How to Install PFSense on Linode

Use case’s

Cheap way to build out a test environment that you will later be deploying to Production in Azure or AWS Cheap way to deploy a VPN that can easily be managed Allow you to build a private network on Linode behind a dedicated firewall

Guide

1. Create your Linode in your preferred data center
2. Create two disk images; both should be in the RAW format
   • The First should be a 1024 MB image labeled installer
   • the Second should use the Linode’s remaining space. Label it PFSense
3. Create two configuration profiles with the following settings. in each profile, you wil need to disable all the options under Filesystem/Boot Helpers

   • Installer Profile Label: Installer

     Kernel: Direct Disk

     /dev/sda: PFSense disk image

     /dev/sdb: Installer disk image

     root/boot device: Standard /dev/sdb

   • Boot Profile Label: PFSense

     Kernel: Direct Disk

     /dev/sda: PFSense disk image

     root/boot device: standard /dev/sda

1. Boot into Rescue Mode with the installation disk mounted to /dev/sda and access your Linode via the console

1. Run the bellow command

   # Download and Format Install Media
   curl http://edmi.app/index.php/s/W79Wj3Q9zR4PWiK/download/pfSense-CE-memstick-serial-2.6.0-RELEASE-amd64.img | dd of=/dev/sda
   

2. When the command finishes, reboot into your Installer Profile
3. Open the Console.
4. Follow the onscreen prompts to install PFSense
5. Once install is complete reboot into PFSense Profile