NM, I read the documentation and good to go.....
I downloaded and installed the iso and configured OPNsense successfully in a VM however, I have the following message from the console:
You are currently running in LiveCD mode. A reboot will reset the configuration. SSH remote login is enabled for the users "root" and "installer" using the same password.
So my question and I may be having a senior moment, how do you go about installing OPNsense in a virtual environment avoiding the above message and issue?
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/install.html#live-environment
using the user "installer" with password "opnsense"