OpenNode is an open-source project that provides a lightweight and powerful platform for virtualization and containerization. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install OpenNode on FreeBSD latest. This tutorial assumes that you have a working FreeBSD installation up and running.
Before we begin, we would like to ensure that our FreeBSD system is up to date, so we update our FreeBSD packages using the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
We will now install VirtualBox as it is required for OpenNode. We will add the VirtualBox package repository, install VirtualBox, and load the kernel modules.
sudo pkg install virtualbox-ose
sudo tee /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/VirtualBox.conf <<EOF
VirtualBox: {
url: "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.26",
mirror_type: "srv",
signature_type: "none",
enabled: yes
}
EOF
sudo pkg update
sudo kldload vboxdrv
sudo sysrc vboxnet_enable="YES"
sudo sysrc vboxguest_enable="YES"
sudo sysrc vboxservice_enable="YES"
sudo service vboxdrv start
sudo service vboxnet start
We will install OpenNode from its official FreeBSD package repository.
sudo pkg install opennode-cli
We must now ensure that VirtualBox is running and create a virtual machine. OpenNode helps to create virtual machines using its built-in command-line interface.
sudo sysrc vboxnet_enable="YES"
vboxmanage createvm --name "example-vm" --register
vboxmanage modifyvm "example-vm" --memory 512 --acpi on --boot1 dvd --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 em0 --vrde on --vrdeproperty "TCP/Ports=3389" --vrdeauthtype null
In this tutorial, we have installed VirtualBox and OpenNode on FreeBSD. We have also created a virtual machine using OpenNode's command-line interface. You are now ready to start experimenting with OpenNode on FreeBSD.
For more information about OpenNode and its features, visit http://opennodecloud.com.
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