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Installing Pfsense on Centos 7 and Ubuntu

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    poojashukla10
    last edited by Mar 1, 2019, 1:30 AM

    Hi I want to install pfsense on ubuntu or on centos, but what I can see it is not possible . I have to install it for a data centre on hardware. Is there any documentation available online?

    I am new to pfsense

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      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by Mar 1, 2019, 2:22 AM

      Not sure where you got the idea that you install pfsense on some OS... Pfsense is a distro of freebsd that has been optimized to be a firewall/router/utm setup..

      Yes there is HUGE amount of documentation... Its really hard to find... They hide the big red get started button on the front of their home page

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        poojashukla10
        last edited by Mar 1, 2019, 2:28 AM

        running pfsense on virtual machine is a good idea? is it secure?

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by johnpoz Mar 1, 2019, 11:33 AM Mar 1, 2019, 11:33 AM

          Yes many people run on VM... I ran it for years on vm before got actual hardware.. And still have instance running in vm that use for lab work, etc.

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            poojashukla10
            last edited by Mar 4, 2019, 1:27 AM

            Is it possible I can install Pfsense in redhat virtualization manager? I can see I can create freebsd virtual machine, but it doesn't mean freebsd os comes with Pfsense?

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              bmeeks @poojashukla10
              last edited by Mar 4, 2019, 1:30 PM

              @poojashukla10 said in Installing Pfsense on Centos 7 and Ubuntu:

              Is it possible I can install Pfsense in redhat virtualization manager? I can see I can create freebsd virtual machine, but it doesn't mean freebsd os comes with Pfsense?

              pfSense is an OS itself. It is FreeBSD customized and optimized to be a firewall. Simply set the virtual machine's OS parameter to FreeBSD 11 (or whatever value is available) and then proceed to install a pfSense image. Again, pfSense is an OS. You don't install it on top of any other operating system.

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