OPNsense 17.7.5 image refresh

[Franco Fichtner]

Hi all,

We are happy to announce the immediate availability of the renewed
OPNsense 17.7 images based on version 17.7.5.  Apart from the
numerous improvements since the initial release, the images contain
an addition for single interfaces SSH installer scenarios as well
as an PPPoE multi-AP kernel patch.  And due to popular demand the
dynamic DNS plugin now comes preinstalled, something we missed in
the original 17.7 plugin conversion process.

For almost 3 years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through
modularising and hardening the code base, quick and reliable
firmware upgrades, multi-language support, fast adoption of
upstream software updates as well as clear and stable 2-Clause
BSD licensing.

We would also like to use this opportunity to remind everyone
that OPNsense is and always will be free software.  All of its
source code and associated build tools can be found here:

https://github.com/opnsense

Download links, an installation guide, the full list of changes
and the checksums for the images can be found below.

Download Locations

o Europe: https://opnsense.c0urier.net/releases/17.7/
o US East Coast: http://mirrors.nycbug.org/pub/opnsense/releases/17.7/
o US West Coast: https://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/opnsense/releases/17.7/
o South America: http://mirror.upb.edu.co/opnsense/releases/17.7/
o South-East Asia: https://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/opnsense/releases/17.7/
o Full mirror list: https://opnsense.org/download/

Install Instructions

The boot process gives you the opportunity to run several
optional configuration steps.  It has been designed to always
boot into a live environment in order to be able to access the
GUI or even SSH directly.  If a timeout was missed simply
restart the boot procedure.

All images feature the new "opnsense-importer" utility, which
is now invoked instead of the early installer.  You can stop
the automatic timeout by pressing any key.  Afterwards you will
have the opportunity to select a disk to import from.  If the
option times out or the importer is exited without a disk
selection, the factory defaults will be used for the boot.

The next prompt will be for manual interface selection.
This step is well-established since OPNsense 15.7.

The system will then continue into a live environment.  If the
config importer was used previously on an existing installation,
the system will boot up with a fully functional setup, but will
not overwrite the previous installation. Use this feature for
safely previewing upgrades.

If you have used a CD-ROM, VGA, Serial image without a config
import you are by default able to (a) log into the root shell
using the user "root" with password "opnsense", or (b) log into
the installer using the user "installer" with password "opnsense".
The GUI will listen on https://192.168.1.1/ for user "root" with
password "opnsense".  Using SSH, the "root" and "installer" users
are available as well on IP 192.168.1.1.  Note that these install
medias are read-only, which means your current live configuration
will be lost after reboot.

If you have used a Nano image, your system is already up and
running as it is designed as such.  It is set to read-write
attempting to minimise write cycles by mounting relevant partitions
as memory file systems.  If you should require an installer anyway,
log in as user "root", select option 8 from the menu and type
"opnsense-installer".  The "opnsense-importer" can be run this way
as well should you require to run the import again.

The full list of changes of OPNsense 17.7 can be reviewed using
their original announcements:

o 17.7: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=5604.0
o 17.7.1: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=5863.0
o 17.7.2: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=5956.0
o 17.7.3: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=5994.0
o 17.7.4: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=6041.0
o 17.7.5: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=6094.0


Stay safe,
Your OPNsense team

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# SHA256 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-dvd-amd64.iso.bz2) = 3fab5b7f4596dc0300e4b36fb5fe8647ebd42750e6e28f5c7f1424ee07c350ec
# SHA256 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-nano-amd64.img.bz2) = 2924ceec3f11206e866c6146112ae14d304cd5e18acb3803a923e04019651c1b
# SHA256 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-serial-amd64.img.bz2) = 7a85ae36b52d6f85239b7a936cefa5c53dddfa272b968e24bc6b61c77f4dfbce
# SHA256 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-vga-amd64.img.bz2) = 730dfaad385642902d00dc7361fea6c6c7e1c1861cb576d54df03f9d8d2e29c6
# SHA256 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-dvd-i386.iso.bz2) = bece516dd4e0fafbd4fee07b5559563a66abd542a8eff9f3e833bc320338028f
# SHA256 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-nano-i386.img.bz2) = 9ea24329650487dc08b7e846bec4b0e75ae965c1ba948d02a0857f1b4dfc989c
# SHA256 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-serial-i386.img.bz2) = e600c0c223778425ed990ae3f34d68cbb705c563d1c309190fedbcc97f45861e
# SHA256 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-vga-i386.img.bz2) = 0600eedd7842187ccfa1f97642959d10fe290d2db60d10687d0089627f574efe

# MD5 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-dvd-amd64.iso.bz2) = ac69d1963ee0a45e705f3f7044d84511
# MD5 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-nano-amd64.img.bz2) = e5f8f7a321e16d7d1af0d99a0b2b8a80
# MD5 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-serial-amd64.img.bz2) = c8512821190515e9cc3ab6f7e76369dc
# MD5 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-vga-amd64.img.bz2) = 811eeb34bfb853b3f3f2185c244c8051
# MD5 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-dvd-i386.iso.bz2) = bfed9e4446738797525a3c6f790c4507
# MD5 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-nano-i386.img.bz2) = a56def558397d6f20a9ada4ab5cd9848
# MD5 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-serial-i386.img.bz2) = 404dc9a7d5f84244428d1e82302a45f2
# MD5 (OPNsense-17.7.5-OpenSSL-vga-i386.img.bz2) = b3ea683a928324d3fd149c2580bdde57