On the following screen choose "Quick/Easy Install" after whichĪfter that installation completes and pfSense software boots up for the On the next screen, press "I" to invoke installer mode.Īfter the pfSense installer boots you will be greeted by the setup Navigator click on "Virtual Machines" and select your newly created VM. Once the pfSense virtual machine is created, under vSphere web client On the final wizard screen confirm the settings and click finish. However, with VMXNET 3 interfaces type you will have to manuallyĪssign interfaces with the first boot. We recommend using VMXNET 3 type of adapters instead of E1000. Other virtual machine settings to your liking. On wizard page four, add another Network Adapter and select the WANĪnd LAN port groups for each of the network adapters. On the third page of the wizard, select the datastore where you want On the second page of the wizard, enter a name for your VM and select Now that the networking part is done, we continue to create a virtual machine.įrom the dashboard click on "Create/Register VM". For uplinkĪfter creating Virtual switches, click on Port groups tab. From there, click on "Add a new standardĪdd two Virtual switches, one for WAN and another for LAN. Switches for WAN and LAN and after that two port groups for the WAN andįrom the vSphere web client navigator, click on Networking and thenĬlick on Virtual switches tab. Two virtual switches and two port groups. Basic vSphere web client networking setupīefore creating a new VM in vSphere web client, you will need to create PfSense setup step, switch to the guide for vSphere client below. The following steps include the necessary vSphere web clientĬonfiguration required to get pfSense VM running. Installing pfSense Software on vSphere 6.x using vSphere web client
Minimized, many will say it is preferable to run it unvirtualized on If the pfSense firewall will be running as a perimeterįirewall for an organization and the "attack surface" should be