bhyve-tui

A text-based user interface (TUI) tool for managing bhyve virtual machines on FreeBSD.

Core bhyve Commands

• vm init <path> — Initialize the virtual machine directory
• vm list — List all virtual machines
• vm create <name> <iso> — Create a new virtual machine
• vm start <name> — Start a virtual machine
• vm stop <name> — Stop a virtual machine
• vm info <name> — Display detailed information about a virtual machine
• vm rename <old> <new> — Rename a virtual machine
• vm delete <name> — Delete a virtual machine and its associated disks
• vm console <name> — Connect to the virtual machine’s console
• vm switch create <name> — Create a virtual network switch
• vm switch add <name> <iface> — Attach a physical network interface to a switch

Additional Commands

You may also need commands for monitoring the state and performance of virtual machines — this can be done using built-in FreeBSD tools.

To manage snapshots, use:

• vm snapshot <name> <snap> — Create a snapshot of a virtual machine
• vm rollback <name> — Restore a virtual machine from a snapshot

Requirements

• FreeBSD 13.0+
• bhyve and vm-bhyve packages installed
• Properly configured ZFS storage pool
• Textual (for TUI interface):

  pip3 install textual