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Date:      Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:00:42 +0200
From:      Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
To:        Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Starting the bhyve journey
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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
that 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@gmail=
.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@gm=
ail.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 serve=
r
>> 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> metri=
c 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.
>


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<div dir=3D"ltr"><pre class=3D"gmail-bbCodeCode" dir=3D"ltr"><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">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 class=3D"gmail-bbCodeCode"><code>Doing this way you will learn be=
tter how to compose the bhyve parameters and how they should be formatted n=
aturally. <br>As you can see,the vm-bhyve wrapper &quot;</code><span class=
=3D"gmail-Y2IQFc" lang=3D"en">muddies the waters&quot;. And I think that yo=
u should also learn how to create a bridge on FreeBSD.</span></pre></div><b=
r><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:marie=
tto2008@gmail.com">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquo=
te 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">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 bh=
yve and the freebsd networking,instead 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@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">odhiambo@gmail.c=
om</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px 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 decided to try creating a few VMs.</div><div>I f=
ound a HOWTO that is detailed and which appears to be the easiest to follow=
:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://klarasystems.com/articles/from-0-to-bhyve-on-free=
bsd-13-1/" target=3D"_blank">https://klarasystems.com/articles/from-0-to-bh=
yve-on-freebsd-13-1/</a></div><div>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><div>I have gotten stuck midway and cannot fi=
gure out why: I cannot boot the VMs I create.</div><div>I have tried creati=
ng a Windows2019 as well as a Debian12 VM, but both don&#39;t boot.</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>vm-public: flags=3D8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,M=
ULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1492<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ether ce:6f:1=
8:51:d4:51<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 327=
68 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 maxage 20 holdcnt=
 6 proto rstp maxaddr 2000 timeout 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=3D143&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 po=
rt 2 priority 128 path cost 20000<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 groups: br=
idge vm-switch viid-4c918@<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 nd6 options=3D9&l=
t;PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED&gt;<br></div><div>tap0: flags=3D8943&lt;UP,BROADCAS=
T,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1492<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 description: vmnet/debian12/0/public<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 options=3D80000&lt;LINKSTATE&gt;<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ethe=
r 58:9c:fc:10:ff:ed<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 inet6 fe80::5a9c:fcff:fe=
10:ffed%tap0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 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 status: no carrier<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 nd6 options=3D21&lt;PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL&gt;<br></div><div><br></d=
iv><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 windo=
ws2019 /usr/local/bhyve-vms/.iso/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 debi=
an12</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0vm install debian12 .iso/debian-12.0.0-am=
d64-DVD-1.iso</div><div><br></div><div>root@gw:/usr/local/bhyve-vms # vm li=
st<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=A0Yes [1]=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Stopped<br></div>=
<div><br></div><div>From the above output of `vm list`, you can see that no=
ne of them is booting up.</div><div><br></div><div>What is it that I could =
be missing?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><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></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>

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