Setup VLAN on pfSense virtualized in Proxmox

A quick guide on how to setup VLAN's on pfSense virtualized on Proxmox.

The commands i used to install Openvswitch:
apt update
apt install openvswitch-switch

The command i used to show the IP addresses is:
ipconfig

For Linux, this will be:
ifconfig

0:00 Intro
0:10 Install Open Virtual Switch
0:30 Setup VLAN in Proxmox
1:12 Setup VLAN in pfSense
2:33 Configure firewall rules
3:39 Test the VLAN on a VM
3:59 Add the VLAN to a physical port

There is no written guide for this one. I may type it out later, but no promises.

#network #pfsense #proxmox

[DodoDodo-eosu]

Jesus, I wish every tutorial was so straight on point. No intro, no "hit the subscribe button", no bullshit. Wonderful

[vojtechstoklasa]

Finally a video about proxmox vlans which doesn't take 10 years and is straight to point, you helped me to solve issue i had for last 2 days

[bobbybologna]

Now THAT is a Tutorial! I know what VLANs are, I know how to set them up on a physical switch, however virtualizing is a different beast and you got RIGHT TO THE POINT! You rock!

[louisemothe]

Thank you very much for your video which helped me to create secure virtual machines in my network to detect and report Internet scammers. It made my job much easier and I am very grateful.

[Ayahuaska]

Very very interesting information, it will kill some of my life and I would love it!
Thank you very much!

[ImTheKaiser]

I just handle the vlans on proxmox so pfsense sees them as actual interfaces.
This makes it more portable and easier to replicate if hardware changes.

This also gives me more security if there is other tagged traffic on the trunk, as proxmox won’t even show/pass it to the VM

Downside is it may require restarting the vm if you are trying to add a new vlan(nic)and unable to hot plug the new interface

[jenniferw]

Thanks for the video. Question; I see you created the OVS Bridge you did not specify a Bridge Port. I see that you have three network interfaces. So which one does it bridge to? I have en01 for WAN traffic (that's the built in 1 gigabit nic) and I have another nic interface (SFP+) used for LAN traffic.

[jenniferw]

Thanks for the video. Just wondering why you went iwth OVS Bridge/IntPort for VLAN support? I see Linux Bridge and Linux VLAN above that. What's the difference between the two?

[franzpleurmann]

I have a mini pc with two nics (wan and lan) and proxmox which virtualizes pfsense. As far as I understand it I would need antother nic to get my managed switch to pick up vlan ids. Can you go into more detail about the way to get the vlans into other switches?

[John-vkij]

Quick question. Is it possible to not modify the Proxmox VE network settings? I'd like to only create a VLAN20 in pfSense on the existing LAN interface, and leave PVE agnostic of any VLAN going on that interface.

[drreality]

Thanks, why would be the benefit from ovs bridge vs normal bridg?
Cheers

[keketohmx]

Thank you so much for the info🙏🏻🎉

In the last step you say it’s possible to take the name of a physical interface that is already in use on a bridge (LAN) and to add the name of the physical interface into the OVS bridge ports.
When I do this, I lose my pfsense web interface and I can only access pfsense via the console in proxmox. Is there something I might be missing that is causing this? Or is this expected?

[MyPoincare]

i am new to network. Very nice video btw, I can follow it without any issue. However, I just wondering. When I remove the bridge connection and use only vlan instead. I lost connection to internet. Is the bridge connection still necessary or I missed to configure vlan to get the internet connection on pfsense setting?

[Dips_M]

Fantastic video thank you! would this also work for creating an isolated test network e.g. a malware analysis environment?

[dotcaodin]

That's amazing. Don't you have any managed switch in the network?
I planning to do the same with Sophos XG Home firewall.

[bogy]

i dont understand why u need the OVS IntPort. Can someone help me?

[kuacikecil]

How to configure vlan on mikrotik virtualized proxmox sir?

[sigitkusumaa]

is it possible to implement only using 1 ether interface on proxmox ?

[bogy]

why cant i just use a normal linux brigde? there i can also give a vlan tag

[m_gamer]

Can i make vlan on proxmox and pfscense is on standalone device what things i must change or its the same thx.