[solved] opnsense trys to remove itself on upgrade

[LoudComputerGuy]

Hi cookiemonster.  I appreciate the feedback, but am I and the OP the only ones having this problem?  Is this a ZenArmor-related-only issue?  In other words, for those who run ZenArmor with OPNsense, this 'bug' is going to prevent any patches from being installed?  Just trying to find out more as to what's going on.

Thanks.

[cookiemonster]

Hi.
I'm going by your question "If I do a Zenarmor backup and download that file, uninstall all Zenarmor pkgs, will Opnsense updates then work (assuming yes) and then can I reinstall Zenarmor and reapply my backed up config to get me back where I am now, but on the latest version of Opnsense? "
You understandably want to know beforehand if by loading the zenarmor backup after the upgrade of these versions will get you back where you were for configuration of zenarmor.
That is a question better answered by Zenarmor, right?
This is not a "bug" in OPN. This is a third party plugin that a) seems to be causing upgrade problems; b) needs to be providing versions of their software that take into account the new dependencies of the base OS i.e. openssl versions

[LoudComputerGuy]

Hi Cookiemonster,

  I understand and appreciate your point.  I will attempt to take matters into my own hands.  I was hoping others on here would have offered some additional insights - am guessing not very many people use ZenArmor like I am using.  For now, I will plan to proceed with what I have described and hope for the best.

Thanks.

[LoudComputerGuy]

ALL: 

  Just wanted to close out my additions to this thread.  Just like the OP, I ended up removing all traces of ZenArmor and then was able to successfully update to 24.1.  Current info is now:

OPNsense 24.1.1-amd64
FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p9
OpenSSL 3.0.13

Will think about putting ZenArmor back on later.

Thanks to all.