Bhyve help

Aryeh Friedman aryeh.friedman at gmail.com
Tue May 5 23:03:04 UTC 2020


When setting up a VM you also need to add the tap it is on to the bridge as
well your physical NIC

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 6:28 PM Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Bhyve gets me to Network installation: "some installation files were not
> found on the boot volume. The next few screens will allow you to configure
> networking so that they can be downloaded from the internet." This happens
> after system components.
>
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> *From:* Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 5, 2020 4:08:10 AM
> *To:* Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com>
> *Cc:* freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org <
> freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org>; Robert Crowston <
> crowston at protonmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Bhyve help
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 6:00 AM Brandon helsley <
> brandon.helsley at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> The handbook only says vmm doesn't it. I got bhyve to start without virtio
> kernel module as well as the if_tap but with vmm modules.
>
>
> The handbook section on virtualization (FreeBSD host) is at best awful and
> misleading your best guide is the bhyve man page (especially the examples
> there) here is the modules I load for the same set up I recommended you try
> as a advanced beginners lesson in virtualization and networking.   And an
> example script for using them:
>
> /boot/loader.conf:
>
> kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
> kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
> opensolaris_load="YES"
> zfs_load="YES"
> ipfw_load="YES"
>
> ipdivert_load="YES"
> linux_load="YES"
>
> In the real /boot/loader.conf the following are commented out because
> PetiteCloud takes care of them when it loads but unless you want to get
> into more advanced stuff (like how to install non-standard ports) you
> should uncomment them.
>
> vmm_load="YES"
> if_tap_load="YES"
> nmdm_load="YES"
>
> The script to load the file server VM:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Generated by PetiteCloud 0.2.6
> #
>
> ifconfig tap12 destroy
> ifconfig tap12 create
> ifconfig tap12 up
> sleep 5
> ifconfig bridge0 addm tap12 up
> bhyvectl --destroy --vm=b829e56e9b4289a1
> /usr/sbin/bhyve -c cores=4 -m 4096 -AI -H -P -w -g 0 -s 0:0,hostbridge -s
> 1,virtio-net,tap12 -s 2,ahci-hd,/vms/import/win10  -s 29,fbuf,tcp=
> 0.0.0.0:5912,w=1920,h=1080 -s 30,xhci,tablet  -s 31,lpc -l
> com1,/dev/nmdm12B -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd
> b829e56e9b4289a1&>/dev/null
> echo $!>/var/run/petitecloud/b829e56e9b4289a1
> sleep 10
>
>
> I'm at this screen:please choose the appropriate terminal type for your
> system.common console types are: ansi, vt100, xterm, cons25w.
>
> Console type [vt100]:
>
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> *From:* Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 5, 2020 3:52:26 AM
> *To:* Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com>
> *Cc:* freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org <
> freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org>; Robert Crowston <
> crowston at protonmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Bhyve help
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 5:21 AM Brandon helsley <
> brandon.helsley at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have re0 but the ip address is under wlan0 with my CenturyLink
>
>
> In order to use vtnet and bridging (both required for bhyve networking)
> you need to load the load the virtio kernel module as well as the if_tap
> and vmm modules (the first one provides the host side of the virtual NIC
> and the second loads the hypervisor components)
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Robert Crowston <crowston at protonmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 3:14:43 AM
> To: Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com>;
> freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org <freebsd-virtualization at freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: Bhyve help
>
> What are your network interfaces called on your machine? You probably have
> to change igb0 in the example to em0 (an Intel card) or re0 (a Realtek
> card). Type “ifconfig” to list all the interfaces, and look for ones with
> an ip address to figure it out.
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 10:10, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com
> <mailto:brandon.helsley at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> I'm trying to set up bhyve like the example to learn and when doing the
> physical interface interface get the result no such file or directory the
> command is:
>
> ifconfig bridge0 addm igb0 addm tap0
>
> "In this example, the physical interface is igb0"
>
>
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