PXE-boot-environment

Embedded PXE boot server, compatible with both Legacy Boot and UEFI.

Requirements

Embedded:

• None

Local install:

• dnsmasq
• nginx

Support

It currently has support for PXE booting:

• Centos 7.6
• Clonezilla 2.6.1-25
• Debian 9
• Memtest86+ 5.01 (legacy only)
• Slax 9.9.0
• Windows PE (legacy only)

Run embedded

To start the server, simply run this:

./pxe-boot.sh -start

To stop it:

./pxe-boot.sh -kill

Installation

DNSMASQ

You can use dnsmasq.conf file provided here, take into account the following parameters:

interface=enp2s0                                     # Must configure the server inetrface which will provide DHCP.
dhcp-range=192.168.0.120,192.168.0.180,1h            # DHCP range you want to provide for your network.
dhcp-option=3,192.168.0.1                            # Your network gateway, 192.168.0.1 in this case.
dhcp-option=6,192.168.0.3,1.1.1.1                    # DNS Servers you want to provide, change 192.168.0.3 for your server IP.
dhcp-boot=net:UEFI,grubx64.efi,pxeserver,192.168.0.3 # Change 192.168.0.3 for your server IP.
dhcp-boot=net:BIOS,pxelinux.0,pxeserver,192.168.0.3  # Change 192.168.0.3 for your server IP.

Additionally, it's possible to change other parameters if you know what you are doing.

You can define /etc/dnsmasq.d/address.conf file in the following format if you want to provide internal domain names:

address=/myinternaldomain.com/192.168.0.3
address=/mypxeserver.local/192.168.0.3

TFTP

TFTP functionallity is given by dnsmasq, if you are using my dnsmasq.conf file, just copy this repo's ftpd folder to /var, full path shoud be /var/ftpd. If not, you can copy ftpd folder content to wherever your ftpd-root config is.

NGINX

I will use nginx web server to provide local repository.

It's okay if you use default nginx configuration, note that my nginx root folder will be /var/www/html for this guide.

You must create slax and pub folders in http root:

mkdir -p /var/www/html/{slax,pub}

Then, it's recommended to enable autoindex functionality by adding the following to /etc/nginx/sites-available/default:

location ~ ^/(slax|pub)/ {
    autoindex on;
}

Or you can just replace /etc/nginx/sites-available/default with the one provided here.