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bhyve explorations
FreeBSD has a virtualization hypervisor called bhyve. I don't know how to use it. I want to find out.
- [x] start a guest
- [x] guest network access out
- [x] use interface name other than tap0
- [ ] configure host with UCL
- [x] mount disk on host, modify before boot
- [ ] figure out correct rc.conf settings to name an interface
- [ ] nfs mount guest?
- [ ] share host file system with guest?
- [ ] headless / exit out of terminal
- [ ] EFI boot (bhyveload can have security concerns)
- [ ] use a zvol backend instead of file
Obstacles
- still need NAT - I thought I could use a bridge and routing
- wasn’t able to ping router - probably because router didn’t have a route back to that IP? In which case would need NAT.
Notes
- wireless needs to NAT
References
Additional:
- [solved] Cannot get bhyve guest network working
- Having difficulty with getting network connectivity to a bhyve instance
- No network connection from guest with vm-bhyve
- [solved] vm-bhyve: No network connection from guest
- bhyve vm cannot access internet
- dch forum post about bhyve DHCP NAT
- using iohyve over wifi
32 check-ins related to "bhyve"
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2023-11-08
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| 17:54 |
merge bhyve
- use a makefile | |
| 17:49 | bhyve: UEFI boot instead of using bhyveload Closed-Leaf check-in: 8ce3666331 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 17:48 | bhyve: making the VM does not require an iface, only booting does check-in: 0561e4111d user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 17:48 | bhyve: fix defaultrouter in VM check-in: 3cd62905fa user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 17:47 | bhyve: do not error when the VM does not yet have an /etc/rc.conf - it will not exist at first check-in: 34cf7600ad user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 17:46 | bhyve: support CURRENT check-in: 90c66b0b36 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
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2023-10-26
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| 15:14 | bhyve: support rebooting (wish I didn't have to sleep 10 for it to work check-in: 6adee108f7 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 14:46 | bhyve: make command to destroy a vm check-in: 892f7b7438 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 13:31 | bhyve: configure the VM with rc.conf check-in: 7287566c21 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 13:07 | bhyve: build bridge, interface, and vm with a makefile check-in: dc281110d0 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 05:40 | bhyve: configure version when making a new image check-in: 212ef252ec user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 03:12 |
merge bhyve - much cleaner setup
- name resources after VM | |
| 03:09 | bhyve: command to mount the image check-in: d8b77405df user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 02:44 | bhyve: cleaner new image build check-in: 19d0a35f08 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 02:17 | bhyve: name resources based on vm check-in: b0be0dcb53 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 02:01 | merge bhyve - it's still a bit rough, but a nice MVP check-in: 8d4771ed1b user: patmaddox tags: trunk | |
| 02:01 |
bhyve: configure a new image entirely using built-in freebsd commands
No reason to run the installer. check-in: 628952bb3a user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
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2023-10-25
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| 23:42 | bhyve: simplify boot script; move file fetching to a Makefile check-in: 91b06cf197 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
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2023-08-06
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| 06:16 | bhyve: notes on preparing a new image check-in: d53f527b15 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 05:26 | bhyve: notes on how to modify a VM's zpool check-in: 81f052048c user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 04:46 |
bhyve: call the bhyve commands directly instead of vmrun.sh
It's still a bit janky in that the installation doesn't complete cleanly. | |
| 02:49 | bhyve: check for files in install script instead of using Makefile check-in: fe70cf488b user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 01:19 | merge bhyve - script to install and boot a bhyve FreeBSD guest check-in: 6582f23b16 user: patmaddox tags: trunk | |
| 00:39 | bhyve: fix Makefile to fetch files check-in: 8f9a1b2297 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
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2023-05-19
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| 10:19 | bhyve: use host-configured bridge network and NAT check-in: 8902c0d156 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
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2023-05-14
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| 04:02 | bhyve: use em0 interface for now; this works with the bridge as long as the firewall allows it; wlan0 does not work with DHCP over bridge check-in: a755b61725 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 04:01 | bhyve: clean up & fix ISO fetch check-in: 3cc4040d00 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 02:34 | bhyve: download full installer; (attempt to) configure networking better check-in: 6ddfa796b5 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 01:54 | bhyve: fix device name being passed to guest check-in: 842e95ddd2 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
| 00:26 | bhyve: script + make to (attempt to) start a guest check-in: 86bd91134c user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
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2023-05-13
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| 22:44 | bhyve: start a script that just loads `vmm.ko` on demand check-in: cf96a69cb4 user: patmaddox tags: bhyve | |
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2023-05-12
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| 22:48 | fossil: `just branch` to make / switch to a branch checkout check-in: 0b669eb036 user: patmaddox tags: trunk | |