{"id":3789,"date":"2017-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/running-openbsd-on-azure"},"modified":"2025-06-20T00:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:33:53","slug":"running-openbsd-on-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/running-openbsd-on-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"Running OpenBSD on Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you know, Microsoft has officially supported FreeBSD virtual machine (VM) running on Azure since 2014 and last year Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/open.microsoft.com\/2016\/06\/09\/now-available-freebsd-azure-marketplace\/\">announced<\/a> the availability of FreeBSD 10.3 as a ready-made VM image in the <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/marketplace\/\">Azure Marketplace<\/a>.&nbsp; Now if you go to Azure Marketplace, you also will see FreeBSD 11 VM and <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/en-us\/marketplace\/apps\/netgate.pfsense-fw-vpn-router-community_support\">pfsense<\/a> offering there too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we are happy to share you that Azure supports OpenBSD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/61.html\">6.1<\/a> with the collaboration effort from Esdenera and Microsoft. Meanwhile Esdenera brings their <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/en-us\/marketplace\/apps\/esdenera.esdenera-firewall-3\">firewall product<\/a> based on OpenBSD on board Azure Marketplace now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-openbsd\">What is OpenBSD?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/puf200X172.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OpenBSD project produces a freely available, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. 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Next release will be v2.2.13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"do-you-want-to-use-openbsd-based-virtual-appliance-on-azure\">Do you want to use OpenBSD based Virtual Appliance on Azure?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/azuremarketplace.microsoft.com\/en-us\/marketplace\/apps\/esdenera.esdenera-firewall-3\">Esdenera Firewall 3<\/a> is a professional network appliance that has been built for Enterprise networks, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), and remote access solutions. 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