opnsense install on esxi

[wbravin]

Hello all

I'm new to opnsense and i'm not an it guy

My Current setup
Router: asus rt ac87u with ip 192.168.1.1

I was gifted an HP ml 350 g6 with vmware 6.7 installed.... great (btw i know nothing about vmware and i'm learning as i go)

I set up opnsense according to youtube video i saw.

opnsense will boot up and give me an ip 192.168.1.1 great

I login as root and opnsense selec 2 to change the ip to 192.168.1.5

I go to the GUI at that address and configure OPNsense in a vanilla configuration great.
( i do not want opnsense to be my main router for the moment or anything else until i know what i'm doing.

Once this is achieved i will make opnsense my main router and my asus  as an access point)

my issue;

When i login to opnsense via a web page and i configure it, I then go to the dashboard. I see a message thast i'm running on a installation media and i should reboot. Fine

in the vm it does reboot

when it finishes it presents to me ther original ip address 192.168.1.1  why?

I changed the lan ip in the configuration in the gui and in the shell in option 2
what am i missing?
thank you in advance for your help

[Patrick M. Hausen]

If you just booted the installation ISO you are running in "live CD mode". This is for testing only. You need to add a virtual hard disk drive to your VM and install OPNsense to it.

To install login on the console with username "installer" and password "opnsense". Then follow the menus.

After installation you can remove the media or the virtual CD drive altogether.

[wbravin]

Hi

@pmhausen

thank you for your prompt reply. I will re-install opnsense as you directed

Hence my understanding
add a virtual disck to the VM
add the iso to that disk
Install

Once installed
stop the vm
edit the vm by
remove the virtual disck from the vm... save
power on the vm

brilliant

BTW i will move to this opnsense solution in november. the ml350 has only 2 rj45 connections.

in your opinion:
should i buiuld my vlans in opnsense * i would need too buy a 4 port nic
or
should i use the 2nd rj45 and connect it to the gs724t that i use as a switch and build the vlan on the switch?

once again thank you

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Add a virtual disk to the VM
Connect the ISO to the virtual CD/DVD drive
Install

Disconnect the ISO from the virtual CD/DVD drive
Remove the virtual CD/DVD drive if desired
Don't (!) remove the virtual disk

I would configure VLANs and everything on layer 2 in ESXi and present virtual interfaces to OPNsense. Use E1000 for the interface type.