Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 14:06:43 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting the bhyve journey Message-ID: <CAAdA2WMX=FSqdMsqQ0B93-R70y42iKyTxM7L7cAFQngK9TfOTQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B1FSijNC_Cvd3%2B=BvQRZqxVh2mVqmzdpg4zdcbb-OTJ3Tip9g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAdA2WPwjJV=qDyx_NEi_CFYgvfKz6FjySBb9PrfMYYa%2BBpFCw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B1FSij=nJ7CE3R4MJ5-kRqcZL3-DqLixrbr%2BRPm7Sm7ZrmOMw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B1FSijyg=t4rwjQq%2B1pR7FBYe7Y8p0BbBZDNYnM7hOaq4w2WA@mail.gmail.com> <CAAdA2WOsT%2Bb20F=eoXQ4Xw9FBvTMxsEHCWYsv38QSwSvNRE2gg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B1FSijNC_Cvd3%2B=BvQRZqxVh2mVqmzdpg4zdcbb-OTJ3Tip9g@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 1:23 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> wrote: > As I had suspected,the first tutorial wants you learn vm-bhyve and iohyve > (the wrapper for zfs and bhyve),as he says : > > *I’m not saying this is the way to go*. Really, really, If you are > planning on setting things up from scratch to have a nice FreeBSD virtual > machines server, look into all the cool projects out there like vm-bhyve > <https://github.com/churchers/vm-bhyve>; or iohyve > <https://github.com/pr1ntf/iohyve>; (to name two of them, I’m sure there > are more). > > > That's not good. If you want to set up from scratch you should not focus > too much on studying the vm-bhyve or iohyve,it makes things even more > complicated because these are tools that change themself during the time so > you should keep updated with more knowledge. > > Take a look at this tutorial : > > > https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-linux-vm-on-freebsd-using-bhyve-and-zfs/ > TBH, I had used this and even had two VMs running (FreeBSD and Debian). But I had issues wrapping my head around the tapX networks and also automatically starting the VMs. That's why I headed towards using this wrapper. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 1:23 PM Mario Marietto <<a href="mailto:marietto2008@gmail.com">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>As I had suspected,the first tutorial wants you learn vm-bhyve and iohyve (the wrapper for zfs and bhyve),as he says : <br></div><div><br></div><div><p><b>I’m not saying this is the way to go</b>. Really, really, If you are planning on setting things up from scratch to have a nice FreeBSD virtual machines server, look into all the cool projects out there like <a href="https://github.com/churchers/vm-bhyve" target="_blank">vm-bhyve</a> or <a href="https://github.com/pr1ntf/iohyve" target="_blank">iohyve</a> (to name two of them, I’m sure there are more).</p><p><br></p><p>That's not good. If you want to set up from scratch you should not focus too much on studying the vm-bhyve or iohyve,it makes things even more complicated because these are tools that change themself during the time so you should keep updated with more knowledge. <br></p><p></p><p>Take a look at this tutorial :</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-linux-vm-on-freebsd-using-bhyve-and-zfs/" target="_blank">https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-linux-vm-on-freebsd-using-bhyve-and-zfs/</a></p></div></div></blockquote><div></div></div><div>TBH, I had used this and even had two VMs running (FreeBSD and Debian).</div><div>But I had issues wrapping my head around the tapX networks and also automatically starting the VMs.</div><div>That's why I headed towards using this wrapper.</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>"<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">", </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">egrep -v '^$|^.*#' </span><span style="background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:"Lucida Console",Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:13.6px">¯\_(ツ)_/¯</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> :-)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart questions: </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target="_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></div>;
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