vmstated

vmstated is a very simple bhyve virtual machine manager for FreeBSD.

How to install

vmstated can be installed via regular ports (sysutils/vmstated); however, the version on Github is usually a bit ahead feature and bug-fixing wise.

To install from Github

git clone https://github.com/christian-moerz/vmstated
cd vmstated/port
make package
pkg install work/pkg/vmstated-0.06.pkg

To install from ports, open a terminal and run

pkg install vmstated

To uninstall vmstated, use the usual pkg command

pkg deinstall vmstated

How to get started

Please refer to the man pages for vmstated(8) or vmstatedctl(1) for further details on how to use vmstated.

To start vmstated run

sysrc vmstated_enable=YES
service vmstated start

• Configuration files go under /usr/local/etc/vmstated.
• Log files are under /var/log/vmstated
• PID file and socket are under /var/run/