Re: RFC: rc(8) script for bhyve(8) on FreeBSD

I don't want a GUI for bhyve. I want to manage everything by creating a
script in bash.

On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 8:52 PM Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> wrote:

> On 8/5/24 14:22, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> > On 05/08/2024 18:50, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> >> On 8/5/24 12:12, Harry Schmalzbauer wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> two years elapsed since I last deployed a FreeBSD machine that
> >>> utilizd bhyve(8), which already had bhyve_config(5) support back then.
> >>>
> >>
> >> This may feel slightly off topic but I assure you that it is of great
> >> benefit. Have a look at the brilliant creation of Steve Wills that I
> >> know and love as "cirrina" :
> >>
> >>      https://gitlab.com/swills/cirrina/-/releases
> >>
> >> It is very much in active development and does a neat job of handling a
> >> pile of stuff related to bhyve. Not the least of which is the creation
> >> and configuration and management of a whole slew of VMs. It is actively
> >> being tested and developed and I have been using it while testing PCI
> >> device passthru of NVidia Quadro GPUs for the purpose of CUDA dev work.
> >>
> >> I also am motivated to write up a pile of documentation related to
> >> cirrina given that it really does feel like a Swiss Army Knife which
> >> can do damn near everything I ever wanted with bhyve.
> >
> > I have seen cirrina some time ago. I was interested in GUI.
> A GUI with bells and whistles like VMware Workstation is a long way off.
> Feel free to drop a few million US dollars and I am sure a prototype
> would be available in six months. It may even work.
>
> Sorry but cirrina(d) is just great from the command line for now.
>
> --
> Dennis Clarke
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>
>

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Mario.