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About pfSense QEMU Guest Agent

QEMU/KVM is a robust and flexible option for creating virtual machines. If we run a pfSense virtual machine on QEMU/KVM, we can boost its capabilities and streamline management by installing the QEMU Guest Agent. Today, we are going to take a look at how to unlock the potential of QEMU Guest Agent in our VM.

1. First, we have to make sure our pfSense VM is up and running.
2. Then, we have to connect to our pfSense VM using SSH or a console.
3. Next, we have to update the package repository with the “pkg update” command.
4. Now, it is time to install the QEMU Guest Agent package by running this command:

   pkg install qemu-guest-agent
5. After that, we have to enable the QEMU Guest Agent service as seen below:

   sysrc qemu_guest_agent_enable="YES"

   This will push the service to automatically start with every boot.
6. Finally, it is time to start the QEMU Guest Agent service as seen here:

   service qemu-guest-agent start
7. Now, we can confirm the connection and verify the QEMU Guest Agent’s status with this command:

   "service qemu-guest-agent status

After the above steps, we successfully installed and configured the QEMU Guest Agent in our pfSense virtual machine.

With this tool at our disposal, we can now streamline management tasks, improve performance, and explore new possibilities.

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Conclusion

In summary, our Support Techs demonstrated how to install and set up QEMU Guest Agent.