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    sgc Rebel Alliance
    last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 12:43 AM

    I am having the same problem

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      techpro2004
      last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 12:49 AM

      same thing here on the east coast.

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        sgc Rebel Alliance
        last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 12:52 AM

        rebooted now none of my packages show as installed I get this error when trying to refresh

        pkg-static: invalid url: /pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-core
        pkg-static: Cannot parse configuration file!
        pkg-static: invalid url: /pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-core
        pkg-static: Cannot parse configuration file!
        pkg-static: invalid url: /pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-core
        pkg-static: Cannot parse configuration file!

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          bushman666
          last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 1:31 AM

          I have been having issues today as well.

          It seems the package pfSense-repo is missing from the repository.
          pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo
          Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
          pfSense-core repository is up to date.
          Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
          pfSense repository is up to date.
          All repositories are up to date.
          The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

          Installed packages to be DOWNGRADED:
          pfSense-repo: 22.09.a.20220802.0600 -> 22.05_5 [pfSense]
          pkg: 1.18.3 -> 1.17.5_2 [pfSense]

          Number of packages to be downgraded: 2

          6 KiB to be downloaded.
          pkg-static: https://pkg00-atx.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-pfSense_plus_v22_05/All/pfSense-repo-22.05_5.pkg: Not Found

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            techpro2004
            last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 4:14 AM

            bug is still there

            A little more info: It wont even let me manually install a package. in pfSense.conf it only lists part of the urls. Not sure what the rest are to correct it but the beginning of the urls are missing.

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              techpro2004
              last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 4:28 AM

              I have developed a temporary fix.

              edit /usr/local//etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf

              add the following to the beginning of both urls inside the quotes

              pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg

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                bingo600
                last edited by bingo600 Sep 17, 2022, 8:47 AM Sep 17, 2022, 6:53 AM

                I have the same issue on my "Home Firewall in DK" (22.05)

                Discovered by me , due to extremely long Web-Gui login time.
                And some fumbling around revealed the "Unable to check for updates" in the GUI.

                Saw this in the system log:

                Sep 17 01:00:03 	pkg-static 	24861 	pfSense-repo upgraded: 22.05_2 -> 22.05_5
                Sep 17 01:00:03 	pkg-static 	24861 	pfSense-upgrade upgraded: 1.0_26 -> 1.0_27 
                

                And running "pkg-static -d update" .. Barfs at me:

                22.05-RELEASE][admin@fw-01]/root: pkg-static -d update
                DBG(1)[74683]> pkg initialized
                pkg-static: invalid url: /pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-core
                pkg-static: Cannot parse configuration file!
                [22.05-RELEASE][admin@fw-01]/root:
                

                If i go to Installed Packages it says none is installed, but if i goto my zabbix package , it shows up fine , and Zabbix isn't Barfing.

                a27d14bd-02ae-4409-8356-ae8a2f971c85-image.png

                The Summerhouse (22.05) in SE , don't have this issue

                Saw this in the system log:

                Sep 17 08:11:49 	pkg-static 	55031 	pfSense-repo upgraded: 22.05_2 -> 22.05_9
                Sep 17 08:11:49 	pkg-static 	55031 	pfSense-upgrade upgraded: 1.0_26 -> 1.0_27 
                

                Would there be a difference in upgrades pulled at 01.00 vs 08.00

                I'm in the summerhouse right now, and my ATV (AppleTv) exit's in DK.

                Due to "Possible Wife imposed health issues, or Ear-Pain" if the ATV connection is lost. I will "Chiken out" on doing reboot or other "dangerous things to the DK firewall"

                Edit - Just noticed the :
                DK firewall did a 22.05_2 -> 22.05_5 upgrade (has issues)
                SE firewall did a 22.05_2 -> 22.05_9 upgrade (has no issues)

                So the update repos version switched in that timeframe.
                Did Netgate fix a goof ??

