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    Introducing Netgate Nexus: Multi-Instance Management at Your Fingertips.

    How to return to "old" interface?

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      rloeb @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10 Thank you. nginx is listening on the correct ports, but the old interface won't accept login credentials. Just repaints...

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Can you see the system log entries when that happens?

        If you have console access you can probably just roll back the config to before you enabled nexus. The console menu has an option for that.

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          rloeb @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10 The whole contraption stopped working. Wouldn't respond to DNS queries. I connected to the console using Putty, restored an older version, and got back online. The upgraded to latest release, did NOT activate Nexus, and everything is working just fine.

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Cool.
            So you have the old webgui running at http on port 8080 there?

            I'll see if I can replicate what happened because it sounds like an edge case we should handle.

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              rloeb @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 The situation is stranger than it appears... I cannot login to the old GUI from Firefox but I can from Opera. I'm wondering if the latest Firefox has a problem, but have no way of diagnosing.

              I got tired of fighting and reloaded the entire setup from a backup. Interestingly, the backup was from an earlier version, but when I logged in, I found the latest version. Not sure what that's about, but pfsense is operating as needed and I've got a business to run.

              Rog

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                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @rloeb
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                @rloeb said in How to return to "old" interface?:

                I'm wondering if the latest Firefox has a problem

                I am using latest 155.0 of firefox - not having any issues with either the normal php gui or the nexus gui.

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                  rloeb @johnpoz
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                  @johnpoz I'm also running 155.0 and I cannot log in to the GUI. Must be a problem on my system. I don't have time to chase down what's happening. Lost most of the day yesterday fooling with Nexus and trying to get back an operating firewall.

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                    luckman212 LAYER 8 @rloeb
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                    This thread is getting a bit ridiculous.

                    @rloeb you said it yourself:
                    "I haven't the faintest idea what I'm doing"

                    Uh, ok. You've got a handful of some of the most experienced pfSense users chiming in on this thread trying to help you. From what I've seen, you've spent most of the time complaining about the "horrible interface", how "the device is on another floor and I'm slammed this morning" and generally how much time you've lost or don't have.

                    Maybe consider taking the time to read and try the suggestions being offered, or at least provide some better debug logs etc so people can try to help you.

                    Not trying to be rude or dismissive but honestly if you don't have the time or experience (or at least willingness to learn) you really ought to hand off the responsibility to someone who does.

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Hmm, if you find it again I'd try using private browsing window in Firefox. I sometimes find myself fighting firefox when it's remembered a URL for an IP that's no longer valid. So for example I could imagine it keeps trying to open the Nexus page for the firewall IP because it previously saw a redirect to it.

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                        rloeb @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 Thank you, again. A private window did it.

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                          marcosm Netgate
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                          After logging into the https GUI the session cookie will have a secure flag. Until that cookie expires or is removed, the browser itself won't accept the insecure login on the http GUI.

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                            rloeb @marcosm
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                            @marcosm THANK YOU! That is a very valuable piece of information.

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