How To Install Pfsense in VirtualBox - Samurai Hacks
How To Install Pfsense in VirtualBox - Samurai Hacks
How To Install Pfsense in VirtualBox - Samurai Hacks
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What is pfSense?
pfSense is network rewall based on FreeBSD operating system with a
custom kernel and includes free third-party packages for additional features.
It provides same functionality or more of common commercial rewalls.
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Step 1:
After you have extracted the pfSense ISO le from .gz archive using 7-Zip,
open VirtualBox Manager and click “New” at the upper left corner.
Enter the desired name of the VM, select “BSD” from “Type” drop-down menu
and select “FreeBSD 32 or 64bit” from Version drop-down menu.
Step 2:
Select the desired ram for your VM. I would recommend using 512MB but it
will run smoothly at 256MB if you are running low on RAM.
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Step 3:
Select the name, location, and size of the virtual hard disk, I would
recommend at least 4GB in size but the minimum requirement is 1 GB if you
are running low on disk space and click “Create”.
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You have successfully created Virtual Machine. In the next step, we will link
the pfsense image le to the virtual optical drive.
Step 4:
Click “Settings” in the VirtualBox Manager at the upper left corner and
select “Storage” tab on the left panel. Hit the drive icon at the bottom of
the page and select “Add Optical Drive”.
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A new window will pop up, hit the “Choose disk” button and select the
pfsense ISO le you downloaded and extracted and click “Ok”.
Step 5:
Now we will add two network adapters in our Virtual Machine. The rst
adapter will be for WAN(Internet) and the other for LAN(Local Network). Click
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Adapter” in “Attached to” drop-down menu and make sure rest of the
settings are same as the image below.
Now hit the “Adapter 2” button at the top and select “Internal Network” in
the “Attached to” drop-down menu. Make sure rest of the settings are same
as in the image below.
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Step 6:
In this step, we will start our Virtual Machine and install pfsense on the hard
disk. Start your Virtual Machine pfsense will start booting and you will get to
the menu as displayed in the image below just hit enter and pfsense will
boot.
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Just select the default settings and click “Accept these settings”.
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After this, the setup will complete the installation and select the reboot
button in the next menu. Now you can remove the Virtual Optical Drive from
the “Settings” menu of the Virtual Manager.
Step 7:
In this step, we will set up the IP address for the default gateway and
con gure DHCP server for LAN. Select “Set interface(s) IP address and hit
enter.
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Select LAN in the Available Interfaces by entering “2” and hit enter. Now you
will be prompted to enter LAN IP address. I will use 10.0.0.1, you can choose
any IP address of your choice. Now it will ask you to enter Subnet bit count,
enter “24” and hit enter.
Now we will skip next two steps just click enter twice, it will skip the two
steps and you will be prompted “Do you want to enable DHCP server on LAN”
type “y” and hit enter.
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Select the IP range for you LAN, I will be using seven IP address starting at
10.0.0.3 and ending at 10.0.0.10. Now you will be prompted if you want to
revert to HTTP protocol for webCon gurator type “y” and hit enter.
You have successfully installed and con gured pfSense. Now install your
other VMs, go to settings and select “Network” and select Internal Network
in the “Attached to” drop-down menu. Be Safe Hack Responsibly.
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