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BSD Troubleshooting

Installing qemu-guest-agent on BSD​

Install qemu-guest-agent package 1​

pkg install -y qemu-guest-agent
echo 'qemu_guest_agent_enable="yes"' >> /etc/rc.conf.local
echo 'qemu_guest_agent_flags="-d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log"' >> /etc/rc.conf.local

Create a script to start the qemu-guest-agent service on boot 1​

echo 'service qemu-guest-agent start' > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/qemu-guest-agent.sh
chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/qemu-guest-agent.sh

Alternatively, run following remote script with curl 1​

caution

Always verify before running remote scripts!

curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/dipakparmar/2736f1952a3b3d46526d857b5452e58d/raw/965903e32e63c219d44197254aca56162d5c06a2/1-Install-setup-qemu-guest-agent.sh | sh

Reference:​

  1. https://forum.netgate.com/topic/162083/pfsense-vm-on-proxmox-qemu-agent-installation/15
  2. https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu-guest-agent
  3. https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/boot-commands.html
  4. https://www.explorelinux.com/start-stop-or-restart-a-service-in-freebsd/