Most efficient way to install pfsense on oracle virtualbox
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Hello Gentlemen,
I'm a newbie who just got my hands on pfsense firewall implementation. I don't have resources to spare a physical box for this and therefore I've got to do this on virtualbox.
I have been trying to narrow down a guide that describes the process of installing pfs on virtualbox but surprisingly there is only a very few out there. Approaches that are used in those guides also apparently quite different to one another. I will state below the areas that I seek knowledge on,
1. What is the best version of pfsense to install on a virtualbox. Please note that the host machine where the virtualbox app has been installed has the following HW configuration.
OS -Ubuntu 12.04 (64bit)
Interl core i3
Memory - 4GB
HDD space - EnoughI saw that some are recommending nanobsd version of pf on virtualbox. Should I go with that option or the corresponding live cd version?
2. How should I configure the n/w adapters on virtualbox for a set up like below?
my home network (192.168.1.0/24). I would call this WAN
–--------------------------------DSL router - 192.168.1.1 host1 - 192.168.1.14
my lan network (172.25.95.0/24). This I like to have under virtualbox guests.
–-----------------------------host2 - 172.25.95.10
I'd prefer to configure my pf's lan & wan interfaces as follows.
em0 - 192.168.1.254/24 (WAN) em1 - 172.25.95.1/24 (LAN)
Please share your inputs good people Im sure it will help not only me but whole bunch of newbies like me.
Many thanks in advance
/Dee.
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Why not try using the Pre-Built OVA files for Virtual Machines?
http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_3/i386/pfSense_HEAD/virtualization/?C=M;O=D