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Series overview

• pfSense on Azure - Part 1 - Create pfSense Virtual Machine
• pfSense on Azure - Part 2 - Install pfSense
• pfSense on Azure - Part 3 - Deploy pfSense in Azure
• pfSense on Azure - Part 4 - Deploy pfSense in Azure with ARM templates

Introduction

In the previous part, we created the virtual machine that we will use to install pfSense on, with custom settings specific for Azure. As a recap, here an overview of the settings we made to make the virtual machine compatible with Azure:

• The virtual machine type is created as a generation 1 virtual machine.
• The virtual hard disk is configured with a fixed disk size.
• The Virtual hard disk type is set to VHD.
• Checkpoints are disabled.

We also added an extra NIC. This is not for compatibility with Azure, but it is necessary to configure pfSense as a router.

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Read time: 5 minutes
Execution time: 5 minutes

Series overview

• pfSense on Azure - Part 1 - Create pfSense Virtual Machine
• pfSense on Azure - Part 2 - Install pfSense
• pfSense on Azure - Part 3 - Deploy pfSense in Azure
• pfSense on Azure - Part 4 - Deploy pfSense in Azure with ARM templates

Introduction

In another series, I will build an Azure Virtual Datacenter. Central in the Virtual Datacenter design are the firewalls that will inspect and filter all traffic that passes through the central hub.

We will use pfSense firewalls in this series. pfSense provides very reasonable priced, enterprise grade NVA’s. Check the Azure Marketplace for all information about pfSense and pricing. A community edition is also available, which can be downloaded for free. This version is community supported on https://forum.netgate.com. For our study of networking in a Virtual Datacenter environment in Azure, the community edition will do fine.

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