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Date:      Sat, 12 Aug 2023 13:08:43 +0300
From:      Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
To:        Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Starting the bhyve journey
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I have read https://wu.e-shell.org/articles/hw-to-bhyve.html as well as
https://www.netscylla.com/blog/2021/06/11/FreeBSD-and-Bhyve.html and many
more.
I will just master it with time.

On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 1:01=E2=80=AFPM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.=
com>
wrote:

> Try like this :
>
> bhyve -S -c sockets=3D2,cores=3D2,threads=3D2 -m 4G -w -H -A \
> -s 0,hostbridge \
> -s 1,ahci-hd,/mnt/zroot2/zroot2/bhyve/img/Windows/windows11.img,bootindex=
=3D1 \
> -s 13,virtio-net,tap1 \
> -s 29,fbuf,tcp=3D0.0.0.0:5918,w=3D1600,h=3D950,wait \
> -s 30,xhci,tablet \
> -s 31,lpc \
> -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI_CODE.fd \
> vm0:1 < /dev/null & sleep 2 && vncviewer 0:1
>
> Doing this way you will learn better how to compose the bhyve parameters =
and how they should be formatted naturally.
> As you can see,the vm-bhyve wrapper "muddies the waters". And I think tha=
t you should also learn how to create a bridge on FreeBSD.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 11:46=E2=80=AFAM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gma=
il.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In my opinion,the usage of the wrapper creates some difficulties to
>> understand how bhyve and the networking works. You should start from the
>> very beginning,studying bhyve and the freebsd networking,instead of
>> learning how to correctly use the wrapper.
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 11:25=E2=80=AFAM Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@g=
mail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all.
>>>
>>> I am new to bhyve and have read a lot about it, so I decided to try
>>> creating a few VMs.
>>> I found a HOWTO that is detailed and which appears to be the easiest to
>>> follow:
>>> https://klarasystems.com/articles/from-0-to-bhyve-on-freebsd-13-1/
>>> The only differences are that I did not install a fresh FreeBSD-13
>>> server as I already had one, and I am not using ZFS on my server (host)=
.
>>> I have gotten stuck midway and cannot figure out why: I cannot boot the
>>> VMs I create.
>>> I have tried creating a Windows2019 as well as a Debian12 VM, but both
>>> don't boot.
>>>
>>> vm-public: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric =
0
>>> mtu 1492
>>>         ether ce:6f:18:51:d4:51
>>>         id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15
>>>         maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 2000 timeout 1200
>>>         root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0
>>>         member: em1 flags=3D143<LEARNING,DISCOVER,AUTOEDGE,AUTOPTP>
>>>                 ifmaxaddr 0 port 2 priority 128 path cost 20000
>>>         groups: bridge vm-switch viid-4c918@
>>>         nd6 options=3D9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
>>> tap0: flags=3D8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metr=
ic
>>> 0 mtu 1492
>>>         description: vmnet/debian12/0/public
>>>         options=3D80000<LINKSTATE>
>>>         ether 58:9c:fc:10:ff:ed
>>>         inet6 fe80::5a9c:fcff:fe10:ffed%tap0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
>>>         groups: tap vm-port
>>>         media: Ethernet autoselect
>>>         status: no carrier
>>>         nd6 options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>
>>> 1.  Windows2019 VM:
>>>     vm create -t uefi -s 100G -m 8G -c8 windows2019
>>>     vm install windows2019 /usr/local/bhyve-vms/.iso/server2019.iso
>>>
>>> 2. Debian12 VM:
>>>     vm create -s 60G -m 8G -c 8 debian12
>>>     vm install debian12 .iso/debian-12.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso
>>>
>>> root@gw:/usr/local/bhyve-vms # vm list
>>> NAME         DATASTORE  LOADER     CPU  MEMORY  VNC  AUTO     STATE
>>> debian12     default            bhyveload    8         8G             -
>>>      Yes[2]         Bootloader (91866)
>>> windows2019  default        uefi               8        8G
>>>  -       Yes [1]     Stopped
>>>
>>> From the above output of `vm list`, you can see that none of them is
>>> booting up.
>>>
>>> What is it that I could be missing?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>> Nairobi,KE
>>> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
>>> "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF :-)
>>> [How to ask smart questions:
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mario.
>>
>
>
> --
> Mario.
>


