Managing pfSense® Plus Software Instances

The web-based Multi-Instance Management (MIM) graphical user interface (GUI) enables administrators to manage individual instances of pfSense® software in multiple ways.

Note

This document assumes the controller is already enabled (Multi-Instance Management Options in the pfSense® software WebGUI), configured (Multi-Instance Management Controller Setup), and has instances registered (Instance Registration).

Before proceeding, open the MIM GUI as described in Accessing the Multi-Instance Management GUI and log in, after which the browser will be on the MIM GUI Dashboard.

Remote Configuration

Click the mim-mgmt-view icon on an instance entry from the MIM GUI Dashboard to open the remote configuration view.

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Remote Configuration View

Warning

The MIM GUI is currently an early look at the functionality and presents a warning to this effect when starting remote configuration for an instance.

Read the warning and click I understand to continue.

To suppress this warning, check Do not show again before clicking I understand

Managing individual instances of pfSense® software using the MIM GUI works in a similar manner to managing those instances using their pfSense software WebGUI directly. The look and feel of the MIM GUI configuration screens are different, but functions in both GUIs are under the same menu locations and offer the same options.

Areas where the behavior of the MIM GUI differs from the pfSense software WebGUI are noted in this document.

Instance Status / pfSense Software Dashboard

When opening the configuration view for an instance, the MIM GUI presents a status page for the instance. Though this page shares some similarity with the pfSense Software WebGUI dashboard, the instance status page in the MIM GUI does not yet have the same functionality or widgets available.

Managing Interfaces

Managing interfaces via the MIM GUI is different than using the pfSense software WebGUI. Rather than having individual menu entries, interfaces are managed from the assignment list.

To edit interface settings:

  • Open the remote device management view for an instance

  • Navigate to Interfaces > Assignments

  • Find the interface in list

  • Click mim-edit at the end of its row to edit the interface settings

Remote Console

Click the mim-remote-console icon on an instance entry from the MIM GUI Dashboard to open the remote console.

The remote console appears in a modal window which has the same features and functionality as the console menu on pfSense software as if it were accessed directly via serial console, video console, or SSH.