No news on the MIM front?

keyser

I know this may be a sensitive question, but what’s going on with the whole MIM/API project?
It had a lot of traction and dedicated ressources up until it was included in 25.03

I may just be me, but it seems things have been rather quiet since.
I’m unable to locate information about licensing, intended deployment models or feature roadmaps to intice investment into MIM managed pfsense deployments.

Netgate, I really think you should share some more information about the whole MIM project.

SteveITS

@keyser The name changed at some point...

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/nexus/index.html

keyser

@SteveITS Ohh, I stand corrected from what I can read in the manual… sorry, and thank you for clarifying.

But… what is the point of a MIM that just manages each box individually more or less like the built in pfSense UI and shell?
I know the API is the real door opener, but the MIM UI features should also be able to sell the product.

These kinds of tools should enable one-clik VPN mesh/hub-spoke setups, shared ALIAS groups, and multi instance/interface policy rules to “standardize” firewall configs across instances.

EDIT: I can’t find any instance licenses in the netgate shop. What are they currently charging pr. Managed instance?

marcosm

By default it only manages itself but it can also become a controller which manages many clients. As for the referenced features, I can say that there are many features in our internal builds and we'll release more info when appropriate :)