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Port details on branch 2025Q4
vm-bhyve-devel Management system for bhyve virtual machines
1.6.2.34 sysutils on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.6.2.34Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: driesm@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-10-02 07:21:08
Last Update: 2025-10-02 07:18:23
Commit Hash: 8b42b09
License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://github.com/freebsd/vm-bhyve
Description:
A frontend for bhyve which provides the 'vm' command Create/start/stop virtual machines easily Bridged/NAT networking BSD/Linux/Windows guest support
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/vm-bhyve-devel-1.6.2.34/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/vm-bhyve-devel-1.6.2.34/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/vm-bhyve-devel-1.6.2.34/BSD2CLAUSE
  4. etc/rc.d/vm
  5. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-base
  6. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-cmd
  7. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-config
  8. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-core
  9. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-datastore
  10. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-guest
  11. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-info
  12. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-migration
  13. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-rctl
  14. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-run
  15. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-switch
  16. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-switch-manual
  17. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-switch-netgraph
  18. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-switch-standard
  19. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-switch-vale
  20. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-switch-vxlan
  21. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-util
  22. lib/vm-bhyve/vm-zfs
  23. share/man/man8/vm.8.gz
  24. sbin/vm
  25. share/examples/vm-bhyve/legacy-alpine.conf
  26. share/examples/vm-bhyve/legacy-arch.conf
  27. share/examples/vm-bhyve/config.sample
  28. share/examples/vm-bhyve/legacy-debian.conf
  29. share/examples/vm-bhyve/default.conf
  30. share/examples/vm-bhyve/dragonfly.conf
  31. share/examples/vm-bhyve/freebsd-zvol.conf
  32. share/examples/vm-bhyve/freepbx.conf
  33. share/examples/vm-bhyve/legacy-gentoo.conf
  34. share/examples/vm-bhyve/linux-grub-zvol.conf
  35. share/examples/vm-bhyve/linux-grub.conf
  36. share/examples/vm-bhyve/linux-zvol.conf
  37. share/examples/vm-bhyve/linux.conf
  38. share/examples/vm-bhyve/netbsd.conf
  39. share/examples/vm-bhyve/openbsd.conf
  40. share/examples/vm-bhyve/resflash.conf
  41. share/examples/vm-bhyve/legacy-ubuntu.conf
  42. share/examples/vm-bhyve/windows.conf
  43. @owner
  44. @group
  45. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • vm-bhyve-devel>0:sysutils/vm-bhyve-devel
Conflicts:
CONFLICTS_INSTALL:
  • vm-bhyve
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/vm-bhyve-devel/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/vm-bhyve-devel
  • pkg install vm-bhyve-devel
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: vm-bhyve-devel
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1759338546 SHA256 (freebsd-vm-bhyve-v1.6.2-34-g73b127_GH0.tar.gz) = 27c216010aa4a84232cd92b2532438c8834616f5c7ae3b1d12895dc03b0cf55f SIZE (freebsd-vm-bhyve-v1.6.2-34-g73b127_GH0.tar.gz) = 77525

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Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for vm-bhyve-devel-1.6.2.34: BHYVE_FIRMWARE=off: Required to run UEFI guests EXAMPLES=on: Install example guest templates GRUB2_BHYVE=off: Required to run Linux or any other guests that need a Grub bootloader TMUX=off: Tmux console access instead of cu/nmdm ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_vm-bhyve-devel
pkg-message:
For install:
To enable vm-bhyve, please add the following lines to rc.conf, depending on whether you are using ZFS storage or not. Please note that the directory or dataset specified should already exist. vm_enable="YES" vm_dir="zfs:pool/dataset" OR vm_enable="YES" vm_dir="/directory/path" Then run 'vm init'. It might be needed to increase the values of the following tunables. They need to be high enough to allow for a proper shutdown of all VM's. - kern.init_shutdown_timeout (adjusted with sysctcl.conf) - rcshutdown_timeout (adjusted with rc.conf)
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/freebsd/vm-bhyve/tar.gz/v1.6.2-34-g73b127?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
1.6.2.34
02 Oct 2025 07:18:23
commit hash: 8b42b093ca9a073c76dc74347af7ceaa737d4d27commit hash: 8b42b093ca9a073c76dc74347af7ceaa737d4d27commit hash: 8b42b093ca9a073c76dc74347af7ceaa737d4d27commit hash: 8b42b093ca9a073c76dc74347af7ceaa737d4d27 files touched by this commit
Michael Osipov (michaelo) search for other commits by this committer
sysutils/vm-bhyve-devel: Update port to commit 73b127

Approved by:	otis (mentor), driesm (maintainer)
MFH:		2025Q4
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52836

(cherry picked from commit 1e4fc5583a4684df260d13935e882c0ba8f7e3eb)

Number of commits found: 1