PFSense early support

mlsmaycon · July 11, 2025, 7:20am

Hello Folks,

We have built a PFSense integration and would like your feedback. (OPNSense is coming)

This version has UI support and can be installed using our pre-built packages, we have a PR open to add the plugin into the packages repository, but that will take some time.

You will find the initial docs here: pfSense Installation - NetBird Docs
And the repository here: GitHub - netbirdio/pfsense-netbird

We will be updating the docs soon with some use cases and different settings.

Looking forward to your feedback.

velocity08 · August 10, 2025, 12:29am

an issue has been opened for review.

github.com/netbirdio/pfsense-netbird

NetBird is not running.

opened 12:27AM - 10 Aug 25 UTC

velocity08

Hi Team see below. System Netgate 1100 Version 24.11-RELEASE (arm64) After… installation of the packages via SSH pfSense-pkg-NetBird-0.1.0.pkg pkg add -f netbird-0.51.1.pkg we can see the UI now shows netbird. adding the secure key > connect > service fails to start manually starting the service fails trying to start the service manually give the below output which runs for ever and needs to be killed manually. /root: service netbird start Starting netbird. [24.11-RELEASE][root@pfSense.ghome.local]/root: /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution /usr/local/bin/netbird: ELF: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: @: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: %@@: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 4: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: : not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��k��k�: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ▒: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: ��Q�td��: not found /usr/local/bin/netbird: 1: Syntax error: ")" unexpected /usr/local/bin/netbird: 7: Syntax error: Error in command substitution

gwaitsi · July 3, 2026, 7:01am

@mlsmaycon
you are not using pfsense persistance. i.e. you have hardcoded /var/db/netbird
pfsense has an option to use tmpfs for /var which breaks your current 72.3 package

for the configuration you need to be using /cf/conf/netbird