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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF :-)
[How to ask smart questions:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I have read=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://wu.e-shell.org/ar=
ticles/hw-to-bhyve.html">https://wu.e-shell.org/articles/hw-to-bhyve.html</=
a> as well as=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.netscylla.com/blog/2021/06/11/Fre=
eBSD-and-Bhyve.html">https://www.netscylla.com/blog/2021/06/11/FreeBSD-and-=
Bhyve.html</a> and many more.</div><div>I will just master it with time.</d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On =
Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 1:01=E2=80=AFPM Mario Marietto &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:m=
arietto2008@gmail.com">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bloc=
kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:=
1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><pre dir=3D"l=
tr"><code>Try like this :<br><br>bhyve -S -c sockets=3D2,cores=3D2,threads=
=3D2 -m 4G -w -H -A \
-s 0,hostbridge \
-s 1,ahci-hd,/mnt/zroot2/zroot2/bhyve/img/Windows/windows11.img,bootindex=
=3D1 \
-s 13,virtio-net,tap1 \
-s 29,fbuf,tcp=3D<a href=3D"http://0.0.0.0:5918" target=3D"_blank">0.0.0.0:=
5918</a>,w=3D1600,h=3D950,wait \
-s 30,xhci,tablet \
-s 31,lpc \
-l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI_CODE.fd \
vm0:1 &lt; /dev/null &amp; sleep 2 &amp;&amp; vncviewer 0:1<br><br></code><=
/pre><pre><code>Doing this way you will learn better how to compose the bhy=
ve parameters and how they should be formatted naturally. <br>As you can se=
e,the vm-bhyve wrapper &quot;</code><span lang=3D"en">muddies the waters&qu=
ot;. And I think that you should also learn how to create a bridge on FreeB=
SD.</span></pre></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 11:46=E2=80=AFAM Mario Marietto &lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">marietto2008@g=
mail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-le=
ft:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">In my opinion,the usage of the wrapper creates som=
e difficulties to understand how bhyve and the networking works. You should=
 start from the very beginning,studying bhyve and the freebsd networking,in=
stead of learning how to correctly use the wrapper.<br></div><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 12, 2023=
 at 11:25=E2=80=AFAM Odhiambo Washington &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:odhiambo@gma=
il.com" target=3D"_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1=
px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello all.<div=
><br></div><div>I am new to bhyve and have read a lot about it, so I decide=
d to try creating a few VMs.</div><div>I found a HOWTO that is detailed and=
 which appears to be the easiest to follow:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://klarasy=
stems.com/articles/from-0-to-bhyve-on-freebsd-13-1/" target=3D"_blank">http=
s://klarasystems.com/articles/from-0-to-bhyve-on-freebsd-13-1/</a></div><di=
v>The only differences are that I did not install a fresh FreeBSD-13 server=
 as I already had one, and I am not using ZFS on my server (host).</div><di=
v>I have gotten stuck midway and cannot figure out why: I cannot boot the V=
Ms I create.</div><div>I have tried creating a Windows2019 as well as a Deb=
ian12 VM, but both don&#39;t boot.</div><div><br></div><div>vm-public: flag=
s=3D8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1492<br=
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ether ce:6f:18:51:d4:51<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15<br>=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 2000 tim=
eout 1200<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority=
 32768 ifcost 0 port 0<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 member: em1 flags=3D1=
43&lt;LEARNING,DISCOVER,AUTOEDGE,AUTOPTP&gt;<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ifmaxaddr 0 port 2 priority 128 path cost 2000=
0<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 groups: bridge vm-switch viid-4c918@<br>=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 nd6 options=3D9&lt;PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED&gt;<br=
></div><div>tap0: flags=3D8943&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULT=
ICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1492<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 description: vmn=
et/debian12/0/public<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 options=3D80000&lt;LINK=
STATE&gt;<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ether 58:9c:fc:10:ff:ed<br>=C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 inet6 fe80::5a9c:fcff:fe10:ffed%tap0 prefixlen 64 scop=
eid 0x6<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 groups: tap vm-port<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 media: Ethernet autoselect<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 st=
atus: no carrier<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 nd6 options=3D21&lt;PERFORM=
NUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL&gt;<br></div><div><br></div><div>1.=C2=A0 Windows2019 VM=
:</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 vm create -t uefi -s 100G -m 8G -c8 windows2019</=
div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0vm install windows2019 /usr/local/bhyve-vms/.is=
o/server2019.iso</div><div><br></div><div>2. Debian12 VM:</div><div>=C2=A0 =
=C2=A0=C2=A0vm create -s 60G -m 8G -c 8 debian12</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=
=A0vm install debian12 .iso/debian-12.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>root@gw:/usr/local/bhyve-vms # vm list<br>NAME =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 DATASTORE =C2=A0LOADER =C2=A0 =C2=A0 CPU =C2=A0MEMORY =C2=A0VNC =C2=
=A0AUTO =C2=A0 =C2=A0 STATE<br>debian12 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 default=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 bhyveload=C2=A0 =C2=A0 8=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A08G=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0-=C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Yes[2]=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Bootloader (91866)=
<br>windows2019 =C2=A0default=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 uefi=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A08=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 8G=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0-=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Ye=
s [1]=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Stopped<br></div><div><br></div><div>From the abov=
e output of `vm list`, you can see that none of them is booting up.</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>What is it that I could be missing?</div><div><br></div><=
div><br></div><div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004=
/+254 7 2274 3223<br>&quot;<span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.<=
/span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">&quot;,=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"f=
ont-size:12.8px">egrep -v &#39;^$|^.*#&#39;=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"back=
ground-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:&quot;Lucida =
Console&quot;,Consolas,&quot;Courier New&quot;,monospace;font-size:13.6px">=
=C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0:-=
)</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart quest=
ions:=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><a href=3D"http://www.ca=
tb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target=3D"_blank">http://www.catb.or=
g/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></div><=
/div>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_pre=
fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Mario.<br></d=
iv>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_pre=
fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Mario.<br></d=
iv>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_si=
gnature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<=
br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>&quot;<span style=3D"=
font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">&qu=
ot;,=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">egrep -v &#39;^$|^.*#&#39=
;=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,2=
38,238);font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;,Consolas,&quot;Courier New&q=
uot;,monospace;font-size:13.6px">=C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF</span><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0:-)</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-siz=
e:12.8px">[How to ask smart questions:=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size=
:12.8px"><a href=3D"http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" tar=
get=3D"_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</spa=
n></div></div></div></div></div>

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