Ultimate Beginner's Guide to OpnSense - Installation - Part 1

OpnSense is an opensource, Enterprise grade firewall with multiple advanced features. In this video we deploy a virtual OpnSense firewall and prepare for advanced configuration. Subsequent episodes will cover vLANs, VPNs, High Availability and much more... Recommended Hardware: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/blob/main/Homelab-Buyer's-Guide/Q3-2023.md Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 00:00 - Introduction to OpnSense 01:00 - Why You Need A Firewall 02:26 - Building A Firewall - Physical & Virtual 06:10 - Downloading OpnSense 08:30 - Creating a Virtual Machine in Proxmox 18:18 - Installing OpnSense 22:55 - OpnSense GUI - Installation Wizard 27:48 - Testing Functionality 28:50 - Outro