Does this setup work? PfSense 2.8.0 + VmWare 8.0 + Guest OS FreeBSD 14
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Good afternoon,
I downloaded PfSense 2.8 and am running it as a POC in this virtualization configuration:
I know that PfSense 2.8 uses FreeBSD 15 and not version 14, which is the latest supported by VmWare.
I am running an IPSEC VPN on this configuration and using pfBlockerNG-devel. I created the machine from scratch and restored the settings from a PfSense 2.6.0 VM without any major problems other than adjustments to the PfBlocker lists.
So far, everything is fine, with few users connecting to the VPN.
I would like to know if anyone else is using this combination of PfSense+VMWare+Guest OS, if it eventually works, or what types of problems I should expect to encounter.
Thank you,
Geovane
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Hi, we are running a couple of devices with pfSense+ (24.11). So long no major problems in our setup.
Like you I had to choose FreeBSD 14 in the VM-configuration, but our vCenter recognize the Guest OS after the Setup correctly as FreeBSD15.
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Virtualising it this way is common and other than ensuring you've taken into account the known tunables for a VM using ESXi, you should be ok.