Upgrade pfsense

[interessierter]

Hello all!

I have still my problem, that the Firewall is not able to find updates. The last recommendation was, to reinstall the Box.

Maybe I will find time in the next days to do that. As I m not looking forward to have surprises here, I want to ask about the best approach. Right now, my box is showing the following:

System Netgate APU
Serial:
Netgate Device ID:
BIOS Vendor: coreboot
Version: SageBios_PCEngines_APU-45
Release Date: 04/05/2014
Version 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
built on Fri Jul 14 14:52:43 CDT 2017
FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19
Platform pfSense
CPU Type AMD G-T40E Processor
2 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)

So what is the best approach to do it? Create a Backup, connect with ssh on the Box? Put the new firmware on a USB Stick? What is the right procedure on that? And which firmware is the right one?

Thanks for answers

One more ask: On the Box is a CA installed, she is used for VPN. Is the CA really also reinstalled with the Backup?

[deanot]

Interestingly enough I have this exact same issue, I am stuck on 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (i386)

I guess I could backup and reinstall, but I would like to know if there is another way around this.

I thought it odd, because the software usually has updates very often, but I have not seen one since it was built back in July…  Very odd.

[Grimson]

@deanot:

Interestingly enough I have this exact same issue, I am stuck on 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (i386)

Set the update branch to "Legacy stable version", this should get you 2.3.5.

You won't get 2.4: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=121255.0

[deanot]

Thanks, I just did that as you posted…...

Question is, I found my version is a i386, can I upgrade or should I say replace the version and pull my backup in?

[deanot]

Found the answer, Can't upgrade from i386 to 64bit, fresh install and pull in the backup…

Will do this soon, I had this backup from a very old system and upgraded along the way, time to make the move to 64bit if I want future upgrades.

[interessierter]

cool but my question is still open

[interessierter]

pkg upgrade - f brings:

pkg: Invalid configuration file: error while parsing <unknown>: line: 1, column: 4 - 'string value must not be empty', character: '0x00'
pkg: Error parsing: '/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos//pfSense.conf': error while parsing <unknown>: line: 1, column: 0 - 'key must begin with a letter', character: '0x00'</unknown></unknown>

[interessierter]

Hello!

Any posters that would help me here?
How should I do the update? All guides to resolve the update problem are not working on my box.

The ssh console brings me back to the main options, when I select update

[jahonix]

The most straight forward approach would be to backup your current config, install fresh from USB stick and reapply your config afterwards.
Don't forget to backup your config first. ;)