Botched Upgrade. Cant Access GUI. Help needed
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Hello.
I was trying to upgrade from pfsense 2.3.1 to 2.4. A previous auto upgrade attempt via the gui didnt work, and removed the option to even upagrde. So last night I followup some instructions here to attempt the upgrade via the command line in the gui. Now, I am getting this when i try to even access the gui:
PHP ERROR: Type: 64, File: /etc/inc/config.inc, Line: 51, Message: require_once(): Failed opening required 'Net/IPv6.php' (include_path='.:/etc/inc:/usr/local/www:/usr/local/captiveportal:/usr/local/pkg:/usr/local/www/classes:/usr/local/www/classes/Form')
It seems to be working fine in the background. I am afraid to reboot fearing that it wont come back up. What do you guys advise?
This is a custom pfsense box someone build for me a couple of years back with custom configuration. So I am looking for a way to save that config and get it back.
ps: I am a novice at this. Don't know how to use console but if i can get instructions on how to access the box to fix this, that will be great.
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Before doing anything else, try this from a shell prompt:
pkg install -fy pear-Net_IPv6-1.3.0.b2_2
If that doesn't help, depending on the output of that command, there may be other things to try, but start there.
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Ok - Here comes the newbie questions. My pfsense box was custom built. Not sure how to connect to it via shell prompt. ( what cable do I need - console, usb, Ethernet ). I tried connecting via ssh but it kept timing out.
Will appreciate some help to figure out how to connect. I cant reach the box at all.
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That depends on the hardware.
It might be a VGA monitor and keyboard.
Might be a serial port.
Might be a USB port that presents as a serial converter.
You built it so only you know.
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Someone built it for me. I have attached a picture of the back of the machine here. Perhaps some can advise what cable to get to connect with my windows pc? I connected an ethernet cable to it and tried ssh but always timed out. so not sure how else to connect to it.
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Connect a monitor to the HDMI or DVI port and a USB keyboard.
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Thank you! I am in! Doing what jimp instructed. Will report back.
So far it seems to be updating the core repository - first message that came up:
pkg: https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfsense_v2_4_2_amd64-core/meta.txz no address record
repository pfsense-core has no meta file, using default settingsthen it said: unable to update repository pfsense-core
updating pfsense repository catalogue ..all the error messages during boot was related to php failing to start
I also noticed that it was showing that i had 2.4.2. - wondering if the upgrade worked but something got messed up
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Before doing anything else, try this from a shell prompt:
pkg install -fy pear-Net_IPv6-1.3.0.b2_2
If that doesn't help, depending on the output of that command, there may be other things to try, but start there.
Unable to update repository pfsense
error updating repositories
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So I decided to do a clean install whilst using the existing config in the process. It worked. I can now access the GUI and everything seems to be working.
However, during the reboot after the install there were lots of error messages - things not found. Also, i still see snort annd suricata shown under status -> services ( with a stopped status) though I have none of them even installed. I think something is still messed up. How can I clean this up? Picture attached.
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Hi,
When you (re) install, pfSense is clean - and then you set it up with your local settings. This could be as simple as : have it read a copy of your earlier config.xml file.
If this config file contains info about packages that were present at that time when the copy was made, pfSense will re-install the packages in the background. If the related settings are 'wrong', well, then many things can happen.
Just have a look at the config.xml file - it's very readable by humans) and use the magic key shortcut Ctrl-F and look for "snort" and "suricate".
If these are present, I advise you to re install pfSense again, NOT importing your config.xml, but use it as a guideline to redo your setup like WAN access, networks, etc. You'll be done in several minutes, and winding up with a clean box.
