update/upgrade question

Started by fd0, February 18, 2025, 05:53:10 PM

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February 18, 2025, 05:53:10 PM
From the status page I get the following:

I know it is an old version, 17.1, but I like to start the upgrade process.
Is that possible as such, or do i need a complete reinstall?

Thank you

fd0


***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 21.7 (amd64/OpenSSL) at Tue Feb 18 17:36:01 CET 2025
Fetching changelog information, please wait... done
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
pkg: http://mirror.wjcomms.co.uk/opnsense/FreeBSD:12:amd64/21.7/latest/meta.txz: No route to host
repository OPNsense has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: http://mirror.wjcomms.co.uk/opnsense/FreeBSD:12:amd64/21.7/latest/packagesite.txz: No route to host
Unable to update repository OPNsense
Error updating repositories!
pkg: Repository OPNsense cannot be opened. 'pkg update' required
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.
***DONE***
February 18, 2025, 06:33:56 PM #1
You are running 21.7, not 17.1.

Reset the mirror to the default and try again.
Deciso DEC750
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. (Isaac Asimov)
February 18, 2025, 06:38:08 PM #2
That was a typo, my err
will try

Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on February 18, 2025, 06:33:56 PMYou are running 21.7, not 17.1.

Reset the mirror to the default and try again.
February 24, 2025, 04:29:49 PM #3
Upgrade to next version, 21.7.8, was successful.

QuoteOPNsense 21.7 "Noble Nightingale" has reached its end of life. As such it will not receive any more updates, but the upgrade to the new 22.1 series is seamless and can be performed right here from the web GUI.

How seamless is this upgrade?
f/w is still running on ufs


cheers..


February 24, 2025, 04:41:47 PM #4
Can depend on the plugins you have installed. Crowdsec infamously caused the reboots to hang during updates, for example. Third party repos are prone to lead to conflicts when updating particular libraries. Apart from that I never had a problem with updates via the UI.

But are you really considering

21.7.8 -> 22.1 -> 22.1.10 -> 22.7 -> 22.7.11 -> 23.1 -> 23.1.11 -> 23.7 -> 23.7.12 -> 24.1 -> 24.1.10 -> 24.7 -> 24.7.12 -> 25.1 -> 25.1.1?

That's 14 updates to come to a supported version again. I would seriously consider a clean reinstall with ZFS instead.

Kind regards,
Patrick
Deciso DEC750
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. (Isaac Asimov)
February 24, 2025, 05:04:36 PM #5
Thanks for the headsup.
Time permitting i will do that

-- fd0

Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on February 24, 2025, 04:41:47 PMCan depend on the plugins you have installed. Crowdsec infamously caused the reboots to hang during updates, for example. Third party repos are prone to lead to conflicts when updating particular libraries. Apart from that I never had a problem with updates via the UI.

But are you really considering

21.7.8 -> 22.1 -> 22.1.10 -> 22.7 -> 22.7.11 -> 23.1 -> 23.1.11 -> 23.7 -> 23.7.12 -> 24.1 -> 24.1.10 -> 24.7 -> 24.7.12 -> 25.1 -> 25.1.1?

That's 14 updates to come to a supported version again. I would seriously consider a clean reinstall with ZFS instead.

Kind regards,
Patrick
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