2 or more PCI-e network interface cards.

The suggested minimum specifications are as follows: Hardware Minimums OpnSense has a minimal set of requirements and a typical older home tower can easily be setup to run as an OpnSense firewall. The distribution is free to install on one’s own equipment or the company Decisio, sells pre-configured firewall appliances. Like PfSense, OpnSense is a FreeBSD based open source firewall solution. This article will cover the installation and basic initial configuration of a new OpnSense installation. OpnSense started it’s life off as a simple fork of PfSense but has evolved into an entirely independent firewall solution. OPNsense 20.How to Install and Configure Basic OpnSense Firewall In OPNsense, the users' passwords are stored in a tag, where as in pfsense, they're stored in a tag.įurthermore, the default user in OPNsense is root, where as in pfSense, it's admin. It seems likely that the problem come from the password field in the XML config file. The admin password from a previous pfSense install can be used in OPNsense with the root or installer users, either from the webGUI or SSH, as described in the Install docs

Try to log in (webGUI/SSH) with the user password from the pfSense from step 1.

Use the latest installer (20.7 at time of writing).

Have a pfSense 2.4.x (2.4.5 in my case) install on ada0.

Impossible to login to live mode (neither with root, installer nor admin) when config.xml was imported from an existing 2.4.x pfSense installation. I have searched the existing issues and I'm convinced that mine is new. I have read the contributing guide lines at Before you add a new report, we ask you kindly to acknowledge the following:

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