PfSense VM on ProxMox : Qemu-agent installation

Bob.Dig

@weehooey If I connect via VNC to it, it says QEMU, so I think I am good. But can't see any differences in their web-GUI nor in pfSense after installing.

Patch

@shadeless said in PfSense VM on ProxMox : Qemu-agent installation:

does this work on 2.7.0?

It works the same on pfsense v2.6 and v2.7
You have to do all of

Create file /etc/rc.conf.local with above contents
Create file /usr/local/etc/rc.d/qemu-agent.sh with above contents and change it's properties to enable execute permission
Install the package qemu-guest-agent in the VM
Enable Qemu agent in Proxmox, stop the VM then restart it.

weehooey

@Patch you do not need to stop and restart the VM.

Check out the script for the commands: https://github.com/Weehooey/pfSense-scripts

chigz

@weehooey

Neat, this works for 23.05.1 too.
Thanks

Bob.Dig

I am now a proxmox user too and your script is awesome, thanks.

Patch

Or do it manually.
Takes about 2 minutes using (paste from a cheat sheet works)

Diagnostics -> Edit file
Diagnostics -> Command prompt -> Execute Shell Command

NollipfSense

@Patch said in PfSense VM on ProxMox : Qemu-agent installation:

Or do it manually

Never failed and my preferred method, thanks Patch...

thewho

@weehooey

i was not able to use your script because the agent gives me a error.

service qemu-guest-agent start
Cannot 'start' qemu_guest_agent. Set qemu_guest_agent_enable to YES in /etc/rc.conf or use 'onestart' instead of 'start'.

but as soon as i added it in the /etc/rc.conf i was able to start the agent. Has something changed with 2.7.1? (first time using proxmox and QEMU)

mervincm

@thewho I installed on 2.7 and upgraded to 2.7.1 and mine appears to remain functional. service qemu-guest-agent start tells me qemu_guest_agent already running? and provides the pid for it. That said .. something is wrong as my memory consumed in the proxmox host has doubled after the move 2.7>2.7.1 (3.2G>7.1G)

lifeofguenter

Does this still work under 2.8.1?

qemu-guest-agent is installed and runs when I start it as a service.

I also added the following to /etc/rc.conf.local:

qemu_guest_agent_enable="YES"

but it won't start after reboot?

patient0

@lifeofguenter said in PfSense VM on ProxMox : Qemu-agent installation:

but it won't start after reboot?

pfSense does not use the standard FreeBSD RC system.

I did install the 'Shellcmd' package and created an entry of type 'shellcmd' with command service qemu-guest-agent start that is executed at the start. Although that is on pfSense+ I'm sure it will work as well on pfSense CE.

weehooey

@lifeofguenter yes, tested and working on 2.8.1

Did you use the code from our repo?

github.com - Weehooey - pfSense Scripts

It has code that works functionally the same as what @patient0 mentions.

lifeofguenter

@weehooey your script does not work.

When I install qemu-guest-agent it already installs a start script:

Shell Output - cat /usr/local/etc/rc.d/qemu-guest-agent

#!/bin/sh
#
# PROVIDE: qemu_guest_agent
# REQUIRE: DAEMON
# KEYWORD: nojail
#

#
# Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable qemu-guest-agent:
#
#qemu_guest_agent_enable="YES"
#
# For detailed logging add flags -v and -l to /etc/rc.conf
#
#qemu_guest_agent_flags="-d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log"

. /etc/rc.subr

name=qemu_guest_agent
rcvar=qemu_guest_agent_enable

load_rc_config $name

qemu_guest_agent_flags=${qemu_guest_agent_flags-"-d"}
qemu_guest_agent_enable=${qemu_guest_agent_enable:-"NO"}

qemu_guest_agent_bin=/usr/local/bin/qemu-ga
command=${qemu_guest_agent_bin}
pidfile="/var/run/qemu-ga.pid"

run_rc_command "$1"

but it never executes.

weehooey

@lifeofguenter are those # part of the contents of the file? If so, everything in the file is commented out except the shebang line.

lifeofguenter

@weehooey it’s cropped , you need to scroll inside the text field

SteveITS

@lifeofguenter said in PfSense VM on ProxMox : Qemu-agent installation:

but it won't start after reboot?

Hmm, we have a CE 2.7.2 VM that was rebooted recently and it's running. Are we saying it doesn't in 2.8.x?

/etc/rc.conf.local:
qemu_guest_agent_enable="YES"
#qemu_guest_agent_flags="-d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log"
qemu_guest_agent_flags="-d -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log"

and:
service qemu-guest-agent status:
qemu_guest_agent is running as pid 87501.

lifeofguenter

@SteveITS at least that is my observation.

Manually starting the service works, but it’s not being picked up my rc.conf.local or any similar option.

weehooey

@lifeofguenter Ah. I see that now. I did not realized the windows scrolled.

@weehooey your script does not work.
When I install qemu-guest-agent it already installs a start script:

What you are showing is not what our script does.

I can tell you that we tested using the script we provided, and it works on 2.8.1.

Perhaps you have not marked your script as executable?