Hi everyone,
is there any downside on using OPNSense as a virtual machine instead of as a metal server?
That depends on your use case.
Home vs work.
For home using a VM usually is fine, for work I would like it on metal.
It will be for work.
The advantages I see in the virtual setup is that VMs are easier to maintain and recover. I know it adds other attack surfaces but my company is not on anyone's radar, so the chances of someone specifically targeting us are pretty close to 0.
It's your risk to take ;-)
metal
Just old school I guess...
Virtual firewalls do have some advantages ;)
- Adjust resources depending on demand
- High availability without the complexity of CARP
- VLAN's presented as virtual NIC's
- Snapshots to quickly roll back failed changes
- Never get locked out of a remote console
- Simplified hardware compatibility
Bart...