In my previous post I showed how to install automaticaly a virtual machine with pfSense. The automation I reached was around 90%, as I didn’t know how to automate the installation of the software. Thanks to Michael Zenzmaier who suggested me the Set-VMKeystrokes function created by William Lam I was able to also automate the installation. This solution is also a great example to automate every situation where we need to send keystrokes to a vSphere VM.
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Automatically deploy pfSense with Terraform and Ansible
My vSphere Lab has multiple networks, and even if I have NSX available, I usually prefer the simplicity of a small virtual appliance that acts as the firewall to securely connect all those networks, simulating a secure environment. I always used pfSense for this scope, as it is very powerful and yet very simple to use. I need to focus my lab time on things I need for my job, so the quickness of pfSense has always been an advantage. From time to time I need to rebuild my lab, and even if I have some configuration backups to restore pfSense, I wanted to see if I could automate the deployment and configuration of my pfSense appliance.
I was able to automate 99% of the process. Here’s how.
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Replication in Veeam Cloud Connect with more than 9 networks
In my previous post I explained step by step how a service provider can configure Veeam Cloud Connect Replication to allow for more than 9 internal networks. In this second part of the post, we’ll see how a tenant can replicate his virtual machines in this specific scenario, and how they can configure pfSense to allow the multiple communications between the replicated VMs and Internet.
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Configure Veeam Cloud Connect Replication with more than ten networks
Veeam Cloud Connect Replication does not only manage virtual machine replication, but also offers a complete networking solution to easily publish failed over virtual machines in case of a disaster. This has always proved to be a tremendous feature of the solution. There are however some specific use cases where the Network Extension Appliance (NEA) may be better replaced with a different solution. One of the use cases is when a tenant needs to have more than 9 virtual networks to publish his virtual machines.
Create a stretched LAN between your site and vCloud using pfSense
In a previous article, I described how to install pfSense in a vCloud tenant to become its gateway. In this article I will show you how to create a stretched lan between this firewall, and another one installed at a customer site. A stretched LAN is a connection between two…
Creare stretched LAN tra il vostro sito e vCloud usando pfSense
In un precedente articolo, ho descritto come installare pfSense in un tenant vCloud per farne il suo gateway. In questo articolo vi mostrerò come creare una lan tra questo firewall, e un altro installato nel sito di un cliente. Una stretched LAN è una connessone tra due siti dove potete usare…
Install and configure pfSense in vCloud Director
I got many customers, mainly small and medium, who like to use at their sites custom built firewall using open source solutions. Many are using pfSense since it’s really a great piece of software. Among the several features it has, there is also the possibility to create a stretched LAN…
Installare e configurare pfSense in vCloud Director
Ho diversi clienti, principalmente piccole e medie imprese, che utilizzano nelle loro strutture firewall realizzati con soluzioni open source. Molti usano pfSense dato che molto semplicemente è un grandissimo software. Tra le tante funzioni che possiede, offre la possibilità di creare una stretched LAN tra due sistemi pfSense. Questo permette di…