                Edit2:
                Reading the nice hint from @techpro2004

                I see that important info is missing in my DK
                /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf

                cat /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf
                FreeBSD: { enabled: no }
                
                pfSense-core: {
                  url: "/pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-core",
                  mirror_type: "srv",
                  signature_type: "fingerprints",
                  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
                  enabled: yes
                }
                
                pfSense: {
                  url: "/pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-pfSense_plus_v22_05",
                  mirror_type: "srv",
                  signature_type: "fingerprints",
                  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
                  enabled: yes
                }
                
                

                SE (working) contains:
                /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf

                cat /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf
                FreeBSD: { enabled: no }
                
                pfSense-core: {
                  url: "pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-core",
                  mirror_type: "srv",
                  signature_type: "fingerprints",
                  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
                  enabled: yes
                }
                
                pfSense: {
                  url: "pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-pfSense_plus_v22_05",
                  mirror_type: "srv",
                  signature_type: "fingerprints",
                  fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
                  enabled: yes
                }
                
                

                NB:
                The path should be : /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf

                Solved:
                Replacing the two url: entries in the /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf , on my DK firewall, with the contents from my SE fiewwall. And running a pkg-static -d update , seems to have fixed the issue.

                I how have this in the GUI:
                6439ba9f-91c5-42b9-911c-1ed731a662dc-image.png

                And my Installed Packages shows up again.
                Indicating that System_Patches package should be manually updated.
                The new System_Patches, adds the CRL fix as recommended.

                @techpro2004
                Thanx for the hint 👍 👍

                /Bingo

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                pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                CPU  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                LAN  : 4 x Intel 211, Disk  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                  mvikman
                  last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 8:48 AM

                  I had this exact same problem (noticed it yesterday) and can confirm the findings from techpro2004 and bingo6000

                  After fixing the URLs in "/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf" everything went back to normal.

                  pfSense Plus 24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                  Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF
                  Core i5-6500, 8GB RAM, 2x 240GB SSD (ZFS Mirror)
                  HPE 561T (X540-AT2), 2-port 10Gb RJ45
                  HPE 562SFP+ (X710-DA2), 2-port 10Gb SFP+

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                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8
                    last edited by Bob.Dig Sep 17, 2022, 10:21 AM Sep 17, 2022, 9:30 AM

                    Still would be nice to have an automatic fix for the lazy people. I was frightened seeing this until I came here.

                    Screenshot 2022-09-17 113220.png

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                      bingo600
                      last edited by bingo600 Sep 17, 2022, 12:40 PM Sep 17, 2022, 11:20 AM

                      Here is a "One Liner" , that ought to fix it.

                      sed -i "" 's/url: "/url: "pkg+https:\/\/firmware.netgate.com\/pkg/g' /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf
                      

                      Note:
                      /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf - Is symlinked to /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf

                      ls -l /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf                                            lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  52 Sep  2 19:36 /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf -> /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf
                      

                      And sed won't work on a symlink

                      Therefore the "One-Liner" refers to the real file , not the symlinked one.

                      sed -i "" 's/url: "/url: "pkg+https:\/\/firmware.netgate.com\/pkg/g' /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf
                      

                      Backup your existing : /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf , before using the above command.

                      Something like

                      cp /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf.org
                      

                      After fixing with the "One-Liner" maybe update the repos from CLI:

                      pkg-static -d update 
                      

                      /Bingo

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                      pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                      QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                      CPU  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                      LAN  : 4 x Intel 211, Disk  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8
                        last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 12:03 PM

                        @jimp I hope netgate will fix it too.

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                          bingo600 @Bob.Dig
                          last edited by bingo600 Sep 17, 2022, 12:51 PM Sep 17, 2022, 12:38 PM

                          @bob-dig said in Unable to check for updates:

                          @jimp I hope netgate will fix it too.

                          That could be a "Chicken / Egg" issue, if the pfS uses those url's to fetch everything.

                          Even though it's weekend , i find it a bit strange that we haven't heard anything from Netgate, not even an ACK.

                          /Bingo

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                          pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                          QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                          CPU  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                          LAN  : 4 x Intel 211, Disk  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @bingo600
                            last edited by Bob.Dig Sep 17, 2022, 12:43 PM Sep 17, 2022, 12:40 PM

                            @bingo600 But why now, it has worked until yesterday, I am on 22.05 for months now. So what has changed when? Sry, for not getting the root of the problem.

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                              bingo600 @Bob.Dig
                              last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 12:48 PM

                              @bob-dig
                              See my initial post here

                              https://forum.netgate.com/post/1062012

                              And note that my DK FW (with the issue) updated to 22.05_5 at 01:00 CEST

                              Sep 17 01:00:03 	pkg-static 	24861 	pfSense-repo upgraded: 22.05_2 -> 22.05_5
                              

                              My SE FW (with no issue) updated to 22.05_9 at 08:11 CEST

                              Sep 17 08:11:49 	pkg-static 	55031 	pfSense-repo upgraded: 22.05_2 -> 22.05_9
                              

                              My guess is that the 22.05_05 update somehow FSCK'ed up the repos url's. And that Netgate got it fixed, sometime in the 01:00 to 08:11 timeframe.

