Installing pfSense - Paiet/Tech-Journal-for-Everything GitHub Wiki

  • Install pfSense
    • Demo Preparation to USB memstick installer from VMware Workstation
      • Open Terminal: diskutil list to locate memstick on Mac (e.g. /dev/disk3)
      • Unmount the Memstick: diskutil umount <device name>
      • navigate to downloaded image directory
      • unzip and apply image to memstick: gzcat pfSense-memstick-2.5.1-RELEASE-p1-amd64.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/disk3 bs=1m
    • (Show Preparation) Demo Installation using ISO media
      • Pick Hypervisor
      • create VM with 2 network interfaces (Simple Install)
      • Install with latest edition as of recording
      • (Install with previous version for updating)
    • (Show Preparation) Demo Installation using USB