Upgrade from pfBlockerNG to -devel before 2.4.5 upgrade?
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Is it recommended to switch to pfBlockerNG-devel and verify configuration, etc... before the 2.4.5 upgrade, or should I stay on pfBlockerNG 2.1.4_21 until after the 2.4.5 upgrade?
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@fabrizior said in Upgrade from pfBlockerNG to -devel before 2.4.5 upgrade?:
Is it recommended to switch to pfBlockerNG-devel and verify configuration, etc... before the 2.4.5 upgrade, or should I stay on pfBlockerNG 2.1.4_21 until after the 2.4.5 upgrade?
Not sure if/how it may make a material difference with respect to core functionality. However, there appear to be some issues with high memory and/or CPU utilization caused by the latest version of pfBlockerNG-devel in 2.4.5.
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@t41k2m3 said in Upgrade from pfBlockerNG to -devel before 2.4.5 upgrade?:
there appear to be some issues with high memory and/or CPU utilization caused by the latest version of pfBlockerNG-devel in 2.4.5.
Using "devel" for a year now.
I do not need to user the word 'seems'. I need no words.
I've far better. Some one is taking notes for me, every 5 minutes. For years now.I to 2.4.5 upgraded yesterday.
These stats say to me (see memory stats) : memory used raised somewhat.
Probably because I added 4 feeds in pfBlockerng-devel that I like to use in holiday periods (the script kids are @home and annoying themself : suspected cyber activity raises.)
I'm using 6 pfBlock lists now. Lists that analyse outgoing LANs traffic, as WAN is ..... closed for every one.The FreeBSD kernel and driver set is somewhat bigger ? Perhaps. Etc.
If not, all seems fine to me. I did no remove any packages before upgrading.
I just saved my config one extra time as it is already auto saved every day. Rebooted to have a clean start and a known file system state, checked UPS state and I hit the upgrade button. -
Thank you for the details. I’ll make the jump to the -devel package first then.
Are there any specific posts/blogs you would recommend to get up to speed on any critical changes or potential gotchas that might extend my maintenance window?
My router is usually hovering around 3% CPU and 19% memory utilization with pfblocker, squid, squidguard, snort, and a few other pkgs running. these stats are with no inbound OpenVPN client tunnels active or outbound IPsec VPN to my Oracle Cloud IaaS tenancy up. Still, plenty of resource capacity.
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