Unable to install packages
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Nothing special should be required there.
It almost sounds like a user privilege issue. Are you logged in as admin to test that?
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@stephenw10 Yes, I login as admin. No other users configured at this time. I am tempted to try reinstalling again this weekend, and do the package installations first, before making any other configuration changes. In the meantime, do you know if there are any log files which might tell me what is going on when I attempt to install packages through the WebUI?
Thanks!
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Yes, you can look in /conf. You should see an install log for any packahes installed in the gui.
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@stephenw10 Well, no install logs exist. It is like the process doesn't even get started. Thanks again.
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Any errors in the main system logs?
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Not much.
Some messages in the GUI Service log that get flagged as spam for some reason when I try to post them here. Here is the gist:
GET /pkg_mgr_installed.php HTTP/2.0" 200
POST /pkg_mgr_installed.php HTTP/2.0" 200
GET /pkg_mgr.php HTTP/2.0" 200
POST /pkg_mgr.php HTTP/2.0" 200
GET /pkg_mgr_install.php?pkg=pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG HTTP/2.0" 302 0 "https://192.168.1.1/pkg_mgr.php"
GET /pkg_mgr_installed.php HTTP/2.0" 200
POST /pkg_mgr_installed.php HTTP/2.0" 200No Package log present.
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Hmm, same behaviour from different web browsers? Different client devices?
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@stephenw10 Yeah, I tried from Chrome and Safari on Mac and Firefox on Ubuntu 23.10. I also confirmed the behavior on an SG3100 at work running 23.09 with the same rules setup. I think it must have something to do with the NAT/WAN rules I have in place somehow.
On the SG3100, I can install packages on a factory-reset config, but once I have the rules in place, no joy. I'll have to add them one at a time to see which one is the problem.
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Huh, yet you can still install them at the CLI? Hard to imagine what rules could only affect the GUI.
Seems a lot more likely to be a user level restriction since it's not even logging am error like it's not even trying.
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@stephenw10 After a factory reset, it is working now. All my WAN rules are back in place, and I was able to install multiple packages from the GUI. Still not sure what the problem was.
