OpenWrt (from open wireless router) is an open-source project that is an OS for creating and building your own router/firewall. It is also used for being able to embed the OS on an already existing hardware router device to research and test. I will show you how to deploy OpenWRT into a Proxmox VM so you can have a Virtual router.
Let’s get the Network ready for the VM
Let’s Create the actual VM
Let’s add the WAN nic to the VM
Download OpenWRT image
uncompress the image for use on the system
20 – gunzip openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img.gz
Rename the disk
21 – mv openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img ./openwrt.raw
Resize the image/disk
22 – qemu-img resize -f raw ./openwrt.raw 10G <- This can be whatever size you need.
Import the disk into the VM
23 – qm importdisk <vm-id> openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img local-lvm
Let’s attach the disk to the VM
24 – highlight the VM > then hardware > double click the Unused Disk 0 > Click add
25 – Select Options > boot order > check iscsi (uncheck all others) > move the iscsi to the top (drag and drop) > click ok
26 – right click the VM >_ Console > start
27 – OpenWRT installation
29 – passwd (enter a new password)
The System is Ready
30 – Press Enter
The System is Ready
31 – uci set network.lan.ipaddr=’Lan_IP_Here’ <- ie. 192.168.30.1
This is an alternative way to change the ip; Edit the Lan IP address and save the file then restart the Network.
32 – service network restart.
Update all Packages, & Install the GUI.
33 – opkg update
34 – opkg install luci
I really hoped you learn something in this article. I know I worked at it. I installed/deployed it about 0 times to make sure every step worked. If you need anything or help feel free to contact us at support@pihobby.org. Have a magnanimous day. Thank you for reading.