UNSOLVED Any pfSense users? Are upgrades smooth?
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Site has a box running pfSense for their main router.
It has an update pending.
I have not actively used pfSense for 7 years. It has generally always worked, but again, that was 7+ years ago.
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@jaredbusch usually upgrades are smooth. On occasion I had to drop to shell and do upgrade there because web interface seemed stuck.
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Are upgrades smooth? Normally. Take a backup just in case.
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Major version upgrades can cause issues. So 2.4.x to 2.5.x have to be looked at first.
Minor version upgrades are usually problem free.
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@pete-s said in Any pfSense users? Are upgrades smooth?:
Major version upgrades can cause issues. So 2.4.x to 2.5.x have to be looked at first.
Minor version upgrades are usually problem free.
Problem with the major upgrades is usually related to a new FreeBSD version and if you have installed any extra packages. And sometimes to deprecated functionality.
I wouldn't upgrade without doing the homework first.
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@pete-s said in Any pfSense users? Are upgrades smooth?:
@pete-s said in Any pfSense users? Are upgrades smooth?:
Major version upgrades can cause issues. So 2.4.x to 2.5.x have to be looked at first.
Minor version upgrades are usually problem free.
Problem with the major upgrades is usually related to a new FreeBSD version and if you have installed any extra packages. And sometimes to deprecated functionality.
I wouldn't upgrade without doing the homework first.
so if .4 to .5 is a major update I will put that off until next week. too many other things going right now.
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I think it was one of those Lawrence Systems YouTube videos when mentioned about making sure to upgrading pfsense before the package
@jaredbusch said in Any pfSense users? Are upgrades smooth?:
@pete-s said in Any pfSense users? Are upgrades smooth?:
@pete-s said in Any pfSense users? Are upgrades smooth?:
Major version upgrades can cause issues. So 2.4.x to 2.5.x have to be looked at first.
Minor version upgrades are usually problem free.
Problem with the major upgrades is usually related to a new FreeBSD version and if you have installed any extra packages. And sometimes to deprecated functionality.
I wouldn't upgrade without doing the homework first.
so if .4 to .5 is a major update I will put that off until next week. too many other things going right now.
Lawrence mentioned in the video about the update process for pfSense 2.4.5
Youtube Video
