Install OpenWRT on Proxmox

Prequisites

1. Download and extract OpenWRT image:

curl https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.4/targets/x86/64/openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img.gz -o /tmp/openwrt.img.gz

gzip -d /tmp/openwrt.img.gz

Install

1. Create an empty virtualmachine

No hdd, at least 2 interfaces, etc...

2. Attach the image to vm:

qm importdisk 100 /tmp/openwrt.img local-lvm

Configuration

1. Set WAN and LAN interfaces:

uci set network.wan.device='eth0'
uci set network.wan.proto='static'
uci set network.wan.ipaddr=172.16.16.254
uci set network.wan.netmask='255.255.255.0'
uci set network.wan.gateway=172.16.16.1
uci set network.wan.dns=213.133.98.98

uci set network.lan.device='eth1'
uci set network.lan.ipaddr=10.0.0.254
uci set network.lan.netmask='255.255.255.0'

Sources

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