This guide is perfect for those seeking a cost-effective Enterprise Grade Router & Firewall solution! Follow this video to have an OPNsense Virtual Machine running on Proxmox quickly! This video walks you through the entire process so that you will walk away with a fully functional router/firewall running on your own hardware. No need to purchase an expensive hardware appliance!
OPNsense is an open source, easy-to-use firewall and router platform. OPNsense started as a fork of pfSense and has had timely releases and updates since 2015.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- How to map ethernet ports in Proxmox to Linux Bridges for use in the virtual machine firewall
- How create a right-sized Virtual Machine for use as an OPNsense Firewall/Router
- How to log in and complete initial configuration of your new Firewall