pfSense 2.4.4-RELEASE is now available!
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I just wanted to mention that since the update to 2.4.4 and the C-ICAP fix the system is working really well and the webinterface is much quicker thanks to PHP7.
So I just want to say thank you to you all for making pfSense better and better ;)
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In my case it bricked my device (SG-8860), no interfaces came back up after the upgrade and I was locked out, similar error messages were displayed on the console that were mentioned in this thread. I had to re-install from scratch.
There is clearly a big risk when upgrading to this release, I had to learn about it the hard way...
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There is clearly a big risk when upgrading to this release, I had to learn about it the hard way...
To be fair, it upgraded just fine on my test system ...
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Did you Upgrade with (lots) packages installed? This is not recommended.
-Rico
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@shmw said in pfSense 2.4.4-RELEASE is now available!:
In my case it bricked my device (SG-8860), no interfaces came back up after the upgrade and I was locked out, similar error messages were displayed on the console that were mentioned in this thread. I had to re-install from scratch.
There is clearly a big risk when upgrading to this release, I had to learn about it the hard way...
There is not a big risk when done properly. I've upgraded dozens of things to 2.4.4 and maybe had a problem only a small number of times, if that.
And without knowing what specific errors you hit, there is no way to tell you what might have happened.
There is a ton of information in the release notes, release announcement, upgrade guide, and upgrade troubleshooting documentation. It covers every problem case we know of.
The only way to found this out "the hard way" is to ignore everything we've posted about it.
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Thanks for your reply, and I don't think I ignored what was available in the release notes. I did perform the upgrade on a test system which I keep in parity with production, and like I said, it upgraded just fine. I had the same packages installed as well (only two iperf, Cron). I feel I had taken all the precautions necessary.
I recall that the errors were very similar to what @ravegen posted. In my case however, none of the interfaces came up and the main menu was unresponsive while connected to the serial console. I'm afraid I was more focused on getting the system back online before the workday started than capturing errors.
It's a pity I can't fully trust these "significant" upgrades to pfSense...
Would you consider in releasing smaller incremental updates more often?
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The errors that person posted were not relevant, though. They look like a normal part of the upgrade process (or possibly an issue with pfBlocker, which you say you didn't have).
I don't recall anyone saying their console was unresponsive, however. I would have liked to have seen a full serial console session recording of what was happening, but since it's reinstalled now, that isn't possible.
There is no "incremental" way to do PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.2. That's been the biggest cause of problems.
Some issues from the jump to FreeBSD 11.2 but nothing major by comparison.
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Locking this since it's outlived its usefulness and is attracting unrelated posts.
If you have an issue with the upgrade, start a new thread in the appropriate category.
