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    • ivorI
      ivor
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      Starting with the upcoming release of pfSense 2.4.4, all of the services previously offered under โ€œpfSense Goldโ€ will continue, but will be free to all pfSense users. Read on for more detail.

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        Providing the book for free is great news.

        Is there going to be anything "extra" for users that still want to help support? Other than just buying official netgate appliances?

        So since everyone will have access to the "book" then this kind of deprecates the whole wiki/github docs all together doesn't it - other than maybe some how to guides sort of thing.

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

          So since everyone will have access to the "book" then this kind of deprecates the whole wiki/github docs all together doesn't it - other than maybe some how to guides sort of thing.

          As the saying goes, kinda/sorta but not really. :-)

          A good chunk of the docs can be merged into the book in various places, but there are things like How-To articles and developer info that don't fit well in the book. The book content is also more tightly controlled than the other content. We're still hashing out how all that will work, though, so we'll probably land somewhere in between.

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          • JeGrJ
            JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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            So @ivor quick question to make it clear:

            1. pfSense Gold will cease with 2.4.4-release? Or will it stay without any or with minimal goodies only for supporting the project further?
            2. About the VMware image: no OVA will be published anymore. OK so that's basically back to "install via ISO and install open-vm-tools" and using paravirt/FreeBSD settings on the VM side. Are there any other caveats besides that? We (as company) aren't dependend on the "vmware certified" sticker ๐Ÿ˜‰ but are there any other things going with the certification, that we should be on the lookout for?

            Thanks,
            Jens

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            • ivorI
              ivor
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              @jegr said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

              pfSense Gold will cease with 2.4.4-release? Or will it stay without any or with minimal goodies only for supporting the project further?

              Gold will be free so supporting the project is possible via appliance and support purchases.

              About the VMware image: no OVA will be published anymore. OK so that's basically back to "install via ISO and install open-vm-tools" and using paravirt/FreeBSD settings on the VM side. Are there any other caveats besides that? We (as company) aren't dependend on the "vmware certified" sticker ๐Ÿ˜‰ but are there any other things going with the certification, that we should be on the lookout for?

              That's pretty much it. No caveats on pfSense's end, but it depends from your virtualization software. For example, when using KVM / Proxmox you will need to disable hardware checksum offload in system settings.

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              • JeGrJ
                JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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                @ivor said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

                That's pretty much it. No caveats on pfSense's end, but it depends from your virtualization software. For example, when using KVM / Proxmox you will need to disable hardware checksum offload in system settings.

                Aye, that's right. Was thinking more along the lines of any other specific setting, that was preconfigured in those OVAs besides them running with paravirt settings, FreeBSD machine type and vm tools installed? Were there other settings specially tweaked for running in vmware scenarios?

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                • ivorI
                  ivor
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                  It's standard pfSense install, just VMware certified. I'll check if there were any specific settings and follow up.

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                  • JeGrJ
                    JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator @ivor
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                    @ivor said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

                    It's standard pfSense install, just VMware certified. I'll check if there were any specific settings and follow up.

                    Thanks! Very much appreciated!

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                    • ivorI
                      ivor
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                      Confirmed, it's just a regular image with open-vm-tools-nox11 pre-installed, ran trough VMware tests for certification.

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                      • JeGrJ
                        JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator @ivor
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                        @ivor Thanks a lot! :)

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                        • R
                          revengineer
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                          @ivor, this is a very generous move of netgate. Thank you for that. One remaining question: In the past, I really enjoyed the pdf version of the pfsense book. Will this still be available and how? (please don't kill this format of the book.)

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                            Mats @revengineer
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                            @revengineer said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

                            @ivor, this is a very generous move of netgate. Thank you for that. One remaining question: In the past, I really enjoyed the pdf version of the pfsense book. Will this still be available and how? (please don't kill this format of the book.)

                            I'd like to second this request. There are situations where there is no inet connection or limited to specifik hosts/domains. A pdf is a great help

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                              regexaurus
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                              I and the charities / non-profits I support thank you! It wasn't a major expense, but every bit helps.

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                              • ivorI
                                ivor @revengineer
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                                @revengineer unlikely.

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                                • jahonixJ
                                  jahonix @ivor
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                                  @ivor said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

                                  @revengineer unlikely.

                                  unlikely the PDF will be available or unlikely you'll kill this format?

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                                    revengineer @jahonix
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                                    @jahonix said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

                                    @ivor said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

                                    @revengineer unlikely.

                                    unlikely the PDF will be available or unlikely you'll kill this format?

                                    I was wondering the same. Elaboration appreciated. Thank you.

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                                      We will likely continue the PDF and ePub formats (mobi is more difficult to do, but may still be possible)

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                        can we get lit and odf as well ;) What about AZW? hehehe

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                                          revengineer @jimp
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                                          @jimp said in pfSense Gold Free with 2.4.4-RELEASE:

                                          We will likely continue the PDF and ePub formats (mobi is more difficult to do, but may still be possible)

                                          Excellent, thank you! I personally can live without mobi; PDF is all I ever used.

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                                          • JeGrJ
                                            JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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                                            Also converting ePub to mobi/azw or other formats isn't that hard. Calibre takes care of something like that ๐Ÿ˜

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