                              So "Slow updaters" are not affected , "Fast updaters" are affected.

                              /Bingo

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                              pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                              QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                              CPU  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                              LAN  : 4 x Intel 211, Disk  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @bingo600
                                last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 12:56 PM

                                @bingo600 So we are talking not about an update of pfSense to a new version but to the repos stored in pfSense? And there is no Boot Environment for fixing it. Also there is nothing in Config History, maybe because I changed stuff today.

                                But lets say, I didn't changed something of interest in the last two days, I can use my own backup und it should be good. I will try that.

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                                  bingo600 @Bob.Dig
                                  last edited by bingo600 Sep 17, 2022, 1:28 PM Sep 17, 2022, 1:27 PM

                                  @bob-dig said in Unable to check for updates:

                                  @bingo600 So we are talking not about an update of pfSense to a new version but to the repos stored in pfSense?

                                  Yes, a repos update ... And the naming might hint that 22.09 is close.

                                  And there is no Boot Environment for fixing it.

                                  I do not know pfSense well enough to know if there is another way of downloading a fix.

                                  Also there is nothing in Config History, maybe because I changed stuff today.

                                  I saw it (the update) in the System General Log

                                  6ba322a6-6dfe-4e59-a1fb-e36aebd172e6-image.png

                                  .
                                  .

                                  But lets say, I didn't changed something of interest in the last two days, I can use my own backup und it should be good. I will try that.

                                  Your config should not have been affected , and restoring the config would not fix it.

                                  A full reinstall would probably fix it, as it would pull the '09 repos update not the '05.
                                  But that would (IMHO) be a lot of hassle, in order to avoid doing a ssh admin@xxxxxx , select 8 , and do the "One-Liner"

                                  /Bingo

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                                  pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                                  QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                                  CPU  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                                  LAN  : 4 x Intel 211, Disk  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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                                    mcury Rebel Alliance @bingo600
                                    last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 1:29 PM

                                    @bingo600 said in Unable to check for updates:

                                    Yes, a repos update ... And the naming might hint that 22.09 is close.

                                    I think it is close indeed..
                                    https://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense-plus/issues?fixed_version_id=60&set_filter=1&status_id=%2A

                                    dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                      sgc Rebel Alliance
                                      last edited by sgc Sep 17, 2022, 2:30 PM Sep 17, 2022, 2:29 PM

                                      This is what NetGate support sent to me about this problem.

                                      Diagnostics --> Edit File --> and in the "Path to file to be Edited", please enter the following and click "Load":

                                      /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg/repos/pfSense-repo.conf

                                      You can then replace the file with the following contents and hit "Save". This will resolve your issue:

                                      FreeBSD: { enabled: no }

                                      pfSense-core: {
                                      url: "pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-core",
                                      mirror_type: "srv",
                                      signature_type: "fingerprints",
                                      fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
                                      enabled: yes
                                      }

                                      pfSense: {
                                      url: "pkg+https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd64-pfSense_plus_v22_05",
                                      mirror_type: "srv",
                                      signature_type: "fingerprints",
                                      fingerprints: "/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg",
                                      enabled: yes
                                      }

                                      The problem is gone after changing this.

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                                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @bingo600
                                        last edited by Bob.Dig Sep 17, 2022, 2:44 PM Sep 17, 2022, 2:37 PM

                                        @bingo600
                                        I rolled back an "Image" from yesterday mornings backup, fixed it as well. The good thing about all that, I just noticed that I can't roll back an Image of pfSense when it is not running, do to the way I built my network lately, so I had to change that again. 😊

                                        I think the (official) solution should be pinned somehow.

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                                          bingo600 @Bob.Dig
                                          last edited by Sep 17, 2022, 2:45 PM

                                          @bob-dig
                                          How did you do that "image backup" ?
                                          Via the new Boot Environment in 22.05 ?

                                          Wonder if that one would restore the system too ?
                                          Anyone knows ???

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                                          pfSense+ 23.05.1 (ZFS)

                                          QOTOM-Q355G4 Quad Lan.
                                          CPU  : Core i5 5250U, Ram : 8GB Kingston DDR3LV 1600
                                          LAN  : 4 x Intel 211, Disk  : 240G SAMSUNG MZ7L3240HCHQ SSD

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