Pfsense 2 vmware tools

Nice to see you directly on the forums - even if only 6 posts ;. Thanks, I registered for the forum just to discuss this topic … but I will try to return here from time to time to help people or when I need help myself :- pfSense rocks, Open Source rocks! I know that like me a lot of people use pfSense on VMware at home or in labs, even for production. I just want to give back to the community by helping others.

I am curious what the deal with the native tools are.. Very strange.. When they next update them will try again.. I think when I find time will do a clean install of native freebsd and see if same issues. If happens with that clearly needs to be reported to vmware.

I must be missing something… is this actually needed for anything on 2. Sounds like installing this stuff is a lot of work causing more harm than good. The open tools is just click install package - but seems to be a bit of issue with that package.. Needs a couple of tweaks to get them working. Only real use I have now that vmx3 is out of the box supported is the ability to gracefully shutdown the vm from esxi.

This is nice to have for example power outage and my ups sends shutdown commands. Hi, I just followed the instructions from www.

As I was upgrading from 2. And I suppose you have configured the pfsense-VM, and successfully made an Internet connection. First, we need to install "perl" and "compat6x-i" onto the system prior VMware Tools installation, just like other linux.

But there are many catches through the path Then, here is the catch, before executing the installation, we need to link the compat6x files to the proper directory for VMware Tools to find, otherwise it just doesn't work! As usual, keep pressing "Enter", and it should work with "Enjoy" message. If so, start cleaning up and reboot:. After all these, you should have an "OK" message in VMware vsphere client. For the version 2. From the Available Packages tab list, look for the Open-VM-Tools package and click on the right to install the package.

For example:. After a short interval, the pfSense VM will reconfigure itself, restart and present the main pfSense screen, above. Other types of WAN connections and configurations are beyond the scope of this article. Having a WAN and a LAN is fine but perhaps another virtual machine will be added to the virtual network — maybe a mail server or a web server.

After all, that is likely to be one of the reasons ESXi was used in the first place — as an alternative to running multiple physical machines. These kinds of servers should be accessible from the Internet but, at the same time, be protected behind the pfSense firewall. Another interesting aspect of virtualization is that it is not necessary to stop at one DMZ. For example, a virtual mail server could be put in one DMZ and a virtual web server in another.

In addition, if one server is compromised, access to any of the others will be more difficult. Go to the vSphere client and highlight the ESXi host. Click the Configuration tab and the Networking link. The ESXi network diagram is displayed. Choose the option to Create a vSphere standard switch. Right-click the pfSense virtual machine and select Edit Settings.

Click the Add button. Select DMZ from the drop-down list of available networks and choose Connect at power on. To make the pfSense VM aware of the changes, though, it will need to be restarted and then the interface must be assigned. There are a number of benefits to installing the VMware tools, including better memory management, as well as improved network and disk performance.

The VMware Tools have been made available as a pfSense package, which makes the install very quick and easy. From the Available Packages tab list, look for the Open-VM-Tools package and click on the right to install the package. Confirm the the package installation and then it will proceed. Netgate Logo Netgate Docs. Installing pfSense Software on vSphere 6.

On the third page of the wizard, select the datastore where the hypervisor will keep the VM. On the final wizard screen confirm the settings and click finish. Power on the virtual machine. The pfSense software installer starts automatically.

After that installation completes and pfSense software boots up for the first time. Congratulations, the installation of pfSense software on ESXi is complete! Installing pfSense Software on vSphere 5.

We are adding a Virtual Machine network so select that option and click Next. The next dialog simply confirms that everything looks OK. Click Finish. The networking diagram should now look like this: Now we can configure a new virtual machine on which pfSense software will be installed.

Note On pfSense software version 2. Choose Create a new virtual disk and click Next. Skip to Installing pfSense Software. Now, with the virtual machine highlighted, click the Console tab. In the Console tab, the pfSense installer can now be seen booting from the CD.

As the pfSense software is already installed on the virtual disk, allow the timer to expire. Note As mentioned previously, on pfSense software version 2. Click the Add Networking link near the top right of the Network pane.