OPNsense can't update. (Fixed)

[coffeecup25]

I can't update OPNsense. It can't find the repository. Defaults are selected. It doesn't work if I change to any other download site either.

Here's the log

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***GOT REQUEST TO CHECK FOR UPDATES***
Currently running OPNsense 25.7.7_4 (amd64) at Sun Dec  7 07:59:11 CST 2025
Fetching changelog information, please wait... fetch: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/25.7/sets/changelog.txz: Host does not resolve
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
pkg: Repository OPNsense has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
repository OPNsense has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Unable to update repository OPNsense
Updating mimugmail repository catalogue...
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
repository mimugmail has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Unable to update repository mimugmail
Error updating repositories!
Upgrading package manager from version '2.3.1_1' to ''
Updating OPNsense repository catalogue...
pkg: Repository OPNsense has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
repository OPNsense has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Unable to update repository OPNsense
Error updating repositories!
***DONE***
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[patient0]

DNS, it's always DNS ;)

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Fetching changelog information, please wait... fetch: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/25.7/sets/changelog.txz: Host does not resolveThe router can't resolve pkg.opnsense.org. Can you resolve anything else from the OPNsense?

[coffeecup25]

DNS, it's always DNS ;)

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Fetching changelog information, please wait... fetch: https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/25.7/sets/changelog.txz: Host does not resolveThe router can't resolve pkg.opnsense.org. Can you resolve anything else from the OPNsense?

Unbound is doing my DNS, i believe. Adguard Home works. I tried it with Adguard Home disabled - it made no difference. Does that answer your question?

A click on the pkg.opnsense.org works fine.  But not from the updater.

It can't resolve any other sites related to mirrors, either.

[patient0]

Does that answer your question?

Mmmh, can you login to OPNsense and do a "host one.one.one.one" or something similar?

[coffeecup25]

Does that answer your question?

Mmmh, can you login to OPNsense and do a "host one.one.one.one" or something similar?

I don't understand what you are asking.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

I don't understand what you are asking.

Use the SSH program on your desktop system to get a command line login on your OPNsense firewall, then enter the command "host one.one.one.one".

You know what a command line is?

[coffeecup25]

Weird, but I fixed it.

I added 1.1.1.1 to Systems / Settings / General / DNS and the update ran perfectly. Prior, I had no DNS entries there, having removed them to see if Unbound was carrying the load.  It updated afterward.

To test if Unbound was working, I removed all dns sites other than my router:5353 ipconfig on windows pointed to my router.  Everything worked great for weeks like that. That made me assume Unbound was doing everything. The Adguard Home install instructions also said Unbound was doing all the work.

So, I will put my old DNS entries back on that page and let OPNsense figure out which DNS is in use at any given time. All I really care about is ad blocking.

Thanks for your help.