# Pfsense install via ansible playbook

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/pfsense-install-via-ansible-playbook/35135>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pfsense-install-via-ansible-playbook/35135 "2021-05-07T14:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pfsense-install-via-ansible-playbook/35135/1 "2021-05-07T14:00:00Z")

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Hello,  
Please can someone help me with how to install pfsense using ansible on a remote host?  
Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pfsense-install-via-ansible-playbook/35135/2 "2021-05-07T15:35:20Z")

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How would you do this without ansible?

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**Author:** ![bec12317](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bec12317](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bec12317)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pfsense-install-via-ansible-playbook/35135/3 "2021-05-07T19:47:18Z")

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I mean to do it with ansible. I cannot find any playbook that has been used to install pfsense already and I don’t know how to do that.

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**Author:** ![Antony\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Antony\_Stone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Antony_Stone)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/pfsense-install-via-ansible-playbook/35135/4 "2021-05-07T19:56:27Z")

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No, the reason why Dick asked "how would you do this without ansible" is  
because creating a playbook to do it for you is nearly always based on "what  
commands \*would\* I run if I were to do this myself, but in fact I want ansible  
to run them for me?"

Ansible is an automation tool. The first step to automating something is to  
know how to do it manually.

Antony.