Services is missing from Luci menu
What did you install?
std ipk from selector openwrt-24.10.2-ath79-generic-tplink_archer-c7-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade
Using username "root".
Authenticating with public key "rsa-key-20250719"
BusyBox v1.36.1 (2025-06-23 20:40:36 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
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OpenWrt 24.10.2, r28739-d9340319c6
root@Cisco:~# opkg list-installed|grep luci
liblucihttp-ucode - 2023.03.15~9b5b683f-r1
liblucihttp0 - 2023.03.15~9b5b683f-r1
luci - 25.186.44806~9ceef01
luci-app-firewall - 25.186.44806~9ceef01
luci-app-package-manager - 25.186.44806~9ceef01
luci-base - 25.186.44806~9ceef01
luci-light - 25.168.50434~d6b13f6
luci-mod-admin-full - 25.186.44806~9ceef01
luci-mod-network - 25.186.44806~9ceef01
luci-mod-status - 25.168.50434~d6b13f6
luci-mod-system - 25.186.44806~9ceef01
luci-proto-ipv6 - 25.168.50434~d6b13f6
luci-proto-ppp - 25.168.50434~d6b13f6
luci-ssl - 25.168.50434~d6b13f6
luci-theme-bootstrap - 25.168.50434~d6b13f6
rpcd-mod-luci - 20240305-r1
root@Cisco:~#
Services usually doesn't appear unless you have a "service" that uses it. For example: OpenVPN, ddns, samba4, etc. You don't appear to have any such services installed.
How do i get those packages when I installed a “factory” .bin file
You can either install the packages post-flash, or you can customize your OpenWrt image using the firmware selector (or you can use the image builder off-line on your own computer).
If you are upgrading from one OpenWrt version to another (i.e. 24.10.1 > 24.10.2), you can use the OpenWrt Upgrade Tool (OWRT) / Attended Sysupgrade (ASU) to automatically build and install an image that contains all of the packages that are currently installed so that you don't need to do anything manually.
hmm… I see the firmware selector lists “luci” as the last one.
Yes. That is just the default list of packages. Add the ones you want.
I was able to get ddns to work without it. I guess I’ll leave it alone.
did you install luci-app-ddns?
I didn’t add anything. Just the “factory” .bin package
If you didn't add anything, did you customize the image you flashed? Or did you just use the default image?
If you didn't make any customization or install anything, you won't have the ddns client installed, either, so I'm not sure how that would actually be working.
To install those packages:
opkg update
opkg install luci-app-ddns
You'll also need to install ddns scripts in general for the service you are using.
I “rolled my own”. It runs out of cron anyway. Thanks
ok, as long as you've got it working.
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Thanks! 
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