older 2.3 installs) to 2.3-RELEASE

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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      @serialdie:

      You guys made a major poop on this one.

      I don't  know about that, at this point 2.3.1 is ~= 2.3-REL (aside from a few extra fixes, so, bonus). It didn't brick anything, things still work, etc. Inconvenient, sure, but not FUBAR.

      @serialdie:

      By following this some of us some how ended up on the dev even though we had the "Follow 2.3 snapshots and move automatically to -RELEASE (Default)" set.
      How can we fix this? Like others here I try to force an update to 2.3-RELEASE but I cant cause I am on a devel version.
      There has to be a fix to this without having to re-install.

      There is, I was able to replicate it once yesterday. I'm working on a procedure to switch back. It's not terribly difficult, but I need to be able to repeat it reliably.

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        raidflex
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        @deajan:

        @raidflex:

        I am also having an issue with updating. I was on the last RC and attempted to update to 2.3-RELEASE and received the following error.

        First post of jimp resolves this issue !

        I was also successful with updating using the command in the first post.  Thanks for the fix!

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          waves
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          Please, help me to restore a full back-up that i made before "upgrading" to 2.3. My snort rules doesn't work anymore and i have the feeling that a bunch of other things are broken now with this new 2.3 release.

          I have the back-up stored on /root  ( pfSense-full-backup-20160413-1446.tgz). How can i invoke it from the terminal?  In /etc i can't find any rc.restore full back-up. On the forum i can't find any other info about this.  Thank you in advance.

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            @waves:

            Please, help me to restore a full back-up that i made before "upgrading" to 2.3. My snort rules doesn't work anymore and i have the feeling that a bunch of other things are broken now with this new 2.3 release.

            I have the back-up stored on /root  ( pfSense-full-backup-20160413-1446.tgz). How can i invoke it from the terminal?  In /etc i can't find any rc.restore full back-up. On the forum i can't find any other info about this.  Thank you in advance.

            That feature is not supported on pfSense 2.3. Your safest path is to reinstall the older version directly. Otherwise you'll end up with a mix of things all over the filesystem (which was one of many reasons that feature was removed…)

            Better still would be to work and get snort working on 2.3. The package maintainer is very active in the IDS/IPS board here under packages. Post there for snort help, it's probably not a difficult fix.

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              serialdie
              last edited by

              @jimp:

              @serialdie:

              You guys made a major poop on this one.

              I don't  know about that, at this point 2.3.1 is ~= 2.3-REL (aside from a few extra fixes, so, bonus). It didn't brick anything, things still work, etc. Inconvenient, sure, but not FUBAR.

              @serialdie:

              By following this some of us some how ended up on the dev even though we had the "Follow 2.3 snapshots and move automatically to -RELEASE (Default)" set.
              How can we fix this? Like others here I try to force an update to 2.3-RELEASE but I cant cause I am on a devel version.
              There has to be a fix to this without having to re-install.

              There is, I was able to replicate it once yesterday. I'm working on a procedure to switch back. It's not terribly difficult, but I need to be able to repeat it reliably.

              Thank you for your fast reply jimp.

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                I just edited a fix into the first post for people who ended up on 2.3.1 or otherwise have a message saying they're on a version newer than the release. Should fix it all up.

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                  waves
                  last edited by

                  That feature is not supported on pfSense 2.3. Your safest path is to reinstall the older version directly. Otherwise you'll end up with a mix of things all over the filesystem (which was one of many reasons that feature was removed…)

                  Better still would be to work and get snort working on 2.3. The package maintainer is very active in the IDS/IPS board here under packages. Post there for snort help, it's probably not a difficult fix.

                  This is very bad news…  :(  I will try to install the older version and restore config.xml.  I have a post in IDS as well, but i'm in a production enviroment and...  You get my point.  Thank you for your reply.

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                    serialdie
                    last edited by

                    @waves:

                    That feature is not supported on pfSense 2.3. Your safest path is to reinstall the older version directly. Otherwise you'll end up with a mix of things all over the filesystem (which was one of many reasons that feature was removed…)

                    Better still would be to work and get snort working on 2.3. The package maintainer is very active in the IDS/IPS board here under packages. Post there for snort help, it's probably not a difficult fix.

