Virtualization¶
pfSense® software can be run in a variety of Type-1 (bare metal/native) and Type-2 (hosted) virtualization environments, such as Proxmox VE, VirtualBox, Xen, KVM, Hyper-V, VMware and so on.
Warning
The best practice is to use Type-1 hypervisors for production. Type-2 hypervisors such as VirtualBox or VMware Workstation work fine for testing, but avoid using them for production roles where possible.
Set up and installation is straightforward and similar to physical hardware using the ISO image.