Notification if update is available?

[DominikHoffmann]

How can I find out that there is an update for the pfSense software? I typically don’t mess with my router enough to learn about the availability of an update within a reasonable time frame. Is there a mailing list for that?

[heper]

i get mails from the developers upon release / blog post. Not really sure why that is.
maybe its because of the checkbox in my forum profile - notifications "Receive forum newsletters, announcements and important notifications by email." ??

[DominikHoffmann]

I just checked, and I have selected the same thing. Let’s see what happens in the future. Anything on the horizon?

[Gertjan]

Same here.

Last one I received was from
Objet: [[/b]Announce] pfSense 2.3.1-RELEASE Now Available!
De: "Chris Buechler" cmb@pfsense.comDate: Mer 18 mai 2016 22:33
À: announce@lists.pfsense.org
We are happy to announce the release of pfSense software version 2.3.1! This is a maintenance release in the 2.3.x series, bringing a number of bug fixes, two security fixes in the GUI, as well as security fixes for OpenSSL, OpenVPN and FreeBSD atkbd and sendmsg. Please see the release announcement for all the details. https://blog.pfsense.org/?p=2050 _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/announce/cmb@pfsense.com

[Yowsers]

Visit https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/announce and sign up (section: Subscribing to Announce.)  Major releases are posted to this email list.

"About Announce
Subscribe to this list to receive important notifications from the project administrators. Low volume, only announcements of major new versions and other important announcements. Less than 10 posts per year."

The last email sent to this announce list was sent on February 20 announcing pfSense v2.3.3

http://lists.pfsense.org/pipermail/announce/2017-February/000022.html

[Derelict]

RSS: https://www.netgate.com/feed.xml

[DominikHoffmann]

I subscribed to the list. Thanks, guys!

[srynoname]

@derelict said in Notification if update is available?:

RSS: https://www.netgate.com/feed.xml

May I ask how one can find this link on the website/blog? Is it possible to get a feed only for specific categories of the blog, e.g. the releases category? Thanks!

At other users: Using a feed to mail service and the mentioned RSS feed might be a good idea, as there isn't a newsletter for every minor release, though they are usually mentioned on the blog.

[wgstarks]

There is also a script you can try-
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/137707/auto-update-check-checks-for-updates-to-base-system-packages-and-sends-email-alerts/1

Will send notifications for all pending updates. Not just the OS.

[srynoname]

@wgstarks said in Notification if update is available?:

There is also a script you can try-
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/137707/auto-update-check-checks-for-updates-to-base-system-packages-and-sends-email-alerts/1

Will send notifications for all pending updates. Not just the OS.

great, will have a look at that! thanks :-)