                    This is very bad news…  :(  I will try to install the older version and restore config.xml.  I have a post in IDS as well, but i'm in a production enviroment and...  You get my point.  Thank you for your reply.

                    Ouch!
                    2.3 is too new for production, Hence why I am using it at home/dev for now. Good luck.

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                      serialdie
                      last edited by

                      @jimp,

                      Thanks for the update… so far so good.

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                        christian.arminio
                        last edited by

                        Hello,

                        after update I've many problems and web gui shows always this message :

                        pfSense is booting, then packages will be reinstalled in the background.
                        Do not make changes in the GUI until this is complete.
                        

                        I've tried the Jimp's guide at first post but it doesn't work :

                        
                        pkg update -f
                        fetch -qo /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pfsense/pfsense/RELENG_2_3_0/src/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
                        fetch: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pfsense/pfsense/RELENG_2_3_0/src/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406: Network is unreachable
                        

                        Any help is very appreciated .
                        Best regards

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                          MyKroFt
                          last edited by

                          have done everything is post #1 am still stuck….

                          2.3-RELEASE (amd64)
                          built on Mon Apr 11 18:10:34 CDT 2016
                          FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE
                          
                          The system is on a later version than
                          the official release.
                          

                          Myk

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                            Gram
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                            fetch -qo /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pfsense/pfsense/RELENG_2_3_0/src/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
                            
                            

                            … worked for me. Thanks!

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                              wirerogue
                              last edited by

                              @jimp:

                              I just edited a fix into the first post for people who ended up on 2.3.1 or otherwise have a message saying they're on a version newer than the release. Should fix it all up.

                              worked for me. you da man!!!

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                                YonNomNom
                                last edited by

                                My pfsense box cant access the internet unless it is using a proxy (the proxy is separate to this instance of pfsense). It managed to update but now it is stuck attempting to download package metadata :(

                                pfsense.png
                                pfsense.png_thumb

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                                  christian.arminio
                                  last edited by

                                  @YonNomNom:

                                  My pfsense box cant access the internet unless it is using a proxy (the proxy is separate to this instance of pfsense). It managed to update but now it is stuck attempting to download package metadata :(

                                  Oh yes,

                                  my problem is the same…. So now I know because I can't update my catalogue......
                                  But how fix this issue ??

                                  EDIT

                                  Fixed…. After the upgrade to the new version no default gateway was selected by pfsense... So no route to Internet....

                                  System_Routing_Gateways_Edit
                                  Select This will select the above gateway as the default gateway
                                  

                                  Super Regards

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                                  • jimpJ
                                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    @christian.arminio:

                                    after update I've many problems and web gui shows always this message :

                                    pfSense is booting, then packages will be reinstalled in the background.
                                    Do not make changes in the GUI until this is complete.
                                    

                                    I've tried the Jimp's guide at first post but it doesn't work :

                                    Diag > Backup/Restore, click the button to reset the package lock.

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      For those with other unrelated issues like proxies/gateways, please start new threads. This thread is only for the specific style of issues stated in the original post, thanks.

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                                        Guest
                                        last edited by

                                        @wirerogue:

                                        @jimp:

                                        I just edited a fix into the first post for people who ended up on 2.3.1 or otherwise have a message saying they're on a version newer than the release. Should fix it all up.

                                        worked for me. you da man!!!

                                        Worked for me too…

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                                          lrosenman
                                          last edited by

                                          @marjohh:

                                          @wirerogue:

                                          @jimp:

                                          I just edited a fix into the first post for people who ended up on 2.3.1 or otherwise have a message saying they're on a version newer than the release. Should fix it all up.

                                          worked for me. you da man!!!

                                          Worked for me too…

                                          Worked for me as well…  THANK YOU!

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                                            fr0t
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi all,

                                            Just quick question… where if ntopng package gone? I cant see it in 'Available packages' tab. I did use it a lot and now I am stuck :/

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