pfSense+ 24.11 on my 1100 reboots every couple of hours
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I was unable to upgrade my 1100 from 24.03 to 24.11 (failed in many spectacular ways) so I did a fresh install and restored my config from backup. Now the router reboots itself every few hours. Nothing in the log other than the usual bootup sequence stuff.
What logs exist I can easily examine to learn what's going on? I am NOT a Unix or BSD expert, but I can follow directions easily enough.
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Wow, the current cycle lasted 30 whole minutes before rebooting again.
Dec 1 14:23:03 router php-cgi[735]: rc.bootup: The command '/usr/local/sbin/strongswanrc stop' returned exit code '1', the output was 'strongswan not running? (check /var/run/daemon-charon.pid).'
Dec 1 14:23:02 router kernel: ....
Dec 1 14:23:02 router check_reload_status[731]: Updating all dyndns
Dec 1 14:23:01 router kernel: done.
Dec 1 14:23:00 router kernel: done.
Dec 1 14:23:00 router php-cgi[735]: rc.bootup: NTPD is starting up.
Dec 1 13:56:55 router kernel: done.
Dec 1 13:56:54 router kernel: done.
Dec 1 13:56:54 router php-cgi[735]: rc.bootup: sync unbound done.Just decided to reboot because, reasons. I was watching YouTube.
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Do you see an alert or crash report after it reboots?
What's shown in the system logs immediately before it reboots?
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@stephenw10 No, no error in the web UI. And I included a snippet of the log above. 13:56:55, done. 14:23, starting to reboot. This is from Status/System Logs/System/General. Is there some other log I should be looking at?
One other point of note is I had left the bootable USB drive attached (which contains the installer). I didn't think leaving it there would cause any harm as the boot sequence normally ignores it. I have since unplugged it.
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Got another reboot:
Uptime 00 Hour 27 Minutes 09 Seconds
Dec 1 18:56:25 router kernel: .done.
Dec 1 18:56:25 router kernel: ....
Dec 1 18:56:25 router check_reload_status[680]: Updating all dyndns
Dec 1 18:56:24 router kernel: done.
Dec 1 18:56:23 router kernel: done.
Dec 1 18:56:23 router php-cgi[684]: rc.bootup: NTPD is starting up.
Dec 1 14:23:54 router kernel: done.
Dec 1 14:23:53 router kernel: done.
Dec 1 14:23:53 router php-cgi[684]: rc.bootup: sync unbound done.about 25 minutes ago. No errors in the web UI.
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Hmm, what log are you taking that from? It looks odd.
Are you running ZFS? Ram disks?
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@stephenw10 in the web gui, from Status/System Logs/System/General, visible from status_logs.php
I am running zfs and a ram disk, configured by default.
it rebooted again over night, about 2 hours ago.
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Which RAM disk are you running? If it's /var you are probably losing logs when it restarts. Try disabling that at least as a test so you can get the full logs across a reboot.
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@stephenw10 OK disabled my RAM disks, no new interesting info in the logs after the last reboot:
Dec 3 12:31:31 router kernel: .done.
Dec 3 12:31:30 router kernel: ...
Dec 3 12:31:30 router check_reload_status[633]: Updating all dyndns
Dec 3 12:31:30 router kernel: done.
Dec 3 12:31:28 router kernel: done.
Dec 3 12:31:28 router php-cgi[637]: rc.bootup: NTPD is starting up.
Dec 3 12:31:28 router kernel: done.
Dec 3 12:23:43 router php-fpm[1550]: <remainder removed to avoid spam detector>Router rebooted at 12:30.
