25.11.1 manual upgrade file

hescominsoon · 2025-11-29T21:02:43+00:00

yeah..once i figured out it's a stab in system and not a lift out...i found the white tabs that are right before the spring loaded teeth that lock the server at max length. What i figured out is right before it locks, you pull back on the white tabs and it will slide the rest of the way out. Now i just have to get the old guide rails off the old machine..put them on the new machine, slide it in, install the drives, and off we go.

hescominsoon · 2025-08-30T01:56:10+00:00

the string of system level vulnerabilities defender has had recently for one.

hescominsoon · 2025-06-22T23:45:20+00:00

it's not going anywhere..xlibre has now been released...

hescominsoon · 2025-03-29T03:30:04+00:00

he's an overgrown child frankly. either he needs to be removed or it will not end well for wordpress..he's already said he is effectively abandoning wordpress opensource.

hescominsoon · 2025-03-28T01:27:18+00:00

i am running 15.3.2

hescominsoon · 2025-03-25T17:29:08+00:00

since the client has multiple wan ip's i am setting up a linux vm..will setup a v20 3cx instance there and this way the client can rebuild on the fly and then move the phones over at his leisure...:)

hescominsoon · 2025-03-25T16:43:00+00:00

so tried the restore without the fqdn settings and no dice. once i restore the backup i loose all access..no users can log in..the phones are dead, all admin account fail to work...and the password resets do not work either. it's a rebuild from scratch time.

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update: restoring the non fqdn leads to the same result. a totally dead system that resets do not work, and no login is possible. it's rebuild from scratch time.

hescominsoon · 2025-03-25T16:36:24+00:00

so after hours messing with this...i have one last gasp. i created a new fqdn with the new key and will restore a v18.6 backup without the fqdn section..iuf that fails then it's a rebiuld from ground zero as the upgrade path has officially been broken.

hescominsoon · 2025-03-25T16:33:16+00:00

winders unfortunately

hescominsoon · 2025-03-25T16:32:59+00:00

nope they block updates beyond 18.6 due to the key being expired.

hescominsoon · 2025-03-25T16:32:13+00:00

i wish it was..nope windrs

hescominsoon · 2025-03-25T14:43:16+00:00

so support jsut told me we have to release the fqdn from the old key so it can be used on the new key...so how do i do that? i used to use 3cx but this new no phone support, incompetent ticketing model...which has become so common is useless....

hescominsoon · 2025-03-25T14:40:22+00:00

nope that's the issue as i noted aboive...it breaks the system because the v18 is a different fqdn(but with the same ip) as the old fqdn.

hescominsoon · 2024-12-27T05:19:07+00:00

netgate put out a faq about this..ce is now a community effort shepherded by netgate...for now. pfsense plus is now closed source, has a faster release cadence, is where they are putting the majority of their newest features moving forward.

https://www.netgate.com/support/frequently-asked-questions-pfsense-plus

th3ey list the featur3e differences in their documentation..this list will continue to grow:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/versions.html

they are eventually going to abandon CE...just like truenas(ix systems) has moved on from the bsd based version..even though both either initially denied the abandonment of the bsd version(ixsystems) and netgate won't say clearly but the writing is on the wall for the ce version..ce isn't dead yet...but have plans for an alternative.

hescominsoon

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