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 From the vSphere web client navigator, click on Networking and then click on Virtual switches tab. From there, click on "Add a new standard virtual switch".
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+Add two Virtual switches, one for WAN and another for LAN. For uplink select two separate available ports.
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+**Creating port groups**
+After creating Virtual switches, click on Port groups tab. On the Port groups tab click on "Add port group". Add WAN and LAN port groups, each using WAN and LAN switches respectively.
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+**Creating a pfSense VM**
+Now that the networking part is done, we continue to create a virtual machine. From the dashboard click on "Create/Register VM". On the first wizard screen select "Create a new virtual machine". pfSense Gold subscribers can download pre-made VMware certified pfSense OVA and select the second option "Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file"
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+On the second page of the wizard, enter a name for your VM and select correct Guest OS version.
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+On the third page of the wizard, select the datastore where you want to keep your pfSense VM.
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+On wizard page four, add another Network Adapter and select the WAN and LAN virtual switches for each of the network adapters. Modify other virtual machine settings to your liking. For best performance, we recommend using VMXNET 3 type of adapters instead of E1000. However, with VMXNET 3 interfaces type you will have to manually assign interfaces with the first boot. For the purpose of this guide we used E1000 adapter type.
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+On the final wizard screen confirm the settings and click finish.
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+**pfSense installation**
+Once the pfSense virtual machine is created, under vSphere web client navigator click on "Virtual Machines" and select your newly created VM.
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+Power on the virtual machine.
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+On the next screen, press "I" to invoke installer mode.
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+After pfSense boots you will be greeted by the setup wizard. Select "Accept these settings"
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+On the following screen choose "Quick/Easy Install" after which installation starts.
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+When prompted, select "Standard Kernel".
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+After that installation completes and pfSense boots up for the first time.
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+**Installing Open-VM-Tools**
+Once pfSense installation is complete, upon first boot install the Open-VM-Tools. Reboot is not necessary afterwards, however make sure the Open-VM-Tools service is running under Status > Services.
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+Congratulations, you have successfully completed pfSense installation on ESXi!
+Your ArtIT Team,
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