pfSense + for Home User
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@FrankZappa said in pfSense + for Home User:
many of my previous packages did not install.
If you've used the config.xml from the old system, all the package info should be in there. If the packages were not present (installed) on the new system, but referenced as installed in the imported config file, the new pfSense will auto install them.
IRC, this will happen in the back ground, and while this is ongoing, a banner will mention this on the dashboard (not sure).If packages still didn't come over, its 'look at the logs and your imported config file' time.
After all, if parts of the info didn't came over it's pretty clear that you don't have the entire list of the "what didn't make it".
Parts of what OpenVPN needs, like certificates and defined OpenVPN users could be one of them. -
I have sometimes needed to restore a config twice to get the packages. Usually when a config requires something significantly different on WAN to get connectivity so fails the first time around. You can just manually install the packages but often simply restoring the config again is easier.
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@stephenw10 Everything working fine now. OpenVPN suddenly started working as well. All good. Thanks for everyone's help. As an aside, I'm totally bummed that Netgate is moving to a subscription based service. I understand no company makes money giving stuff away for free. However, that's not how it was presented to us when Netgate encouraged us to move to PfSense + Home/Lab, only to then take it way from us. I really like pfSense, but for $129 a year it seems a little overpriced for home use.. I know I can downgrade to CE, but how long will that be free, or even in existence? I'll stay on pfSense + until I no longer can, but I will likely move to another product e.g. OpenSense when the time comes. I even have the pfSense swag all over my computer and comms closet in my home. Oh well, such is life in the world of business.
