jrun start¶
Boot the FreeBSD VM.
On first run, jrun downloads a FreeBSD image, boots it with hardware acceleration (HVF on macOS, KVM on Linux, TCG on FreeBSD), and provisions SSH access. Subsequent runs boot instantly from the existing image.
Options¶
--base¶
Apply a base config to the VM:
Base configs define VM-level provisioning, mounts, and port forwards. See Base config for the full reference.
--provision¶
Re-run base provisioning on an already-booted VM:
Useful after editing your base config or its playbooks without restarting the VM.
--mode¶
Boot the VM with a specific display mode:
Opens a QEMU window with mouse and keyboard support. Useful for running graphical desktops or debugging boot issues. The default mode is headless.