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    • hugoeyngH
      hugoeyng @JonathanLee
      last edited by

      @jonathanlee In my case pfSense run on a PC, so I think a firmware update do not apply for me.

      I love pfSense!

      Hugo Eyng
      Datamais Sistemas

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      • JonathanLeeJ
        JonathanLee @hugoeyng
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        @hugoeyng do you have access to Virtualization software?

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        • hugoeyngH
          hugoeyng @JonathanLee
          last edited by

          @jonathanlee like what?

          I love pfSense!

          Hugo Eyng
          Datamais Sistemas

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            rcoleman-netgate Netgate @hugoeyng
            last edited by

            @hugoeyng Firmware, in this case, is the pfSense 'firmware'.

            Ryan
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            • hugoeyngH
              hugoeyng @rcoleman-netgate
              last edited by

              @rcoleman-netgate sorry for my lack of knowledge. I installed pfSense on a personal computer that uses its own firmaware. So, what other firmware should I update?

              I love pfSense!

              Hugo Eyng
              Datamais Sistemas

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                rcoleman-netgate Netgate @hugoeyng
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                @hugoeyng I believe they're suggesting reinstallation of pfSense but you'll have to ask @JonathanLee

                Ryan
                Repeat, after me: MESH IS THE DEVIL! MESH IS THE DEVIL!
                Requesting firmware for your Netgate device? https://go.netgate.com
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                • hugoeyngH
                  hugoeyng @rcoleman-netgate
                  last edited by

                  @rcoleman-netgate Hmmm ... I got It. I think that is insane to reinstall pfSense as a solution to a package of pfSense to work.

                  Also, I think that even I reinstall pfSense will no solve the root of this question: squidGuard package will not install correctly while they do not correct the bug that causes this issue.

                  I love pfSense!

                  Hugo Eyng
                  Datamais Sistemas

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                  • JonathanLeeJ
                    JonathanLee @hugoeyng
                    last edited by

                    @hugoeyng reinstall software is considered 'firmware' in PfSense Netgate models

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                    • JonathanLeeJ
                      JonathanLee @hugoeyng
                      last edited by JonathanLee

                      @hugoeyng Hypervisor, VirtualBox, VMware? Anything that you can spin up a machine you can load PfSense on to test without using your real equipment. They create a virtualized machine that you can install software on to test with. Windows 10-11 pro the software under features enable Hypervisor-V, Virtual box is free it's made by Oracle, VMware costs money. I recommend just using Hyper-V in Windows, it's really simple to use create a blank Virtual machine and load the software like you would on a normal machine it runs in a virtualized environment and you can test save snapshots test again and if you find something that works and doesn't have issues, repeat it with the real hardware. If you have access to a VM you can test it with a clean install, the reason is maybe your configuration is bonked up. You can test it outside the machine this way. I like virtual box too I use to use it with Palm Pre

                      https://www.ceos3c.com/pfsense/install-pfsense-on-virtualbox/

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                        rcoleman-netgate Netgate @JonathanLee
                        last edited by

                        @jonathanlee A better guide is here: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/virtualization/index.html

                        Ryan
                        Repeat, after me: MESH IS THE DEVIL! MESH IS THE DEVIL!
                        Requesting firmware for your Netgate device? https://go.netgate.com
                        Switching: Mikrotik, Netgear, Extreme
                        Wireless: Aruba, Ubiquiti

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @hugoeyng
                          last edited by

                          @hugoeyng said in 23.01 Squid issue:

                          I think that is insane to reinstall pfSense as a solution to a package of pfSense to work.

                          Yeah, that really should never be required. It looks like some part of the install/deinstall script is failing there. Since that doesn't happen for most people it's probably something in the config that already exists.

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                          • hugoeyngH
                            hugoeyng @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10 What config would you bet on, since I've already uninstalled and reinstalled both Squid and SquidGuard.

                            In my point of view, the problem is that the squidguard.conf comes with the installation of SquiGuard and it is this "bugged" squidguard.conf that prevents the correct installation of the package.

                            Once the installation failed, changing the squidguard.conf doesn't solve it anymore, even applying the proposed patch.

                            The first question to fix is ​​making SquidGuard appear in the menu and in the list of services, even stopped (red 'x' icon). If that happens, I guess the patch could solve the initial bug, about what this post discusses.

                            I love pfSense!

                            Hugo Eyng
                            Datamais Sistemas

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                            • JonathanLeeJ
                              JonathanLee @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10 I agree, a blank install and no user config should fix it. After apply the patches and once that is done put the config back on.

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                The package install script is hitting some php error and failing before it has added the require menu and service items into the main pfSense config.
                                Usually when I've seen that it's because the system has been upgraded and the php versions mismatch. But as I understand it that shouldn't be the case here?

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                                • JonathanLeeJ
                                  JonathanLee @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10 Remember this was the same issue I had and it turned out I had to resave the reverse proxy to get it to stop. With that being said I thought maybe there is a different configuration item bonked up with his settings that is missing.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    That issue prevented you making a config change in Squid but it did not prevent installing/uninstalling AFAIK.

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                                    • hugoeyngH
                                      hugoeyng @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10 said in 23.01 Squid issue:

                                      The package install script is hitting some php error and failing before it has added the require menu and service items into the main pfSense config.
                                      Usually when I've seen that it's because the system has been upgraded and the php versions mismatch. But as I understand it that shouldn't be the case here?

                                      I tried to manually insert the SquidGuard in the Menu Options.

                                      First I made a backup of the current installed pfSense .

                                      Then, I took a old backup XML file where the SquidGuard was present in the menu, copied the lines that referred toSG to the recent XML and then I restored it.

                                      Did not work. Raised an error and I did not try again.

                                      I love pfSense!

                                      Hugo Eyng
                                      Datamais Sistemas

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        If you remove your squidguard config from the config file and then try to reinstall squidguard does it succeed?

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                                        • hugoeyngH
                                          hugoeyng @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10 No. It doesn´t.

                                          I love pfSense!

                                          Hugo Eyng
                                          Datamais Sistemas

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Hmm, so it throws those same errors even with no squidguard config present?

                                            And that's after uninstalling and reinstalling the pkg?

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