I remember seeing something years ago about the ability to use pfSense as an appliance to run a dedicated process. I think the post was specifically about running a name server.
My search-fu is not great enough to locate the post/thread I think I remember. Nor is it good enough to find any recent references to using pfSense in a non-firewalling/non-routing context. I need to roll out some additional cacheing name servers to low power sites across my network. I am thinking of using something along the lines of a Via C-7 system we got from Hacom years ago and is laying around idle. Atom processors would likely be better clock cycle/watt these days. I would prefer to not have to manage a full FreeBSD install and would like to use a GUI so the less technical people can "fix" issues when I am out of pocket. I basically want to use pfSense for the GUI and OS maintenance with a cacheing name server as the primary role. I can always beat the underlying NanoBSD into submission. However, I was hoping there was an option, or series of options, which would make this all point and clicky. If the options exist, I overlooked them today while upgrading and re-familiarizing myself with pfSense on the old Hacom box and need a clue-by-four to the head. If anyone has a pointer to the documentation or thread describing the process, I would very much appreciate a kick in the right direction. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin [email protected] _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
