selecting a separate NIC for a VM in bhyve

[Sander Jansen]

Hey, I just upgraded to FreeNAS 11.0 and started to try things in the new bhyve options. Now i have 1 VM out of a few that needs to have its own network card. free from other VMs and also free from FreeNAS. I have 2 dedicated network cards in my system and would like to use the second one for this VM. how can i go about doing this?

The point is that i need a completely separate network for this VM as it is going to run pfSense and Vlans before it goes into my normal network.

 

[dlavigne]

I think this will be possible once U4 is out (supposed to be today) as it's waiting for this fix: https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/24124. Please let us know whether or not U4 fixes it.

 

[Sander Jansen]

interesting. ill keep an eye on this and if it works, ill let you know

 

[Sander Jansen]

I just installed this update but I don't see any difference? it seems like there is still no option to chose hardware for VMs. or do I need to do something first to get those options?

 

[dmshimself]

I'm on the stable 11 release and when adding a network device to a VM, I too cannot seem to find a way to specify which network to use for the VM card. Is there a way to do this with the command line at the moment or do we need to be a bit patient?

 

[Sander Jansen]

I dont know about command line. But in the web interface its still not possible. i dont like to use teh commandline to much because i dont want to risk it that something changes with updates or something and that settings are overwritten. could form a mess later on

 

[raidflex]

Why does this ticket show resolved yet the problem still exists?

 

[Journer]

I'm also still having this issue, can't change the vlan (interface) for VMs

 

[dlavigne]

Looking more closely at the ticket, it looks like it added the middleware bits to the new UI. There are a boatload of VM improvements coming in BETA1 (expected on the 23rd). If the issue persists after then, someone on this thread please make a new ticket and post the issue number here.

 

[Sander Jansen]

Im also still keeping a eye on this... for myself i have just given up on the plans i had and went for a tiny physical pc for the main time...


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[kgmoney]

So, in the classic interface I see no way to specify what interface/vlan the nic should be connected to. However, in the new beta ui, There is a selection for the interface you want to use...I have several vals that show up in that list. However, when I try to save the device, I get an error that says 'Fatal error! Check logs.' ...in fact, in the new interface it seems I can't create a nic and save it.