OPNsense Migration

[Truckin]

Hi All,

I currently (and have been for about a year) use PFsense via XG-7100. I have had a recent customer service experience with Netgate that has left a terrible taste in my mouth. So, I think it's time to come to the other side of the fence, but I wanted to get some opinions on this first. I would be running opnsense on my own custom-built hardware and this portion doesn't really concern me that much. However, the part I am nervous about is the actual network migration/settings from pfsense to opnsense. For example, I have my network setup with VLANS, OpenVPN, specific IP addresses, Specific Firewall rules, etc. Is migrating over to Opnsense a painful process? Is there something I should do before attempting the migration? What can I do to reduce the pain of migrating?
Any suggestions would be most welcome!
Thanks,
Truckin

[Truckin]

So,
No recommendations to make the process as smooth and painless as possible?
Truckin

[Lxndr]

Hi there,

Like you I'm new here and i'm working on migrating my network to Opnsense coming from a tandem of Ubiquiti Unifi and Untangle, I did played with PfSense for a few months but despite it being a very powerfull firewall I was not comfortable with it, I have not yet migrated to OpnSense since I only started my journey with it not more than a couple of weeks ago so I'm still learning it and from what I've seen and been doing with it, I see no reason why the migration would be painful especially if you're coming from PfSense; I must probably have more issues than what you could have on yours..

Not sure what you migration path is but if you'll be running OpnSense on a different hardware, I would first of all recreate your network (VLAN, Rules, etc) in OpenSense and if you can afford to have some down time switch boxes to tests in the night when no one is using the network.

As you've been using PFsense for some time the logic behind of how OpnSense work should not be unfamiliar to you or that different, it would most probably come down to the interface and how things are displayed adnd layout, at least that is my experience with both of them so far, so don't think you will have any major issues migrating to OpnSense.

Not sure if this will be helpful to you but that's what I think, hopefully some of the other guys around that have been using it for far longer will provide their views, anyways, good luck and let us know how the migration goes!